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• MOLNIJA 3602 pocket watch caliber from Russia
• 18 ruby ??stones, manual wind, anchor escapement
• Deeply embossed motifs on the back cover
• Heavy nickel silver case
• A wonderful collector's item!

On the reverse, embossed Arabic script with "Bism Ellah El Rahman El Rahim". This means "In the Name of God, Most Merciful and Almighty" and is the phrase that is said every time before reading the Qur'an, placing beds, etc. Comparable to "Amen" in Christianity, but spoken before prayer!
Housing made of nickel silver (no mass production made of chrome-plated brass. Housing made of nickel silver (no mass production made of chrome-plated brass).

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: 2000-2003

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

CLOCKWORK:
3602 Molnija caliber, manual winding, 18 jewels, balance with Breguet hairspring, balance escapement oscillation 18000, power reserve when fully wound: 38+ hours

FUNCTIONS:
Time display: hours / minutes / seconds

INDICATORS | SHOW:
Small seconds at position 9

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

DIAL:
I: white, pointer: black, numerals / indices: black & Arabic, gold-colored dots; Logo Molnija and inscription "Made in Russia" in Latin
II: white, pointer: black, numerals / indices: black & Arabic, gold-colored dots; Logo Molnija and inscription "Made in Russia" in Latin
III: silver, hands: black, numerals / indices: white & Roman
IV: silver, hands: black, numerals / indices: black & Roman, logo Molnija and inscription "Made in Russia" in Cyrillic

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.