Saturday, November 20, 2010

Poljot Signal Alarm Wrist Watch 1960s.

In 1959 famous and elite Soviet watch factory 1st Moscow Watch Factory (1 M ChZ) developed an alarm watch  inspiring from AS (Adolf Schild) calibre 1475.
The factory named its very first model "Signal" and after Yuri Gagarin's famous space flight the factory changes its name to "Poljot" from 1961, because Y. Gagarin wore a Shturmanskie chronometer watch produced by the 1st Moscow Watch Factory. This watch bears calibre number 2612, and this calibre was renovated in 1978 and renumbered 2612.1. The movement is a manual wind 18 jewels with an anchor escapement and screwed balance wheel. A spring barrel reserved for the alarm which is wound from a winding crown at 2 o'clock and spring barrel activates a small hammer that bangs a pin welded to the inside of the caseback. This alarm watch has a 20microns gold plated round case. The dial is white with a mother of pearl gleams. It is adorned with hour markers and markers at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock stamped with corresponding numbers. Alarm chapter ring has blue numbers and minute markers. Hands are gold plated, alarm hand has an arrow shape end.