USSR Pilot watch.....

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Masteroffajitas

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I have been looking at the watches RussianArmySurplus.com has. They have 1-24 hour military time with Russian lettering, it's about $60 with a leather strap. The strap is a bit rugged looking and doesn't look compfortable. Do any of you wear this watch? My timex gi watch ticks too loudly and is small.

Let me know. Thanks.
 
I don't have that watch but I do have a couple of Poljots. The original straps were pretty cheap but they're easy to replace. Raketa has been making watches for a while so I'd think there shouldn't be a problem in that respect, the only thing bad thing I see with that particular watch is that it's 35mm which is pretty small.

You might also take a look over at Russia2all. Most of what they list are more expensive watches but there are some in that price range there.
 
A good open forum for Rooskie watches: http://forums.watchuseek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=10

Here's one of mine:

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Years ago I picked up a "Slava" for about 15 DM (about USD$10.00 at the time) and I beat it silly. I worked in bars/restaurants then & got it wet a million times. Ran like a top for years. Finally killed it. There are good ones & bad ones. I've known folks to pick them up off of the flea markets in Berlin (even the Poljots. etc.) to have them croak a week later. YMMV & you get what you pay for.
 
Rugger said:
There are good ones & bad ones. I've known folks to pick them up off of the flea markets in Berlin (even the Poljots. etc.) to have them croak a week later. YMMV & you get what you pay for.
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I have been back and forth to Moscow a few times. The street vendors along Arabatskaya Street are well established. If you go to the guys who have a wide variety- that tells you they are in it for the long haul.

I picked up one of the (so called) KGB logo watches for $8, it's as good as any I have seen brought into the states and being resold for $70.

If you have a major sense of humor and sufficient money (my trips were on someone else's dime), you really can't beat Moscow for a long weekend :barf::jerkit:............:D

Here's one I got in Munchkin (Munich or whatever it is called), I think it's Italian manufacture. (yes, that's my Blackhawk band)
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mack_t_knife said:
If you have a major sense of humor and sufficient money (my trips were on someone else's dime), you really can't beat Moscow for a long weekend :barf::jerkit:............:D
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Not to hijack, but I'd love to go to Moscow to see how it's changed. I spent 8 months there (88-89) and I actually enjoyed it quite a bit.

Here's one I got in Munchkin (Munich or whatever it is called), I think it's Italian manufacture. (yes, that's my Blackhawk band)
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It's München. :) The name sounds like German but their website is from the Netherlands. It's anyone's guess where the watches are made.
 
I'd love to get a Russian mechanical watch. I have a Russian motorcycle/sidecar rig, and it would be fun to accumulate a few other Russian goodies . . .
 
Foilist said:
I'd love to get a Russian mechanical watch. I have a Russian motorcycle/sidecar rig, and it would be fun to accumulate a few other Russian goodies . . .
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I think if I had one of those, the next thing would be a mounted dummy machine gun. Nah, make it live. :D
 
Foilist, I have one of their farm tractors, called a Bellarus. The engine is a copy of the German Deuch (?sp) with a two cylinder air cooled Diesel. Rough, but rugged, and with a owner's manual that if you can read will allow almost anyone to maintain it for many years. It beats anything I've encountered made with a Jananese engine in the weight or horsepower range for ability and fuel economy, plus some features, has over 3600 hours on it, still going great. But from what I have read, those motorcycles which look like an R series BMW are just so much junk. Of course, many of those were made in China, to copy what the Russians had copied from the Germans.
 
Now that the thread has been highjacked, I also have a Ural sidecar rig. Pretty useful & fun outfit.
Uplander
 
Not hijacked - annexed to the people's collective.;)

What attracted me to the Ural, aside from it's weirdness, was that it requires some wrenching (my idea of fun), but it is simple and can be kept running forever. It's sort of like having an antique.

As for Urals being junk, the junky ones were the pre-2000 or so. They have a rep to live down, sort of like Harley after the AMF years. They have been steadily upgraded and the more recent ones are lightyears ahead, reliability-wise. A bump in displacement and a decent Denso alternator worked wonders.

The Chiang Jang Chinese versions . . . now those are junk that even Uralists can mock.:D
 
BlackHills said:
I'd love to go to Moscow to see how it's changed. I spent 8 months there (88-89) and I actually enjoyed it quite a bit.
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well it changed a lot… Moscow traffic is killing me
Louzhkov (the mayor) build some fugly buildings everywhere
on the other hand, a lot more places to hang out, pretty much expensive tho
 
I had a poljot a couple of years ago and it ran great and was very accurate until i went to wind it one day and the stem would not engage to wind. up until that time i was very happy with it, good fit and finish and not very expensive. as far as replacing the guts in a watch anything is possible but it gets to the point that it becomes a case of $100 in a $50 watch. i'd try one again though.
 
The best watch you can buy is a luminox tritium so you can see it at night, if you go to yourcornerstore.com they are pretty reasonable hope this helps
 
How about a Traser, is that as good as a Luminox? :D
(Which USSR (Russian) Pilot watches come with tritium?)
 
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