Junkers BAUHAUS 6050-5

My 1st Russian ETA  

Movement:  Automatic ETA 2824-2

Green Luminous Dots on: 60, 15, 30, 45

  

Jewels: 26

Crystal: Hesalit

Diameter: 40mm

Note:

Most of my russian watches are designed with chronographs.  I wanted a simple dial watch.  So I bought this simple, slim, vintage looking Junkers automatic watch.  This days, it is hard to find such a nice and simple watch :-)

Purchased from:  The Red Army, Singapore

ПОЛЕТ - Poljot

Replica chronograph watch:-

the original case design, hands, crown and dial were being preserved as claimed by Poljot International.

History:
in 1965, soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov wore similar watch during the world's 1st space walk.

ПОЛЕТ = Poljot

(in Cyrillic meaning Flight)

 

  

Limited Edition 423/1000

STRELA means Arrow

see Red arrow - printed on glass, Poljot International.  I believe this is to signify, watch made by them :)

Note:

1) Movement: cal. 3133 chrono

2) Logo of Poljot International

3) This is definitely an elegant watch...whenever this watch is on my wrist, it catches attention.  Friends and workmates will always ask to view the watch and they will go..."wow... so nice.. where did you buy???" :) hehehe never gotten so much attention in my life ;)


Purchased from: Aviation-time.com

Space Watch

Year 1949

The Birth of Shturmanskie (Navigator) watches, which make history in 1961 on April 12.  This watch worn in space by Yuri Gagarin, who was the 1st man who went to space.

Hmmmmmm..... April 12 holds special meaning for me too :) 

1.   1st day I started working in my current job which lead to many progressive opportunities

2.   birth date of a special someone

This watches were not available to the general public.  It was specially designed for used in the military aviation of that time and apparently, issued to new graduates of the prestigious Orenberg Flight School. 
Yuri Gagarin would have been supplied with the same Sturmanskie watch upon his graduation from Orenberg.

Only recently, I made an order for the Shturmanskie similar to Yuri Gagarin was wearing.

Reason:-

1.  40th anniversary Gagarin watch - using the 2416 movement

2.  50th anniversary Gagarin watch - using the Poljot 2609 movement

3.  1st MWF, 15 Jewels watch movement dated 3-51 (3rd quater, year 1951)


From articles I read, the Poljot 2609 movement seems to be a good caliber and size 38mm.  I have poor eyesight, the size of watch is very important...hmmmm... anatomically declining....

So!!

I was torn in between this and the 1951 1st MWF make, size 33mm.  Finally, I decided to buy both.....hmmmmm... why? because it holds a very special meaning to the space watch history.