MOLNIJA 3602 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan mechanical pocket watch Russia Almaty Astana

• MOLNIJA 3602 pocket watch from Russia
• Kazakhstan motif
• 18 ruby ??stones, manual wind, anchor escapement
• Housing made of nickel silver
• A wonderful collector's item!

The Kazakh coat of arms is depicted on the top cover. The back cover shows the monument of the Golden Warrior in Almaty. The dial is adorned with embossed floral patterns.

The coat of arms has a circular shape and is colored blue and yellow. Blue, as a symbol for blue skies and for the Turkic people, to which the Kazakhs belong. Yellow is a symbol of agriculture that flourished in Soviet times. On the left and right of the coat of arms there are two winged unicorns which look away from each other. In the upper part of the coat of arms there is a star, this indicates the touch of socialist rule. In the lower part of the coat of arms there is a banner inscription - the Kazakh spelling for Kazakhstan. In the middle is a Shangyrak the crown of a Kazakh yurt. It represents both the country's historical legacy and a look to the future.

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A rare Russian mechanical pocket watch branded "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 produced in this price range these days.

Year of manufacture: 2000

The original MOLNIJA papers with short operating instructions are in German, English, Russian and French.
Standard plastic packaging - original from MOLNIJA is included in the scope of delivery.

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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:
Heavy nickel silver case (no mass production from chrome-plated brass), Ø 50mm, height 4.6mm

DIAL:
Dial: metallic with embossing, hands: blackened steel, digits: black on white, indices / scales: black 

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MOLNIJA 3602
The 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.