This swiss movement design was very popular and a blueprint for many movementĭesigns from that time.

618, an old Molnija 15j movement, a Cortebert cal. A high quality movement.įrom left to right: a 1940's Rolex movement cal. In other words the Molnija movement was originally a Swiss Cortébert movement. The Russians improved accuracy of the movement quite a bit when they upgraded it to their 18 jewels version of the movement but the basic design remained the same until the closure of the factory in 2007. Of a Cortebert movement as used e.g in Rolex watches from around 1940. Watch Company stopped production in 1949). Pretty much known how to design a good mechanical watch (the famous Waltham Mechanical watch movements did however have the time of new technology Cars andĬomputers did e.g go through massive changes between 1947 to 2007. This can be very badįor the advancement of technology when it evolves still a lot. Need to innovate a lot and re-design all the time. Have not much in common with the original Molnija pocket watches.Ī communist society does not have the concept of competition between rival companies. The closure of the factory and they are trying to re-use the brand name for new watches. The main factory was located in the Ural town of Chelyabinsk Molnija (Молния) pocket watches were madeįrom 1947 to November 2007. Thus I have re-discovered theĪs an engineer I find mechanical watches interesting from a technical point I find it good to do something together with my family andīe not reachable by phone. Now I avoid smart phones and wrist watches in my spare time. Today smart phones are soīig that they restrain you when carried in your pant's pocket. In the pocket or I would just not carry any watch at all. I never really liked wrist watches and I used to carry my wrist watch I don't speak or read Russian but I have some friends that do and sometimes I ask them for help. Russian Molnija watches are robust, good quality watches and are still available I have started this page because I like pocket watches.

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