Please
Note: All of my vintage Soviet watches
are serviced and restored by professionals in The Ukraine. Their shops are now
shuttered during the conflict there. We
hope that peace is restored soon and that we can, once again, offer their
products to you.
History
of the Watch Movement "Pobeda"
Based on a
French design, the Pobeda's simple, 15-jewel movement was cost-effective,
reliable, and easy to manufacture and maintain. Prior to World War II,
during a period of rapid industrialization of 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, with
significant alterations to the original design. 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.
Factories
Having Produced under the brand "Pobeda"
Pobeda watches before and after the fall of Soviet Union
During Soviet times
In the
Soviet Union, a product brand was not necessarily exclusive to a particular
manufacturing site (this changed though in the 60's when each factory got its
own brands), and during its lifetime, production of Pobeda watches was shifted
between the following plants:
·
Penza Watch Factory (Пензенский
Часовой Завод): for a few years from 1945
·
First
Moscow Watch Factory (Первый
Московский Часовой Завод): 1946 to 1953
·
Petrodvorets
Watch Factory (Петродворцовый
Часовой Завод): 1946 to nowadays
·
Chistopol Watch
Factory (Чистопольский часовой завод): 1949 to the c.1950
·
Second Moscow Watch
Factory (Второй московский часовой завод): 1953 to 1964
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