Description
Vintage Soviet Mayak watch
MADE IN USSR!
Manufactured at the 1st Moscow Watch Factory (1MChZ), USSR, in the 1950s. The 1MChZ logo is stamped on the movement plate next to the jewel count.
Silver-white dial with black and gold Arabic numerals, tapered baton markers, gilt hands and a small-seconds sub-dial at 6. Dial signed МАЯК 16 КАМНЕЙ and СДЕЛАНО В СССР. Chrome-plated case with a back marked «Пылевлагонепроницаемые с противоударным устройством» (dust- and moisture-protected, with shock protection).
The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.
Original Soviet “Mayak” with mechanical lever movement and manual winding.
MODEL ЧН-187К
YEARS 1950s
CASE SIZE 39.5×33.5mm (with crown)
LUG WIDTH 16mm
TYPE Mechanical
FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Small seconds
JEWELS 16
Condition: the dial is clean and even, with light age toning. The chrome plating on the case shows wear and spotting, most visibly around the bezel and lugs, as is usual for a 1950s plated case.
This watch has recently been serviced by a professional watchmaker and keeps good time.
Comes complete with a new Nagata leather strap.
This watch ships from 🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number
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About Mayak brand
Mayak / Маяк
The Mayak brand (Маяк, meaning “lighthouse”) was produced primarily by Petrodvorets Watch Factory, but also by First Moscow Watch Factory(1MchZ or 1MWF). It’s generally possible to tell which factory manufactured a given Mayak, as Petrodvorets usually put their company logo on the dial, while 1MChZ omitted this feature. All watches relied on the caliber 2603 movement, a shockproofed version of the ubiquitous Pobeda caliber.
1st Moscow Watch Factory (renamed to Poljot after 1964) – the biggest and oldest of Soviet watch factories.
Russian watches have a rich and interesting history dating back over 80 years with the creation of the First Moscow Watch Factory, which today manufactures Poljot watches.
A highlight of Russia’s watch history came in 1961 when cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin took the first ever flight into space with a watch from the First Moscow Watch Factory.
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.
