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Jan 17, 2016 i can only assume that it may have been a later production model made towards the end of sekonda s association with raketa, a fantastic watch indeed. Whether you want a cleardial for every day use, a dazzling night time timepiece or a sporty chronograph watch. However after digging around i think this is a type 2609 or a 2609. Saw some sekondas in hsamuels yesterday, and some looked really nice, sat on the wrist well, and straps etc all seemd decent quality. Buy sekonda womens quartz watch with mother of pearl dial analogue display and gold bracelet 4910g. Another one of richards watches a lovely sekonda alarm with a great dial. The case of the sekonda 1065 is 40mm wide, 45mm high, and has a thickness of 8mm. Sekonda mens black dial stainless steel bracelet watch 3514. At its peak, around 8,000 employees were working to produce 4. The flagship brand of the ussrs watch industry, poljot produced numerous historical watches used in many important space.
Since its inception, it has become a strong part of the sekonda brand and can now be found across the world. Most sovietera sekondas were rebadged poljot and raketa models, produced respectively by the first moscow watch factory and. Im not saying speed test is 100% accurate, i know some isps are probably giving them priorityboosted bandwidth. The raketa watch factory started producing raketa watches which means in russian space rocket in 1961 in honor of the first manned space flight by the russian cosmonaut yuri gagarin. In the early 1960s, the soviet export market was experiencing unprecedented growth. The mens wristwatch has a gold toned stainless steel case which connects effortlessly to the matching layered style bracelet.
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