Description
Vintage Soviet gold-plated Mayak watch
MADE IN USSR!
The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.
Original Soviet “Mayak” with mechanical lever movement and manual winding.
Made by the Petrodvorets Watch Factory (PChZ) — its diamond ПЧЗ logo is on both the dial and the movement plate. Silver-white dial with applied gold-tone Arabic numerals at 12, 2, 4, 8 and 10, arrowhead markers, gold-tone hands and a small seconds subdial at 6. The cushion-shaped case is gold-plated (marked «Au» on the side) with a steel case back reading «Пылевлагозащитные с противоударным устройством» — dust- and water-protected, with a shock-protection device. Inside is the 16-jewel manual-wind Petrodvorets movement, a shockproofed version of the Pobeda caliber.
YEARS 1950s
CASE SIZE approx. 42x35mm (with crown)
LUG WIDTH 18mm
TYPE Mechanical
JEWELS 16
FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Small seconds
CONDITION: Good vintage condition. The dial shows light age spotting and a fine mark near 4 o’clock; the gold plating has light scuffs and hairline scratches from wear. Please see the photos — they are part of the description.
This watch has recently been serviced by a professional watchmaker and keeps good time.
Comes complete with a new 18mm Nagata leather strap.
This watch ships from 🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number
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About Mayak brand
Mayak / Маяк
In 1954, by decree of the government, the First State Precision Jewel Factory (ТТК-1) was formally renamed “Petrodvorets Watch Factory” with the intention of producing high-quality pocket and wristwatches for men. This lead to a proliferation of discrete brands in the second half of the 1950s, all powered by Petrodvorets movements. These brands included Baltika, Leningrad, Mayak, Neva, Russia, Start, and Svet.
The Mayak brand (Маяк, meaning “lighthouse”) was produced primarily by Petrodvorets Watch Factory, but also by First Moscow Watch Factory(1MChZ). It’s generally possible to tell which factory manufactured a given Mayak, as Petrodvorets usually put their company logo on the dial, while 1MChZ (1MWF) omitted this feature. All watches relied on the caliber 2603 movement, a shockproofed version of the ubiquitous Pobeda caliber.
The Mayak brand was retired around 1962, when the vast majority of Petrodvorets Watch Factory brands were consolidated under a single trademark: Raketa. Similar watches continued to be produced thereafter, but only under the Raketa name.
