Poljot (Russian: Полёт)

History of Poljot
The first watch in Space was not Swiss or American made - it was by the proud Soviet Union. "Poljot" (flight) was produced by the First Moscow Watch Factory. Poljot was the first Russian watch granted permission by the Soviet government to export overseas. On April 12th 1961 the great Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, and throughout his mission he wore a Sturmanskie (Navigator) pilots' wristwatch, where the name was changed to Poljot in 1963. Later,Poljot watches were taken to space flights by astronauts from several countries such as France, Russia, Ukraine,Uzbekistan and Germany. Poljot is known as a leader of high technology and produces wristwatches of excellent quality, confirmed by the fact that the administration of the President of Russia has chosen a Poljot "3133" watch as a government award. Today Poljot is among the top 100 branded watches in th World.

Poljot Square Design
This squarish Poljot is built with caliber 2627 , 17 jewels, automatic winding, date and day of the week indicator in cyrilic, chromium plated case, made since 1980s. Futuristic look is in demand and prized among collectors. If you have one keep it or you will regret!




Okeah Chronograph (Ocean)
The Navigator's watch "Sturmanskie" was made by special request of the Air Force in 1949. Sturmanskie watches were designed and manufactured especially for the Air Force and did not go on sale to the general public and were given to pilots together with the graduation diplomas. Model Okeah (ocean) are Poljot made mechanical movement watches that were worn by Soviet Cosmonauts on their space missions since the 1960s. Comes with rotating bezel, date indicator at 6pm, calibrated for 12 hour, stainless steel case, stop function and 30 minutes register. Using the Poljot 3133 with silver blue surface and 23 jewels ,this watch is very rare in the market.Measurement : W-36mm x L-40mm ,D-48mm. In December 11th 1993, an auction at Sotheby's New York sold this watch for USD 6,325. The auctioned Okeah had been worn by Cosmonaut Razhdestvensky during the flight and was involved in the dramatic recovery of the Russian Sojus 23 capsule in 1976. Maybe this particular model will become the next Russian's national treasure, who knows?