[Odessa200]

Hello all, I am interested in this Slava watch, but the date wheel looks strange to me. Is this a franken? Thanks!

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Franken: calendar in Cyrillic while dial is in Latin. Also hands have wrong paint color (black on black is not that visible). Here is the catalog photo.

 

[Odessa200]

Hello, I'm in the market for a silver Raketa Copernicus. There is this seller called 'nostalgyua' on eBay who has listed two of them claiming they are NOS and come with original papers and box. I'm hoping to get your opinion on the legitimacy of these listings or experience with this seller. Thank you.

!NOS NEW !Ussr RAKETA COPERNIC COPERNICUS KOPERNIK gray 100% ORIGINAL box tags | eBay

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Looks good to me

 

[979greenwich]

Looks good to me

Me too.

 

[Snuffalo Bill]

Happy Holidays all.

I'm looking to pick up my first Raketa Perpetual. Posting 2 listings that seem ok. I don't know much about the tell tale signs for this model so forgive if these are egregious. Thanks.

SOVIET RAKETA PERPETUAL CALENDANR MEN'S WATCH. | eBay

Raketa Watch Ussr Perpetual Calendar Gold Plated | eBay

 

[979greenwich]

Happy Holidays all.

I'm looking to pick up my first Raketa Perpetual. Posting 2 listings that seem ok. I don't know much about the tell tale signs for this model so forgive if these are egregious. Thanks.

SOVIET RAKETA PERPETUAL CALENDANR MEN'S WATCH. | eBay

Raketa Watch Ussr Perpetual Calendar Gold Plated | eBay

Both look good to me.

 

[Snuffalo Bill]

Both look good to me.

Thank you very much!

 

[AaParker]

Hello, I know that this version does have some redials associated with it, but what are your thoughts on this Volna? I'm thinking it may be correct? The "wave" above Volna is broken and it is solid on the redials. Thank you very much, as always, I am grateful for any opinions and thoughts you may have.

 

[Odessa200]

Hello, I know that this version does have some redials associated with it, but what are your thoughts on this Volna? I'm thinking it may be correct? The "wave" above Volna is broken and it is solid on the redials. Thank you very much, as always, I am grateful for any opinions and thoughts you may have.

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looks legit. This used to be mine (see attached) and it had an authentic dial just like your pick.

 

[AaParker]

Thank you very much @Odessa200 !

 

[979greenwich]

Is that radium btw?

 

[Odessa200]

Is that radium btw?

No

 

[Supdany]

Hello, what do you think of this Poljot de luxe 2209?

 

[Odessa200]

Hello, what do you think of this Poljot de luxe 2209?

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I see no issues. Great watch

 

[palletwheel]

Hello, what do you think of this Poljot de luxe 2209?

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I can't quite tell from the photo, but is the second hand red? Be sure its gold. Some owners thought red second hands "improved" the look on many watches. Sometimes people strip the red laquer and try to return it back, with varying results so be careful. Crown is wrong IMHO, though lots of fun debate to be had on those.

 

[Odessa200]

I am sorry I did not notice the red seconds hand. Agree with @palletwheel that it should be golden.
The crown is ‘from the family’ of the crowns for these models. Here we disagree with @palletwheel: he is under opinion that some crowns were specifically for some dials exactly as listed in a catalog. The catalog has slight crown variation depending on dials. I am more lenient: I think that although the catalog shows specific combos in reality various crowns from the ‘family’ were used by the factory. Of course it is possible that they were replaced during a repair/service and watchmakers used ‘a family’ crown without trying to match a catalog. All possible.

 

[Supdany]

I am sorry I did not notice the red seconds hand. Agree with @palletwheel that it should be golden.

I have seen some mid 70s Luch 2209 with red second hands. So you think that late Poljot de luxe did not have the same think? I did not find 1973/74/75 Poljot de luxe catalogues.

 

[Odessa200]

I have seen some mid 70s Luch 2209 with red second hands. So you think that late Poljot de luxe did not have the same think? I did not find 1973/74/75 de Poljot luxe catalogues.

That is correct. And even you can find this is catalogs for Luch. But this design emerged a bit later in USSR and Poljot De Lux was no longer in production (while Luch was). But Soviet men loved it and many watchmakers were making extra ruble for offering to put a nice red seconds hand during service of Poljots. Also they got red Luch hands. This is why you can see so many such watches with red hand. Although this is not how the watch was released from the factory it does not make the watch less authentic imho. It is still a soviet watch that was very slightly modified in the 70s to look more modern.

 

[Supdany]

Thanks, it makes sense.

 

[gp20]

Happy new year to everyone
New year, new doubts...

 

[steros]

I have a question about the Raketa Amphibia. The crown is quite special, screwed and also spring-loaded. But did the crown appear in different designs, both chromed and stainless? Or did it only appear in one version? From photos of other collectors examples I get the feeling that an original crown should be chromed brass, but I'm not sure.