Hello, I had been following Poljot alarm watches on ebay and recently discovered russian watches in general, which was a big wow! Decent prices on mechanical watches!! I've bought a Komarskie which is the first mechanical watch I've opened :) It's now having a hydrochloric acid bath, and I'm...

For any Zim2602 experts out there: I'd been scratching my head how to regulate my ZIM 2602 movements. I have 2 examples that are -500 spd but they don't have a regulator or regulator curb pins. They look like this photo [from 17jewels.info] (although my hairsprings are in better shape) If you...

One more arrival: Сигнал 304, mechanical alarm clock with an AM radio receiver around ;) This is just one way of looking at it... Portable AM receiver from the 80's-90's, with mechanical timer. Produced by the Kamensk-Uralsky Instrument Factory aka "Oktyabr"/October that produced the famous...

I pulled the trigger on this Zim described as '1950' vintage last night. I broke a few rules for buying on eBay: seller had few feedbacks, I don't know the market well enough yet, I didn't check here first, the list goes on... On the other hand, I satisfied myself via The Metatechnical...