Description
ZiM mechanical wrist watch – 15 jewels
MADE IN USSR!
Made at the Maslennikov Factory – Zavod imeni Maslennikova, ZiM (Завод им. Масленникова, ЗиМ) – in Samara, named Kuibyshev from 1935 to 1991. The plant opened in 1911 making fuzes for artillery shells and began making watches in 1937.
This example has a deep burgundy dial with a soft sunburst sheen, bold silver Arabic numerals, a fine silver minute track, silver-tone hands and a small-seconds hand with a crosshair at 6 o’clock. The ZiM signature is printed in silver script below the 12, with СДЕЛАНО В СССР (“Made in USSR”) along the lower edge. Inside is the hand-wound, 15-jewel calibre 2602.
The cushion-shaped case is chrome-plated, with fixed lug bars and a plain stainless steel snap-on case back.
It comes complete with its original red plastic box and its factory passport. The passport is issued by KPO “Zavod im. Maslennikova” in Kuibyshev for the ZiM 2602 with a side seconds hand, 15 jewels and a free lever escapement, to GOST 10733-73, and gives a daily rate of −25 to +65 seconds and the original retail price of 23 roubles. It carries a handwritten watch number, 81265, which matches the number on the movement, the factory inspector’s OTK stamp and both warranty coupons. The handwritten release date is hard to read, so no exact date is claimed here.
Condition: the dial is clean and the colour is even, and the acrylic crystal is clear. The chrome plating presents well, with light wear and a few small marks on the case, and the case back has light scratches. The box and passport show their age, with folds and some staining to the paper. Everything is as shown in the photos.
The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.
Original Soviet watch has mechanical lever movement and manual winding.
MANUFACTURED: 1970s-1980s
CASE SIZE approx. 42.5×36.5mm (with crown)
TYPE Mechanical
MOVEMENT ZiM 2602, 15 jewels
CRYSTAL Acrylic
FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Small Seconds
This watch has recently been serviced by a professional watchmaker and keeps good time.
Comes complete with its original box & passport (numbers match) and a new Nagata leather strap.
This watch ships from 🇺🇦 Ukraine with tracking number
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About the watch factory
About ZiM watch factory
The Maslennikov Factory (Завод имени Масленникова, ZiM) stood in Samara, which was named Kuibyshev from 1935 to 1991. It opened in 1911 as a fuze works, making fuzes for artillery shells, and in 1923 it was named after the Bolshevik revolutionary Alexander Maslennikov, the first chairman of the Samara city council.
Watchmaking began in 1937. During the Second World War the plant made munitions as well.
From the early 1950s ZiM also made watches under the Pobeda (Победа) name, alongside its own ZiM brand. Several Soviet factories used the Pobeda name, so a ZiM-made Pobeda should not be confused with the Moscow-made ones.
ZiM struggled after the collapse of the USSR; watch production ended in the early 2000s and the factory was later wound up in bankruptcy.