MOLNIJA 3602 Republic of Tatarstan Russian mechanical pocket watch NOS

The Tatar emblem is depicted on the top lid.

The back cover features an embossed floral pattern. The dial is designed with blackened hands and Roman numerals on a green background.

Tatarstan (officially Republic of Tatarstan; German also Tataria) is an autonomous republic in the eastern part of European Russia. Tatarstan is the most populous of Russia's autonomous republics and is considered particularly independent. The name Tatarstan came only in the 19th/20th century. century on. The older term Tatariya referred to a much larger area. The Tatars are a Turkic people who once invaded Russia with the Mongol invasion. They remained in the country even after the end of Mongol rule. The Tatar capital Kazan is the center of Islam in Russia.

A rare Russian mechanical pocket watch brand "MOLNIJA" GOST 10733-98
A real collector's item made from old stock items (NOS, New Old Stock). Mechanical quality movement that is no longer produced in this price range today.

Year of manufacture: 2004

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 seconds at position 6

HOUSING:
Heavy casing made of nickel silver (not mass-produced from chrome-plated brass), Ø 50mm, height 12.7mm

DIAL:
Dial: metallic with embossing, hands: blackened steel, numbers: white on green

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.

After the purchase

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