New 42 mm Strela Re-Issues

Julian Kampmann's Poljot24.de has new 42 mm Strela re-issues.

 New 42 mm Strelas

Their origin is as yet unclear to the uninitiated but the inscription русский механизм generally points in the direction of Juri Levenberg, a Germany-based maker and seller of Russian themed timepieces.

Discussion has been going on WUS for several days now. 

Pictures of the new Strela, borrowed from Poljot24.de

The movement is marked C3133 as opposed to MakTime's earlier designation P3133 but the stamp looks to be that of MakTime. It is claimed the "C" in C3133 stands for Стрела, i.e. Strela.

They look very sharp and probably better than all of the previous re-issues but some moot points are there, especially with certain Russian writings on the dial, the font for Strela etc.

First "real life" photos of the new Strela in this post in Russian on the Russian forum.watch.ru forum.

Curiosity 3133

In this category titled Curiosity 3133 I am going to collect Internet pictures of some unique, interesting or outright bizarre watches utilizing the Poljot (later MakTime) 3133 movement.

The Poljot (MakTime) 3133 chronograph movement is a storied movement which has been in production since the early 1970s but may have been discontinued now though new watches with the movement are still widely available.

In the 1990s the 1st Moscow Watch Factory and a number of smaller offshoots experimented widely with cases, dials, bezels, overall styles, themes and looks of their 3133 movement watches with varying success -- some had more style than others.

Common themes were aviation, military, space exploration, Party and state leaders.

To start with, here are pictures of three interesting 3133 movement watches.

Poljot 3133 Leninist

Poljot 3133 "Leninist". On the dial it says Leninist, 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. On the back it says "To a Delegate of the 26th CPSU Congress" and "By Order of the Central Committee, CPSU", all unprovable of course. Also interesting how the serial number on the back is done up as a mandate number (mandate is a document needed to take part in work of a party congress and vote thereat). Looks like this one was made by Poljot International.

Camel Trophy Poljot 3133

Note the nice hinged lid on back with a display case back underneath.


Brezhnev Poljot 3133

This one is in the same mold as the Leninist above commemorating Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, General Secretary, CPSU.