Unexpected three watch Soviet collection pickup.
I'm not really a Soviet watch collector. Like I'm sure many of us, I've had some Vostoks and really learned to work on watches on Russian stuff, but being a bit of a Seiko fan boy I tend to buy Japanese stuff, but I've been craving more vintage stuff of late and found a Raketa Big Zero white dial advert on a well known marketplace for sale locally and to my suprise it was actually a good, genuine watch. Got talking to the seller and he tells me he has a few watches for sale, and these were my pick of the three, so I ended up purchasing them. All three are now cleaned and regulated and working really nicely, I do plan to swap the strap and bezel on the Amphibia. Really happy with these ones.
Bit of a Seikoholic, not adverse to a homage or a even the odd Ali Express special, but appreciate the finer things too, even if I can't quite afford them yet.
Cool. Is the chronograph a Valjoux?
Love that Big Zero
Love the Chrono…didn’t it go to space before the Swiss or Seiko? It looks ready for space.
#letthewatchdoallthetalking
All great watches hope you enjoy them. Really like the chronograph is a classic example and the big zero is a great watch and conversation starter. A soviot collection is not complete without a Vostok a good example as well.
Congrats on that Poljot (Полёт) 3133! That’s a very significant watch 😊
Cool. Is the chronograph a Valjoux?
Poljot 3133, the first truly accurate Soviet chronograph. Loosely based on a Valjoux
How are the calibers, do they perform well as far as you can tell (precision)?
Cool. Is the chronograph a Valjoux?
It's a Poljot 3133 chronograph. It's got a a lot of Valjoux influence and I believe the Russians used Valjoux tooling to make it, (they bought the tooling from the Swiss maker after it was retired) but it's their own movement.
Love the Chrono…didn’t it go to space before the Swiss or Seiko? It looks ready for space.
#letthewatchdoallthetalking
The earlier strela did, I'd love one of those but they command a really high price now.
How are the calibers, do they perform well as far as you can tell (precision)?
They're all running with less than 0.2ms beat error and within 3 seconds a day accuracy with a bit of adjustment and cleaning. Very very robust and can be made really accurate. They have a setting lever internally for beat error and for advance and retard of time.
They're all running with less than 0.2ms beat error and within 3 seconds a day accuracy with a bit of adjustment and cleaning. Very very robust and can be made really accurate. They have a setting lever internally for beat error and for advance and retard of time.
Very reassuring!
It makes me more confident and determined in adding a russian watch to my collection.
The only difficulty I see is that I have a small wrist, and many have large diameter. I would go for 38mm at most, so I need to look for vintage offerings to maximise my chances.
The Big Zero looks big but really isn't. They're all on my 7" wrist for reference
Man ! You hit the Jackpot 🎰 ! All Great Watches .
Man ! You hit the Jackpot 🎰 ! All Great Watches .
I'm really happy with them, thanks