Description
Sputnik mechanical watch – 16 jewels
MADE IN USSR!
Manufactured on 1st Moscow Watch Factory
Commemorates the successful launch of the Soviet Sputnik satellite, the world’s first artificial satellite that was launched on 4 October 1957.
This watch is all about the dial: the Earth displayed in the center of the dial with the Soviet Union in red. The seconds hand could represent Sputnik herself orbiting around the Earth, her path marked by the thin red circle. You can see there are rocket ships marking off the hour increments. The dial is signed 1МЧЗ им. Кирова at six o’clock – the First Moscow Watch Factory named after Kirov, which only took the Poljot name in 1964.
This example wears its ORIGINAL factory dial, not a later reprint. After more than sixty years it shows honest age: an even cream patina with darker spotting across the outer ring and globe, and wear to the gilt printing. The hands and the red Sputnik dot on the seconds hand are intact.
The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.
Soviet “Sputnik” has mechanical lever movement and manual winding.
YEARS 1957-1960
CASE SIZE 36.5mm (with crown) x 44mm (lug to lug)
THICKNESS 10mm
LUG WIDTH 18mm
TYPE Mechanical
MOVEMENT 2408, 16 jewels
FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds
This watch has recently been serviced by a professional watchmaker and keeps good time.
Comes complete with a new Nagata genuine leather strap.
This watch ships from 🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number
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About the watch factory
1st Moscow Watch Factory (1.MWF, 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.
