A firebird is depicted on the front.
There is a beautiful floral motif on the back.
In fairy tales, the bird becomes the subject of difficult tasks: a hero has to bring a feather of the firebird, goes out to catch the bird, of his own accord or at the request of his father or king. The creature is magical and highly sought after, but the hero, originally charmed by the glowing feather, blames him for his circumstances. The story of the Firebird served as a template and inspiration for many other works, including The Humpbacked Horse by Pyotr Yershov. The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky also created a homage to the legend of the mythical creature with the ballet suite L'Oiseau de feu.
A rare Russian mechanical pocket watch brand "MOLNIJA" GOST 10733-79
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: 1998
The original MOLNIJA papers with short operating instructions are in Russian, German, French and English.
The scope of delivery includes standard plastic packaging - original from MOLNIJA.
CLOCKWORK:
3602 Molnija caliber, hand-wound, 18 jewels, balance with Breguet hairspring, 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 1: silver-colored, hands: black, numbers/indices: black & Roman, logo Molnija and inscription "Made in Russia" in Cyrillic.
Dial 2: silver-colored, hands: black, numbers/indices: black & Roman, logo Molnija and inscription "Made in Russia" in Latin.
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.