Just sold my first Russian watch. I bought it at an antique shop in Alexandria, VA on 12/04/2010! Got me interested in Russian watches and was the reason I joined this Forum. Got a lot of use out of it, but it just stopped working.
Continue readingShow Us Your Zaria/Penza Watch Factory Watches
If you have any Zaria/Penza Watch Factory watches, here's a place to show them. A few of mine:
Zvezda:
Sura:
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Continue readingPoljot Afghanistan Dosty (friendship) Tonneau Case Watch from Soviet-Afghan War – CA early 1980s
Comrades,
Through an act of incredible kindness and generousity by one of our members – David (Comrade duffhessian1776), I am now in possession of possibly one of the rarest of all Poljot watches.
David knew how much I wanted one of these, and kind…
Continue readingAgat katran
Could someone tell me something about the agat katran? And modern agat watches, in general.
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Continue readingNew version of the Raketa “Russian Code”
I have the original version of this, the latest one is the nicest yet but there's another inexplicable price increase of 800 euros and all that has changed is the dial (still the same layered construction) and the design on the rotor. I refuse to…
Continue readingWRUW JUNE 2026 / ЧВСН ИЮНЬ 2026
Missing bezel. Need guidance on what kind and where to source.
Good morning,
I am trying to find a bezel for this and this clearly seems to be missing one. Can someone guide me on what will fit, what it actually came with and where to get one?
Any info on the piece welcome as well (case type, dial info etc). It …
Continue readingMy first Vostok Komandirskie (Zakaz MO) – Interesting weathered dial
Hello guys,
I wanted to share my newly acquired Vostok Komandirskie watch with you.
Bought it for 35 Euros, non-working. When I unpacked the watch it didn't tick at all. Then, I accidentally gave it the "Russian fall of doom" onto the …
Continue readingPoljot 3017 – fake or real dial?
This is my first post on this forum but I've been reading it a lot.
I have just purchased my first vintage watch which is long time aspired Poljot 3017 (Strela).
I've done my homework and read everything I could found on the subject of real v…
Poljot Amfibia Info
Hello,
I am a new member and this is my first/introductory post.
I am a vintage watch collector and have recently started teaching myself how to service my watches. Some time ago I won a job lot auction that included this Poljot Amfibia, which was a …
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