Calling all Raketa experts
I came into possession of this lovely Raketa field watch. To my eye it looks like from the 60's. But what's strange to me is it uses a "Pobeda" movement, which looks very similar to a 30's ZIM movement.
My question is how come it uses this movement instead of one of the in-house Raketa movements?
Any other info apreciated.
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Darius
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I have never seen a Raketa in a true field watch style. They did not make sub-second watches after the early 60's, unlike Zim. The dial doesn't have any indication that it was made in the Soviet Union.
My guess would be that you have a re-dialed Pobeda. This is from an excellent website, the Watches of the USSR:
I don't know the answer, but just had to pop the caseback off of this Pobeda to see the movement.
I have never seen a Raketa in a true field watch style. They did not make sub-second watches after the early 60's, unlike Zim. The dial doesn't have any indication that it was made in the Soviet Union.
My guess would be that you have a re-dialed Pobeda. This is from an excellent website, the Watches of the USSR:
Sounds like a reasonable explanation for this thing. Curiously searching for "raketa small seconds" produces another result for a watch with a similar dial. Makes me wonder how this one couldve come to be.
I don't know the answer, but just had to pop the caseback off of this Pobeda to see the movement.
I have never seen a Raketa in a true field watch style. They did not make sub-second watches after the early 60's, unlike Zim. The dial doesn't have any indication that it was made in the Soviet Union.
My guess would be that you have a re-dialed Pobeda. This is from an excellent website, the Watches of the USSR:
Did someone say Zim?
Not an expert by any means but, its quite possibl,e its a frankenstein. Sometimes its easier to swap a dial then to fix the movement. I would do this too with a cheap watch.
Not an expert by any means but, its quite possibl,e its a frankenstein. Sometimes its easier to swap a dial then to fix the movement. I would do this too with a cheap watch.
As @Aurelian mentioned, its more plausible that its a repainted dial, since Raketa havent made a small seconds watch since the 60's
I suspect a repainted dial at least. Considering the care the rest of the watch was made with, the printing looks a bit imprecise. Also, the balance wheel looks a bit modern for a 1953. Compare with my Pobeda: