Mechanical stopwatch flyback addition stopper - Agat - 1/5 sec, 60 min, Russia
Very rare Agat stopwatch with 60 minutes counting and flyback function. A few years ago we sold a small series of these watches. We still found some copies in the warehouse. Agat only put a very small number of items into circulation with a component made in Switzerland.
- Very rare agat
- 60 minutes count
- Flyback function
- Component from Switzerland
- Collector's item
Agat - mechanical stopwatch with shock protection, addition & flyback function - SOSpr-2b-2-010 Special feature: The stopper has shock protection, which is absolutely not common for this watch and means that the stopper was made for special uses.
The stopwatch is a one-handed, mechanical two-hand stopwatch with an interruptible clockwork and single-acting control of the hands. The offered stopwatch measures time in minutes, seconds and fractions of a second. The stopwatch is used in sports, in scientific research and in working time measurements. The clearly designed monochrome dial and the bare essentials reduced case make this stopwatch a puristic timepiece that also cuts a fine figure on an automobile dashboard. Brand new, made in Russia.
The 1. Moscow watch factory named Kirova was evacuated from Moscow to Zlatoust in the Urals in autumn 1941. On the 25th. Production started on December 1941. In the following years the factory has steadily expanded and improved its production. Here switches for electric ovens and new models of time relays and clocks were designed. Today the factory is still the only manufacturer of mechanical stopwatches in Russia and exports them to 12 countries around the world. The plant has been awarded various high-ranking prizes and received, among other things, the certificate of the Russian Federation "Leader of Russian Economy". FUNCTIONS:Central second hand with 60-second counter, small central minute hand with 60-minute counter
CASING:Chromed metal case with printed cover, diameter 55mm
CLOCKWORK:Size 42mm, caliber 42608A, 16 ruby ??stones, spring balancer, lever escapement and spring force pendulum with 0.4 s oscillation period, the second hand jumps 0.2 seconds, the duration after a full pull is at least 18 hours
