Description
Soviet Raketa perpetual calendar mechanical wrist watch
MADE IN USSR!
Raketa (Ракета, meaning “Rocket”) with a deep blue dial that lightens towards the centre in daylight, square bronze-tone applied markers at the hours, white-filled baton hands and a white centre seconds hand. The dial is signed in script «Ракета» and reads «СДЕЛАНО В СССР» (Made in USSR). The day and date sit in a framed window at 3 o’clock, with the day disc in Russian (ВСК = Sunday).
The dial carries a perpetual-calendar table: a grid of weekdays and dates across the top, and a month table above a rotating year ring at 6 o’clock, turned by the second crown at 4 o’clock. Line up the current year and month and the table tells you which weekday falls on which date.
The chrome-plated case is round with broad faceted shoulders at the lugs, with a plain steel snap-on case back stamped with the serial number 196188.
Manufactured at the Petrodvorets Watch Factory, USSR; the movement carries the “SU” (Soviet Union) stamp. The dial still reads «СДЕЛАНО В СССР», while the year ring is printed for the early-to-mid 1990s (1992 to 1996 are visible), which places this watch at the very end of the Soviet era.
The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.
Original Soviet Raketa watch has mechanical lever movement and manual winding. Caliber 2628.H (stamped on the bridge) is the Petrodvorets 19-jewel movement with centre seconds and a day / date calendar.
CASE SIZE approx. 42x42mm (with crown)
LUG WIDTH 18mm
TYPE Mechanical
MOVEMENT 2628.H, 19 jewels
CRYSTAL Acrylic
FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Day, Date, Perpetual calendar table
CONDITION: The dial shows fine age speckling across its surface and darkening on the bronze-tone hour markers (see the close-up photos); the print and the calendar tables are complete and legible. The chrome plating is chipped at the case-back opening notch, with brass showing and some corrosion around it, and there are a couple of small pits on the top of the case. The steel case back and the bracelet have light scratches from use.
This watch has recently been serviced by a professional watchmaker and keeps good time.
Comes complete with a vintage steel bracelet with gold-tone inserts.
This watch ships from 🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number
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About the watch factory
The Petrodvorets Watch Factory «Raketa» was founded by Peter the Great in 1721. Factory was producing wide range of items, including jewels for watches since 1930.
Factory was devastated during World War 2, restored in 1949 and was making “Pobeda”(Victory) and “Zvezda” watches. In 1954 renamed into Petrodvorets Watch Factory.
Since 1962 “Raketa” watches are produced which became the trade mark of the factory.
The Petrodvorets Watch Factory is one of the rare watch factories in the world that fully manufactures its own movements from A to Z, including hairspring and escapement.
Other band names produced on the factory include Baltika, Leningrad, Mayak, Neva, Pobeda, Raketa, Rossiya, Svet, Start.
Read more about on of few surviving Soviet watch factories on factory’s website.
