Raketa Goroda green

Russia 1970-80, brand Raketa, material metal, cm 4,5x4,2x1,2

Wristwatch, manual winding, vintage
Brand: RAKETA
Model: Goroda (Города: city)
By moving the ring it is possible to read the world time of the cities present (written in Cyrillic).
Movement 2628.H, under the movement there are the numbers 46865.
With calendar: presents both the number and the day of the week.
The dial shows the writing "made in CCCP" and the logo all in Cyrillic.
The watch is used, very worn, inside has slight traces of rust.
Working.
Green background.
Dimensions: width with magazine 4.5 - total height 4.2 - dial diameter 2.9 - thickness 1.2 cm
Weight: 56 g
This watch was produced from the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. References can be found in various catalogs of this period: a photo shows a page from the 1983 catalogue.

The Petrodvorets Watch Factory «Raketa» was founded by Peter the Great in 1721. Factory was producing wide range of items, including jewels for watches since 1930.
Factory was devastated during World War 2, restored in 1949 and was making “Pobeda”(Victory) and “Zvezda” watches. In 1954 renamed into Petrodvorets Watch Factory.
Since 1962 “Raketa” watches are produced which became the trade mark of the factory.
The Petrodvorets Watch Factory is one of the rare watch factories in the world that fully manufactures its own movements from A to Z, including hairspring
and escapement.
Other band names produced on the factory include Baltika, Leningrad, Mayak, Neva, Pobeda, Raketa, Rossiya, Svet, Start.

WA-02-0026 - available