ZIM POBEDA WHITE MILK Rare Vintage 1970s Soviet Russian Mechanical Wrist Watch

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ZIM POBEDA WHITE MILK Rare Vintage 1970s Soviet Russian Mechanical Wrist Watch:
$50.00

ZIM POBEDA MILK DIAL
SOVIET RUSSIAN WATCH

DESCRIPTION

The rare soviet russian men\'s wristwatch Pobeda. Watch produced from 1947.

This ZIM watch was manufactured at the ZIM Watch factory (Zavod im. Maslennikova).

Pobeda (Russian: Победа, Victory) is a Russian brand of wrist- and pocket watches. Based on a French design, the Pobeda\'s simple, 15-jewel movement was cost-effective, reliable, and easy to manufacture and maintain. Watch produced from 1946.

Prior to World War II, during a period of rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union, the Soviet government sought international funding and expertise in developing a domestic industry for timepieces. Eventually the French watch manufacturer LIP was chosen; they established a new watch factory in Penza and licensed several movement designs to the new establishment. One design dating from 1908, the R-26 movement, was further developed and renamed the K-26, and it is believed that a small run of test types were built there in 1946. World War II temporarily disrupted these plans, but after the Allied victory, this watch design was quickly finished at Penza, and full scale production commenced at the First Moscow Watch Factory. Joseph Stalin chose the name Pobeda (Victory) to celebrate the end of the war.

In the Soviet Union, a product brand was not necessarily exclusive to a particular manufacturing site, and during its lifetime, production of Pobeda watches was shifted between the following plants:

Penza Watch Factory (Пензенский Часовой Завод): 1946 prototypes
First Moscow Watch Factory (Первый Московский Часовой Завод): 1946 to 1953
Petrodvorets Watch Factory (Петродворцовый Часовой Завод): 1949 to 1958
Chistopol Watch Factory (Чистопольский часовой завод): 1949 to the c.1950
Second Moscow Watch Factory (Второй московский часовой завод): 1953 to 1964
ZIM Maslennikov Factory (Завод имени Масленникова): c.1951 to 2004

Pobeda watches were sold across the Soviet Union and many other Warsaw Pact nations, and today they are ubiquitous in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Many Pobeda watches were created to commemorate special occasions, such as victories in battle, Party congresses, or space flights. These comemmerative watches were often given as gifts.

Here nice wristwatch with Supper Good Look MILK TONE DIAL. Expensive look gold dark blue hands. On dial ZIM logo, \'Made in USSR\'.

Date produced: from 1950s (this one 1970s)
15 Ruby Jewels
ZIM 2602 Movement
Mechanical, Manual winding-up
2 central hands (hour and minute) and separate seconds one
Body diameter (size, not including the crown/winder): 36 mm x 42 mm.
Wristband size: 18 mm
Stainless steel back

Full tested. Excellent working condition. The watch keep correct time.
The watch is in VERY GOOD cosmetic condition (please see photos for condition). SHIPPINGWinner pays fixed $18.00 to payment for International shipping and handling to any country (worldwide). This item will be shipped to you from Europe (Ukraine) via airmail immediately after payment is fully received and will be arriving within 14-31 days to your destination.SAVE MONEY We combine items. Shipping costs will be less. For example, shipping cost for each next watch add +$9.00.