Description Vintage Sekonda soviet mechanical watch MADE IN USSR! By 1964, all major watch factories in the USSR had been reorganized and rebranded with an Anglicized name that better lent itself to international markets (prior brands were almost always written in Cyrillic). The trade mark ‘SEKONDA’ is on the dial. The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate. Original soviet “SEKONDA” has mechanical lever movement and manual winding. MANUFACTURED: 1970-80s CASE SIZE 41mm x 37mm(with crown) THICKNESS 11mm LUG WIDTH 18mm TYPE Mechanical MOVEMENT 2616.2H (1MWF “POLJOT”) FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Calendar Watch been through a recent service by a professional watch tech and keeps good time. Comes with vintage expandable stainless steel bracelet included. This watch ships out from���� Ukraine with tracking number Modes of payment: PayPal Credit Cards (VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover) We guarantee that the item in this ad looks and works as advertised and offer money back guarantee on this. 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. About Sekonda Brand In the early 1960s, the Soviet export market was experiencing unprecedented growth. International demand for timepieces was so strong that, by 1964, all major watch factories in the USSR had been reorganized and rebranded with an Anglicized name that better lent itself to international markets (prior brands were almost always written in Cyrillic). In 1966, a further step was taken toward the internationalization of Soviet watches. In this year, the Scientific Research Institute of the Soviet Watchmaking Industry, NIIChasProm, partnered with a British company, Sekonda, for the creation of a new line of Soviet watches. These watches were to be sourced from the USSR and distributed in the UK under the brand name “Sekonda”. NIIChasProm was the organizational body that coordinated the supply of Sekonda products from the various different Soviet watch factories, among them: Chelyabinsk Watch Factory, Chistopol Watch Factory, First Moscow Watch Factory, Integral Electronics, Maslennikov Factory, Minsk Watch Factory, Penza Watch Factory, Petrodvorets Watch Factory, Second Moscow Watch Factory, Uglich Watch Factory.
