Raketa - watches
Soviet and Russian watches, military watches, Red Army, Soviet Navy... durable watch, watches for aviation
Raketa Watches are Soviet and Russian watches manufactured since 1962 by the Petrodvorets Watch Factory in Saint Petersburg - the oldest factory in Russia. It was founded by Peter the Great in 1721 as the Peterhof Lapidary Works to make hardstone carvings. At its beginning the factory produced objects made of precious and semi-precious stones for the Tsar and his family. In the 80's the production of Raketa was 4.5 million watches a year. Raketa watches were used by the Red Army, Soviet Navy, for North Pole expeditions and by civil Soviet population.
Raketa Wristwatches; pocket watches; watch for polar explorers; watches for divers; hours for the navy; hours for the army; watches for aviation; chronographs.
April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin made the first flight in the history of mankind in outer space on the rocket Vostok 1. In honor of Yuri Gagarin the Petrodvorets Watch Factory named its watches "Raketa" (rocket in Russian). However, At the height of the Cold War, the name was perceived negatively in the Western Countries, since Raketa was associated with the launch of a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missile R-16.
Before the Petrodvorets Watch Factory began to produce clockworks, it produced technical stones for military manufacturers and "jewels" for the watch industry. In 1949 the factory produced its first watches under the names Zvezda and Pobeda. His own original model under the brand Raketa appeared in 1961. The factory created its own mechanism - «Raketa - 2609N». On this basis, the Petrodvorets Watch Factory produced more than two dozen versions Raketa movements: with automatic winding, with calendar, with 24 hour scale for polar explorers, antimagnetic watches in case of a nuclear attack, watches for the military. Mechanical Raketa watches, produced in Petrodvorets were exported to all the communist world and considered one of the most durable and reliable movements in the world.
Raketa Watches are Soviet and Russian watches manufactured since 1962 by the Petrodvorets Watch Factory in Saint Petersburg - the oldest factory in Russia. It was founded by Peter the Great in 1721 as the Peterhof Lapidary Works to make hardstone carvings. At its beginning the factory produced objects made of precious and semi-precious stones for the Tsar and his family. In the 80's the production of Raketa was 4.5 million watches a year. Raketa watches were used by the Red Army, Soviet Navy, for North Pole expeditions and by civil Soviet population.Raketa Wristwatches; pocket watches; watch for polar explorers; watches for divers; hours for the navy; hours for the army; watches for aviation; chronographs.
April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin made the first flight in the history of mankind in outer space on the rocket Vostok 1. In honor of Yuri Gagarin the Petrodvorets Watch Factory named its watches "Raketa" (rocket in Russian). However, At the height of the Cold War, the name was perceived negatively in the Western Countries, since Raketa was associated with the launch of a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missile R-16.
Before the Petrodvorets Watch Factory began to produce clockworks, it produced technical stones for military manufacturers and "jewels" for the watch industry. In 1949 the factory produced its first watches under the names Zvezda and Pobeda. His own original model under the brand Raketa appeared in 1961. The factory created its own mechanism - «Raketa - 2609N». On this basis, the Petrodvorets Watch Factory produced more than two dozen versions Raketa movements: with automatic winding, with calendar, with 24 hour scale for polar explorers, antimagnetic watches in case of a nuclear attack, watches for the military. Mechanical Raketa watches, produced in Petrodvorets were exported to all the communist world and considered one of the most durable and reliable movements in the world.