A simple Chaika 1601A, it’s manual winding, meaning you have to wind it up manually. 🙂
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It’s a New-Old-Stock (NOS for short), dated probably before 1992, as the inscription, “Made in USSR”.
A modern Слава / Slava
An automatic modern Слава / Slava
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The inscription is “автоматичеÑкое” = Automatic, “23 камней” = 23 Jewels and “Сделано в РоÑÑии” = “Made in Russia”.
Movement: Slava 2427 automatic
Jewels: 23
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, day, date calendar
The unique part of the movement is there are two mainsprings.
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Giving constant power, even when it’s low on reserve.
Watch Collecting, Started with Fossil and Vostok-Europe
I wasn’t big on watches previously, I don’t even wore a watch since school !
When my girl bought me this Fossil 52MM, I was practically hooked on big watches.
I was shopping for a mechanical watch as opposed to the usual quartz watches. I wasn’t a big fan of mainstream or popular products, I rather go out of the norm, I’m always choosing obscure products.
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