Pocket watch MOLNIJA 3602 Bazilius Cathedral Moscow Russian mechanical watch
Russian mechanical pocket watch brand MOLNIJA - St. Basil's Cathedral motif
- Russian mechanical pocket watch hand-painted by the manufacturer MOLNIJA
- 18 ruby ??stones, manual wind, anchor escapement
- Heavy nickel silver case
- The back cover is provided with a hand-painted and signed porcelain plate.
- A rare collector's item!
This pocket watch is not a mass product and comes from a small edition of approx. 100 pieces. You will not find this model in any jewelry store. The back cover is with a
hand painted and signed porcelain plate. It is unique and represents a special work of art - it represents the Bazilius Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow.
A rare Russian mechanical pocket watch brand "MOLNIJA" GOST 10733-98.
A real collector's item made from old stock items (NOS, New Old Stock). Mechanical quality movement, as it is no longer manufactured in this price range.
Year of manufacture: 2001
The original MOLNIJA papers with a short instruction manual are in Russian, German, English and French.
Standard plastic packaging - original from MOLNIJA is included in the scope of delivery.
CLOCKWORK:
3602 Molnija caliber, manual wind, 18 jewels, Breguet spiral balance, balance escapement oscillation 18000, power reserve when fully wound: 38+ hours
FUNCTIONS:
Time display: hours / minutes / seconds
INDICATORS | SHOW:
Small seconds at position 6
CASING:
Polished nickel silver, plastic glass, diameter: 50mm (with crown 60mm), height: 15mm, hand-painted porcelain plate on the back cover
DIAL:
Dial: white, hands: gold-colored steel, digits: gold-colored raised, indices / scales: black
MOLNIJA 3602The Molnija 3602, which was produced for almost fifty years, between 1960 and 2008.
It goes back to the Cortebert 616 produced in Switzerland in the 30s / 40s, the machines of which were probably then sold to Russia.
In the course of time, this work has been modified several times, above all the construction height has increased by over a millimeter, and the decoration became more and more economical, until at the end almost no decorative cuts or other decorations were applied.
