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From the album: Mercian’s Miscellany
This is the movement/mechanism of my Sekonda-branded Molniya pocket watch. This movement - the ‘Molniya 3602’ - is one of the features that persuaded me to buy this 1980s(?)watch, as opposed to a current-production Sekonda. This 18-jewel movement is an improved version of a 15-jewel Swiss movement that the Soviet Union made under licence. That movement - the Cortébert 616 - was used by brands including Rolex, so it isn’t just ‘cheap junk’, but is instead a decent movement that was intended for long-term serviceability. It includes an adjustable regulator, which will enable me to (try to) adjust its speed. The movements in current-production mechanical Sekonda watches appear to not have an adjustable regulator, and they also appear to be inaccessible anyway. Worse still, recent consumer reviews of them say that build-quality has declined remarkably in the last few years.© Mercian
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From the album: Mercian’s Miscellany
A picture to show the decorations on the outside of the case of my 1980s(?) Sekonda mechanical pocket watch. The case of the watch is chrome-plated brass, although I think that the rear cover may be ‘nickel silver’. These watches were sold with various designs moulded/stamped on them over the years. Some cases also had patterned decoration on the inside of the cover of the watch’s face, but mine does not.© Mercian
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From the album: Mercian’s Miscellany
A picture to show the face of my 1980s(?) Sekonda mechanical pocket watch. Sekonda is a British brand, but in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s it imported these watches from the USSR. They were made in Chelyabinsk, in a factory whose products were branded ‘Molniya’ (‘lightning’) for the domestic market. The movement of this watch (the ‘Molniya 3602’) is an improved version of a 15-jewel Swiss movement from the 1940s (the Cortébert 616) that was used in e.g. Rolex watches. The case of the watch is chrome-plated brass, although I think that the rear cover may be ‘nickel silver’.© Mercian
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From the album: Mercian’s Miscellany
A picture to show my 1980s(?) Sekonda mechanical pocket watch. Sekonda is a British brand, but during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s it imported these watches from the USSR. They were made in Chelyabinsk, in a factory whose products were branded ‘Molniya’ (‘lightning’) for the domestic market. The movement of this watch (the ‘Molniya 3602’) is an improved version of a 15-jewel Swiss movement from the 1940s (the Cortébert 616) that was used in e.g. Rolex watches. The case of the watch is chrome-plated brass, although I think that the rear cover may actually be ‘nickel silver’.© Mercian
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