And that gets to the crux of the matter: the watches of the USSR were almost never ostentatious. Somewhat lacking in finishing or frivolous complications, they were first and foremost time-telling tools, built to be robust and reliable. After all, wouldn't anything else just be an affront to the Soviet ideal of utilitarianism?
About me
I buy and sell a few old watches from the mid-1930s through the mid-1960s. I like Hamilton and the occasional Bulova. Sometimes I will venture into British watches (e.g., Ingersoll). I deal in mechanical and automatics. Like a tracker pipe organ (also an interest of mine) they are a combination of history, architecture, and machine: little art works. I confess to owning a Citizen for work use, but I generally eschew battery powered appliances.
If the items in my collection seem similar, it is because I like a particular style and function. I prefer real numbers on a watch face and need to tell time at a glance while speaking. I typically wear these watches for weeks, months, or years before selling them—ahh— to make sure everything works as it should. I am not just an eBay flipper. If I tell you a watch runs and keeps time: it runs and keeps time. When I make a buying mistake (oh, it happens) the watch goes to off to a professional watchmaker to be rebuilt and restored and, after my recovering some cost by wearing it, offered as such at a premium.
All the watches I sell are intended to be ready to wear and giftable.