Thought it would be fun to start a thread that is somewhat opposite of the franken thread, that highlights and appreciates fine Soviet and Russian pieces found on the web, but not necessarily in your personal collection. The fact is Russian/Soviet watches have increased in price quite a bit so there are some very unique and interesting pieces out there that may be beyond many of our means, but I thought it might still be fun to highlight them and have a conversation about them.
To kick things off, I wanted to show this Officer's Award Pavel Bure that has been on ebay for a while. It seems dropped dead gorgeous, fully 14k pocket watch, with excellent detailing of the royal court seal and a professionally well done inscription (something that I've found is quite rare with Russian pieces in general for some reason - inscriptions aren't done well and many seem sloppy, this one seems perfect).
AFAIK there was a short term period of "casing" by Wostok this poljot alarm movement. Wostok even purchased equipment for production of this caliber after Poljot buncrupsy. But according to the last data the equipment is in terrible condition and is not able to produce acceptable quiality parts.
This type-I paratrooper watch spent a couple hours on ebay for sale during which I was trying to decide whether or not to buy it before it got snapped up:
This type-I paratrooper watch spent a couple hours on ebay for sale during which I was trying to decide whether or not to buy it before it got snapped up:
You should have just asked me for the WUS discount price . I had actually listed it also on here in the for sale wus forum.
Both listing where online for 5 days without a nibble, so in the end i got an offer and accepted. Slight loss but ok,
I went on their website. Some nice chronographs, but the prices they are proposing are unbelievable! €3,000 for a decent condition 1959 Strela? €1,150 for a nice Sekonda 3017? I mean, I know some sellers charge premiums, but that is just out of control.
I saw this NOS alarm watch with a columbus dial which finally sold for $92.52 on the bay. I was so tempted to buy this but in the end the bidding price became too high for me.
I had one of these years ago in my early days of collecting, the Luch 3055. Seldom used tech, using a battery powered, quartz controlled balance wheel. A short lived period in between mechanical and pure quartz stepper motors. The quartz was cut to vibrate at 49,152 Hz, instead of 32,768Hz like all other quartz watches.
Does German242 only allow registrations from that part of the world (I don't mean Germany :-d)?
I wanted to sign up but sadly I'm not receiving any kind of confirmation.
There are some great watches popping up that I am interested in! :-!
I would hope it is original for $1,300+ although they do state "authenticity guaranteed".
Who knows if the lugs are rounded...the other images on their website are extremely small so you can't see much.
I might be mistaken, but the beveled edge style (as named above) isn't the rarest of the three; just saying, in my humble collection alone I have 4 examples with it and, altough for sure I wouldn't describe it as "common", I wouldn't call it a grail either. While, for instance, despite a few years spent paying deep attention and studying (big word!...) every Strela I could find on the net, I think I've never encountered a slightly-curved edge style (or maybe I too am unable to identify one in a photo :-( ).
This is to say that -assuming that the one we are seeing is actually a beveled edge case, which is far from having been proven- my theory is that it wouldn't be a Sekonda 3017 frankenized using a rare-but-not-so-rare-after-all older case, but rather the other way 'round: an earlier model brought to new life with a '70s dial and paddle hands. Alas, I can't find the website mentioned by comrade 24h, I would really like to give a look at the other pictures...
Anyway, this discussion is just an exercise of style: 1300+ bucks IMHO would still be excessive for a NOS example with papers, for this price I bet this piece will stay there forever. :-d
The website is called SovietCaliber.com and most watches are extremely overpriced. $3,500 for a Strela 3017...
Great pictures though - I wish they were larger.
Of course when I mentioned "poor journalism" I was referring to those few articles I read (the first 2 or 3 returned by the google search), which invariably pointed out mainly at the jacket's price -as if that was the real scoop, and in Mr.M's case there wasn't anything more serious to write about.
I said I wouldn't be discussing that guy's tastes in clothing and I'll keep my word; but please, comrade, be so kind to exempt me from googling the jacket... I'll go out for dinner in a while, and I fear more pictures of it could seriously affect my appetite. I'm sure you'll understand. :-d
Thanks for the hint about ostrich straps; I reported the prices I saw online from a couple of different producers (in physical shops I expect them to be much higher, of course), glad to know that they can be also found for a more affordable amount. ;-)
(...) I'll go out for dinner in a while, and I fear more pictures of it could seriously affect my appetite. I'm sure you'll understand. :-d
Thanks for the hint about ostrich straps; I reported the prices I saw online from a couple of different producers (in physical shops I expect them to be much higher, of course), glad to know that they can be also found for a more affordable amount. ;-)
Strap: Di Modell brand, from an eBay shop in Latvia-excellent service, btw. The band is really just as good, if not better (micro-perforations on the underside), as one I had which came on a JLC Heraion.
An absolute at the listed price of 4000 dollars thats only a grand a number (ignore the 150 ruble price tag literally still attached to the watch). Shipping is only 90 dollars to canada apparently from where the item is currently located in Pennsylvania.
Nice watch. I would pay this money for it if it is the last watch missing from my collection. Meaning: I have all the watches that USSR had ever made and this one is missing.
On a serious note: probably a right move to buy it whoever did it.
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