SOVIET WATCHES - Analogs and Digitals from USSR and Belarus - Pobeda, Poljot, Elektronika and more

In this episode I dig into the history of watches from the Soviet Union or USSR, including examples from modern day Belarus. Analog mechanical watch brands covered include Pobeda, Poljot, Strela and Sturmanskie from the First Moscow Watch Company, Slava, Raketa, Chaika and of course Vostok, amongst many more. Digital watches of course include those from both Integral Minsk and Pinsk with both Elektronika and Kamerton brands, originally developed at the NII institute. Some classics are Yurin Gagarin's watch , the first digital in space, Big Zero , Soviet chronographs based on German machines, watches based on Lip movements and many more. I do hope you enjoy the episode!

It is split into 5 parts covering 1. Pre Soviet Union ; 2. Emergence of Soviet Watchmaking ; 3. Overview of Mechanical Brands ; 4 Soviets go digital ; 5. What happened next?

Key sources include:

Electrifying the Wristwatch (Book)
Birth of Soviet Watchmaking (Book as PDF)
Elektronik5.RU
Sergei Frolov Soviet Electronics Museum
Watches of the USSR website
Crazywatches .pl website
Russian Corner website - 3 part series on digital watches
netgrafik.ch elektronika watches

Other sources are referenced on each image.

#sovietwatches #sovietdigitalwatches #poljot

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