Molnija Frankenwatches, opinions?

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spreckityall

Discussion Starter · Apr 8, 2015

I recently bought a couple Molnija "Frankenwatches". I'm a college student on a budget and wanted a decent mechanical watch. After spending more time on here than I should have (instead of studying), I ended up buying these two watches with Molnija 3602 movements. I realize that these are not fantastic watches, but I do enjoy the crazy faces, and its good to know that they have seemingly solid movements behind them.

Overall I am pretty happy with my purchases. They both keep time pretty well, the only complaint I have is that both of the faces are not centered, a caveat to buying these kinds of watches no doubt.

What do you all think? Have any stories, comments, advice on these kinds of watches?

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93EXCivic

· #2 · Apr 8, 2015

I am building a Molly powered Panerai Radimor styled watch right now.

The first one is kinda cool. I'd own it.

The way I look at it the made tons of Molnija pocketwatches and very few people use pocketwatches so why not enjoy them on your wrist.

All that being said I wouldn't pay a lot for one and the lack of shockproofing means that they aren't as robust as a normal wristwatch movement.

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