A rare pearl: Raketa 2209 ultraflat

[michele]

At last, i was able to snag this treasure for a very low price. The Raketa 2209 was produced in a very limited quantity, mainly for small pocket watches. This is the third wristwatch with this movement that i see in four years.

The movement was excellently described by Andrei Babanin on his webpage (http://www.horology.ru/articles/tz2.htm) , and it has a very distinctive layout. In spite of his bad reliability fame, it works perfectly and keeps excellent time. As usual, i can't read the inscription on the caseback

Pics from the seller (good) and from me (bad ).

[ecalzo]

good ones..........

[Bishamon]

Congrats! It appears to be in excellent condition!

[kreesa]

This watch used to belong to an Interior Affairs Ministry worker(most likely to a cop) at the city of Zjdanov( has been given back its historical name of Mariupol after SU collapse. Hope this helped. Cheers, Greg.

[marc_wl]

Congratulation Michele You've found indeed the rare pearl!!!!

Did you find it by chance or was you seeking for one in particular?

[michele]

Congratulation Michele You've found indeed the rare pearl!!!!

Did you find it by chance or was you seeking for one in particular?

I found it by chance (although i was already aware of the existence of that watch), and i was very surprised by the fact that nobody bidded on it (the auction was very visible)

The curious fact is that one week before, i found another watch like that, in worser conditions (scratched dial). I recognized it simply seeing the case, there was no pic of the movement...but i forgot to bid and that watch went unsold. So this one was a great second chance!

Kreesa, thank you very much for the information!

[Krzysiek_W]

very nice Paketa, good shot

[Sudhakar]

Congratulations , Very nice watch.