Monday, December 31, 2018

Music at Moscow Metro - Bodaria

Street music aka Music and the Metro (underground train system), and a very cute singer too.




Saturday, December 29, 2018

No. 3 Poljot 3133 Chronograph!

Finally, another (#3) Poljot 3133 Chrono in the collection!


And not just any Poljot 3133 chrono...


... but one that says on the back, "From Head of Military Counter Intelligence"!

I leave the rest to your imagination ))





I wonder if this watch has a bit of history.... but now let's proceed to the movement.


A Poljot 3133 movement (I wrote a lot about it in some earlier posts, use search) with a proper Poljot stamp (not later MakTime).


But to re-cap, I'll just say that the watch is a chronograph using the Poljot (/MakTime) 3133 movement. 

And a chronograph (not to confuse with chronometer) is basically a watch with a stopwatch (which is a "complication"). 

So, it has a center stopwatch hand, a small seconds hand at 9 o'clock and a 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock and also a date at 6 o'clock. The power reserve is very good almost up to 70 hours on full winding. And it is very pleasant and easy to wind. 

Also, there is a quick (one of the quickest) date change mechanisms whereby you rotate the hands backwards from 1:00 to 23:00 o'clock.



Maybe some experts will see something or read something into this movement. To me, it looks OK.


And it works so far (admittedly it's the first day I have had it).


I am a happy bunny this New Year eve!


The rest stones are of course rubies (artificially grown) as per tradition in watch-making and there are 23 of them (23 jewels).






Thursday, December 27, 2018

December 2018 in Photo in Moscow

Here is some December 2018 snow photography using a Canon Ixus 185 - my cheapest point-and-shoot at the moment.






Meat Industry Pavilion at VDNKh.





North River Terminal Embankment.





Snow paths in Moscow Botanical Gardens.





Back to VDNKh later in the month of December 2018.





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Monday, December 24, 2018

Christmas at a Moscow restaurant

Christmas cheer at a restaurant.


In fact, it's more like New Year decorations.


After all, where I am Christmas is on January 7.


Not that it matters.




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Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Body Workout CD music [audio]

Sunday, December 23, 2018

Volga GAZ-21 Snow Bound

A snow-bound Volga GAZ-21













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