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Re: News and Comments from MakTime: Aleksandr Makarov`s Exclusive Interview for WUS Russia

It sure is depressing to hear that so many fine calibers (26mm family, Molniya, 2612, Slava calibers,...) are gone and will never return :-(

Which will make the existing pieces much more valuable with the time. Just think about all thousands in-house movements of now ETA based swiss brands like Tissot, Omega, Rado, etc. They don't exists since decades and the remaining pieces are valued very high (not as price, but as historical and craftsmanship value). Try to look at the bright side.

 

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michele, I was thinking about Soyuz as well. Unfortunately MakTime sounds to me as watch maker from Macedonia
The greatest watch-makers in USSR were named after space topics. Even Vostok isn't because of meaning "East", but because the space program "Vostok". Chaika is also not simple the bird seagull, but the nick-name of Valentina Tereshkova. So, let's open Roscosmos web page and inspect the current names of Russian space ships or programs:
Soyuz (used)
Solyut (yeah)
Proton (come on...)
Zenith (hahaha, no way)
Cyclon (no)
Rokot (wtf)
Kosmos (I think it's nice anyway), космос (danger to be read as kocc-mocc).

Also, I like very much Zaria name and I think for the international market they can use it for high-end watches. In Cyrillic "Заря" looks pretty nice with two out of four specific letters.

 

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Re: News and Comments from MakTime: Aleksandr Makarov`s Exclusive Interview for WUS Russia

Just for information, Zaria web page is back online. It isn't updated since the last up-time though.