Vintage 1980s Raketa Perpetual Calendar mechanical wristwatch.

AU1 gold plated with a 40 mm diameter excluding crown, 42 mm (18mm lug)

Mechanical 2628H Raketa 19 jewels movement 

Raketa (Paкéтa) Perpetual Calendar, vintage Soviet Russian watch

It has a gold plated case with a steel back and a stunning two tone blue finished dial that compliments the gold markers. The watch has rarely been used and runs very well.

Made in the Saint Petersburg, Petrodvorets Watch Factory (later named Paкéтa /

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin made the first manned flight into space with Vostok 1. In honor of this event, the Petrodvorets Watch Factory called its watches "rocket", or Raketa / Paкéтa in Russian. Raketa watches were produced for the army, navy, polar expeditions and civilians.

The movement is rewound by turning the crown clockwise (away from you)

Time setting - pull the crown 1 mm to the right until it clicks

Date setting - pull the crown to the right to the end > this adds +1 day to the calendar