I have a few watches from the Soviet era. These have the 'Made in USSR' (or equivalent in Russian/Cyrillic) on their dials. The USSR produced many really good watches including iconic ones such as the Sturmanskie, which Yuri Gagarin wore as the first man in space, and the Scuba guy dive watches that has somewhat of a following for those into dive watches.
The Poljot featured here is among the more desirable chronographs produced in the USSR. This has Strela and Sturmanskie versions that were standard issues for cosmonauts and air force pilots.
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The watch features a white dial with a sub second on the left and the chrono sub dial on the right. There is also a date feature at 6 o'clock.
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Side view with the crown and chronograph buttons
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The other side view showing a case in relatively good condition with all the scratches and dinks of a vintage watch. This indicates use of the watch.
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Case back with what looks like a serial number
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Wrist shot
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Close-up of the dial
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The watch runs well and I have observed it to run for 2 days straight though I haven't done a stricter observation how many hours it would run when fully wound. I had wanted to post about this watch earlier this year but I left this in one of my offices and only recently was able to take it home. And then Russia invaded Ukraine and somehow I lost appetite for posting this. Well, here's hoping for cessation in the war and that peace may return soon in that region.
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