Poljot
Pilots wristwatch from Russia/ cosmonaut Watch
Poljot a brand of watches from Russia produced since 1964 by the First Moscow Watch Factory.( Poljot Russian: Полёт, literally meaning "flight"),
On April 12th 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. During his historic flight he wore a Shturmanskie pilots wristwatch (a transliteration of Штурманские which actually means "Navigator").
This watch was not specially commissioned for the flight, they were standard issue to all air force pilots at the time. The success of the mission however lead to the factory being awarded the Poljot (Russian: Полет) name in 1964.
In 1965 cosmonaut Alexei Leonov wore a FMWF Strela (СТРЕЛА, arrow") chronograph during his historic first space walk, thus cementing Poljot's place in space history. As with Gagarin's first flight, Leonov's watch was not specially commissioned. The Strela replaced the Shturmanskie as the standard issue pilots watch. In the late 1970s, the Strela itself was replaced by a new breed of chronographs based around the (then new) 3133 movement (a Russian variation of the Swiss Valjoux 7734). Poljot 3133-based watches continued where their predecessors left off and were taken into space by cosmonauts from Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine. On the hand of cosmonaut V.V. Polyakov, a Poljot 3133-based watch set a space record for the longest space flight in history.
ring the Soviet era, Poljot watches were marketed in the United Kingdom under the brand "Sekonda". Today's Sekonda company, a British distributor of ubiquitous fashion watches, has no connection to any Poljot products.
Fakes
Poljot Watches being popular in Russia and abroad, do suffer from many counterfeits. It is actually very difficult to find real ones, even in Russia. Poljot Watches are temporarily not produced. The only real "Poljot" watches available are coming from old stocks, that are still being sold. But these stocks are coming to an end with just a few thousand left. "Golden Poljot", "Poljot Elite" are fake Poljo
Poljot a brand of watches from Russia produced since 1964 by the First Moscow Watch Factory.( Poljot Russian: Полёт, literally meaning "flight"),On April 12th 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. During his historic flight he wore a Shturmanskie pilots wristwatch (a transliteration of Штурманские which actually means "Navigator").
This watch was not specially commissioned for the flight, they were standard issue to all air force pilots at the time. The success of the mission however lead to the factory being awarded the Poljot (Russian: Полет) name in 1964.
In 1965 cosmonaut Alexei Leonov wore a FMWF Strela (СТРЕЛА, arrow") chronograph during his historic first space walk, thus cementing Poljot's place in space history. As with Gagarin's first flight, Leonov's watch was not specially commissioned. The Strela replaced the Shturmanskie as the standard issue pilots watch. In the late 1970s, the Strela itself was replaced by a new breed of chronographs based around the (then new) 3133 movement (a Russian variation of the Swiss Valjoux 7734). Poljot 3133-based watches continued where their predecessors left off and were taken into space by cosmonauts from Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine. On the hand of cosmonaut V.V. Polyakov, a Poljot 3133-based watch set a space record for the longest space flight in history.
ring the Soviet era, Poljot watches were marketed in the United Kingdom under the brand "Sekonda". Today's Sekonda company, a British distributor of ubiquitous fashion watches, has no connection to any Poljot products.
Fakes
Poljot Watches being popular in Russia and abroad, do suffer from many counterfeits. It is actually very difficult to find real ones, even in Russia. Poljot Watches are temporarily not produced. The only real "Poljot" watches available are coming from old stocks, that are still being sold. But these stocks are coming to an end with just a few thousand left. "Golden Poljot", "Poljot Elite" are fake Poljo