POBEDA 1 MChZ POLJOT CENTRAL SECOND 4th-1954 Rare Vintage Soviet Russian Watch

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POBEDA 1 MChZ POLJOT CENTRAL SECOND 4th-1954 Rare Vintage Soviet Russian Watch:
$75.00

4th quarter-1954 MChZ POBEDA
K-26 CENTRAL SECOND HAND
SOVIET RUSSIAN WATCH

DESCRIPTION

The rare soviet russian men\'s wristwatch Pobeda. Watch produced from 1947.

This POBEDA watch was manufactured at the 1st MChZ (1st Moscow Watch factory, later renamed to POLJOT).

Pobeda (Russian: Победа, Victory) is a Russian brand of wrist- and pocket watches. Based on a French design, the Pobeda\'s simple, 15-jewel movement was cost-effective, reliable, and easy to manufacture and maintain. Watch produced from 1946.

Prior to World War II, during a period of rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union, the Soviet government sought international funding and expertise in developing a domestic industry for timepieces. Eventually the French watch manufacturer LIP was chosen; they established a new watch factory in Penza and licensed several movement designs to the new establishment. One design dating from 1908, the R-26 movement, was further developed and renamed the K-26, and it is believed that a small run of test types were built there in 1946. World War II temporarily disrupted these plans, but after the Allied victory, this watch design was quickly finished at Penza, and full scale production commenced at the First Moscow Watch Factory. Joseph Stalin chose the name Pobeda (Victory) to celebrate the end of the war.

In the Soviet Union, a product brand was not necessarily exclusive to a particular manufacturing site, and during its lifetime, production of Pobeda watches was shifted between the following plants:

Penza Watch Factory (Пензенский Часовой Завод): 1946 prototypes
First Moscow Watch Factory (Первый Московский Часовой Завод): 1946 to 1954
Petrodvorets Watch Factory (Петродворцовый Часовой Завод): 1949 to 1958
Chistopol Watch Factory (Чистопольский часовой завод): 1949 to the c.1950
Second Moscow Watch Factory (Второй московский часовой завод): 1953 to 1964
ZIM Maslennikov Factory (Завод имени Масленникова): c.1951 to 2004

Pobeda watches were sold across the Soviet Union and many other Warsaw Pact nations, and today they are ubiquitous in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Many Pobeda watches were created to commemorate special occasions, such as victories in battle, Party congresses, or space flights. These comemmerative watches were often given as gifts.

Here Rare Vintage 1954 wristwatch with Arabian style numbers, dark blue hands, red central second hand.

Date produced: from 1950s (this one 4th quarter-1954)
15 Ruby Jewels
MChZ K-26 Movement
Mechanical, Manual winding-up
3 central hands (hour,minute and seconds)
Body diameter (size, not including the crown/winder): 33 mm x 42 mm.
Wristband size: 16 mm
Stainless steel back

Full tested. Excellent working condition. The watch keep correct time.
The watch is in VERY GOOD cosmetic condition (please see photos for condition). SHIPPINGWinner pays fixed $18.00 to payment for International shipping and handling to any country (worldwide). This item will be shipped to you from Europe (Ukraine) via airmail immediately after payment is fully received and will be arriving within 14-31 days to your destination.SAVE MONEY We combine items. Shipping costs will be less. For example, shipping cost for each next watch add +$9.00.