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Those watches do not need battery power, and this is super amazing in era of computers and internet.
Just spring and muscle, perfect for post apocalyptic world.
If you like Soviet watches you'll probably enjoy this index of movements: https://17jewels.info/ I collect mechanical watches and have a fair number of vintage Soviet watches in my collection - Rateka, Vostok, Poljot, etc. Cheap, reliable, and often with striking designs. (Today's watch is a Poljot - Russian: Полёт, literally meaning "flight", is a brand of Soviet/Russian wristwatches, produced since 1964 by the Firs…
I had a Vostok movement watch. It lost 10 minutes every day. Hard to recommend such a watch honestly.
I had a Vostok movement watch. It lost 10 minutes every day. Hard to recommend such a watch honestly.
This largely sums up the Soviet watch industry. Low tech, low cost with virtually no design value except when it's so completely off than that in itself becomes notable. They are still collectable, because some watches are rare, it's just that they aren't very ... exciting or interesting.
I have one of such working watch, with Lenin face and goldish plate as my daily watch. They are amazing pieces of history. Those watches do not need battery power, and this is super amazing in era of computers and internet. Just spring and muscle, perfect for post apocalyptic world.
A shame, and indignity must be forgotten lest you want somebody to say that it wasn't, and pick it as its banner.
The world was very judicious in being uncompromising in stomping out every bit, and part of third reich, and Tojo's militarism.
That's why you don't have a world war 3, and next populists in line coming shouting "make Germany great again"
Unfortunately, the world has not finished this business completely, and now we have no shortage of historical revisionists wanting to take a revanche on the Post-War-World, promising "great old times" again.
I had a Vostok movement watch. It lost 10 minutes every day. Hard to recommend such a watch honestly.
Did you adjust it? Most Vostok watches have small internal "thing" to adjust - worked for me (had the same problem).
Though they might not know what they’re looking at.
If you like Soviet watches you'll probably enjoy this index of movements: https://17jewels.info/ I collect mechanical watches and have a fair number of vintage Soviet watches in my collection - Rateka, Vostok, Poljot, etc. Cheap, reliable, and often with striking designs. (Today's watch is a Poljot - Russian: Полёт, literally meaning "flight", is a brand of Soviet/Russian wristwatches, produced since 1964 by the Firs…
That casio keeps super time if you leave it on your desk in a large climate controlled building. Like HAQ quality. Do you have any of the single hand watches from raketa? Always wanted one but didnt like the shape.
I'm flexible on digits vs. markers, (e.g. the piece I'm wearing today has numerals at 2, 6, and 10). But I stick to two/three hand watches.
The hour dial really gives a more visceral feeling of the passage of time, much like a sundial.
I’ve got a Poljot de luxe that was made for export (English text on the dial) from the 70s. I am pretty impressed with it on the overall - for the time it’s very thin, reasonably accurate and has an elegant timeless look to it. > He believes that mechanical watches were created by the best minds of 18th and 19th centuries. "Many modern watchmakers admit that we will never match them," he adds I think there is some pr…
"right now" is relative, grand Seiko started in 1967 and the spring drive was invented in the 90s. I think in the age of smartphones, internet and gps time innovation regarding high precision independent time keeping almost stopped.
That said I do agree with you that in today’s world innovation in high precision independent time keeping has stopped. A radio controlled relatively accurate quartz watch will keep excellent time with no user intervention over many years.
If you like Soviet watches you'll probably enjoy this index of movements: https://17jewels.info/ I collect mechanical watches and have a fair number of vintage Soviet watches in my collection - Rateka, Vostok, Poljot, etc. Cheap, reliable, and often with striking designs. (Today's watch is a Poljot - Russian: Полёт, literally meaning "flight", is a brand of Soviet/Russian wristwatches, produced since 1964 by the Firs…