Ed's Corner: Poljot Shturmanskie Chronograph Review (And a brief ...
Look under General Infos-History/Links. After the revolution, the new "precision engineering Fund" continued to make watches from the stock of spare parts available, but when the parts supply exhausted, the Soviet government decided to create a national industry match . To assign this, they bought the watch company defunct Deuber-Hampton of the American industrial Armen Hammer see. The entire plant was apparently packed and shipped to Moscow where it was reassembled and, with the help of a number of former employees Deuber-Hampton, has been up and functioning within a year or two .Four hits different materials were produced, a pocket watch, watches two men and a ladies wristwatch. (Incidentally, I think the old models of giant Zlatoust diver watches still use the passage of the first pocket watch made in Russia. They still look on ebay from time to time, even if the newer units can use a different movement.) The first Moscow Watch Factory produces these models until the war began when the production was transferred more military equipment.After the war, a number of new models were introduced including the Pobeda (Victory direction), the first Shturmanskie (picture on the magazine well and the reputation of having been worn by Yuri Gagarin in Vostok 1 flight, the first man in space. Note-This claim has been challenged, some people say that Gagarin was a model of Rodina. Regardless, as the watch he was wearing his flight suit, I'm not sure if anyone will ever really be sure that his claim is true.) (Last day a discerning reader forum WatchUSeek Watch Russia has clarified this issue for me. Gagarin was actually wearing Shturmanskie.It seems there was a photo of him at the time of his flight suit....
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