The Northern Fleet or Red Banner Northern Fleet (Russian Severnij flot) is the name of the part of the Soviet Navy that was established in 1933 and is stationed beyond the Arctic Circle, as well as the Russian successor unit.
On the spring cover: U-boat & Cyrillic letters KSF (Red Banner Northern Fleet). An anchor adorns the back cover.
A rare Russian mechanical pocket watch brand "MOLNIJA" GOST 10733-98
A real collector's item made from old stock (NOS, New Old Stock). Mechanical quality movement that is no longer produced in this price range today.
Year of manufacture: 2002
The original MOLNIJA documents with short operating instructions are in German, English, Russian and French.
The scope of delivery includes standard plastic packaging - original from MOLNIJA.
CLOCKWORK:
3602 Molnija caliber, hand-wound, 18 jewels, Breguet spiral balance, balance escapement vibration 18000, power reserve when fully wound: 38+ hours
FEATURES:
Time display: hours/minutes/seconds
INDICATORS | SHOW:
Small second at position 9
HOUSING:
Heavy casing made of nickel silver (not mass-produced from chrome-plated brass), Ø 50mm, height 16.2mm
DIAL:
Dial: silver, hands: black, numbers/indices: black, logo Molnija and inscription "Made in Russia" in Cyrillic, an anchor is embossed in the middle of the dial.
MOLNIJA 3602
The Molnija 3602, which was produced for almost fifty years, between 1960 and 2008.
It goes back to the Cortebert 616, which was produced in Switzerland in the 1930s and 1940s, and whose machines were probably subsequently sold to Russia.
Over time, this work was modified several times, in particular the height increased by over a millimeter, and the decoration became more and more economical until, towards the end, almost no decorative cuts and other decorations were added.