What Proper Autumn Should Look Like

Fall aka autumn views somewhere on the banks of the great river Volga (Europe's largest but only fifth largest in Russia itself).

Old Russian Bikes, Mopeds, etc.

Another car show at Moscow's VDNKh -- Cars of Our Back Yard -- USSR cars.

Not the first car-themed show I saw at the location -- in August last year we saw Car Industry of the USSR.

But that time I was lazy to make too many photos. This time however I made over 200!

So it is in parts.

Part 1 - the Moskvitch -- is here -- Part 1 Moskvitch Cars.

Part 2 -- ZAZ cars -- is here -- Part 2 Zaporozhets Cars.

And now -- Part 3 -- Moto

A group shot - a vista of old bike iron

Some kind of motorized bicycle. Don't know its name, though I saw them years ago.
 

An early Jawa moped...

Hard to see it, but believe me it's there - Jawa.

The famous Vyatka motor scooter.

Voskhod 3M motorcycle

Saw these a lot - they were everywhere, and quite popular too, though not necessarily in this green color.

175cc

Tverskaya to Red Square

Streets of Moscow -- a walk along Tverskaya Street on and almost to Red Square on the first day of the new 2015 year, in the evening.

Starting along Tverskaya Street which leads on to the Kremlin.

At the Central Post Office (with the screen), Red Square can already be seen in the distance.

What looks like a giant New Year Tree toy thronged by people, I don't find it very interesting.

Center is what used to be the Marxist History Museum.

Unfortunately the weather is nasty -- a major thaw, snow to slush everywhere, grey skies but it is warm for the season. 

Ostankino TV Tower vs. Coca Cola

The Ostankino TV Tower in Moscow posing... as a Coke bottle...

Moscow Park

More park walks from me. The Ostankino park in August 2014. Nice walk it was.

Oak tree... looks less than happy.

Park alleyway.

Study in Yellow

Fall. Autumn.

Trees are changing color, mostly green replaced with yellow and some red.

In the woods outside Moscow.

Park walk

More Moscow park walks... and more park views.

In fact, it's the same park I continue to explore -- the Druzhba park in the north of Moscow -- as I pass through the place at least twice weakly.

This was on August 20, 2014.

Nice park if a bit small but there are ponds and boats can be hired.

Pictures from an Exhibition

Sunday, August 24, 2014, at the VDNKh in Moscow, Russia.

The VDNKh is a permanent exhibition showcasing industrial and agricultural achievements and is also a major entertainment and recreation location in the north of Moscow. 

Entering it from the side opposite the Central Entrance.

 The Space Pavilion as seen from back.

Approaching now the Meat Industry pavilion.

My Strela 3133 45 mm chronograph.

The Meat Industry pavilion.

Tornado in Russia Dashcam Footage / смерч в Башкирии, видеорегистратор

1970s ZiM 2602 Decorated Movement

A ZiM watch powered by an instance of the Pobeda / ZiM 2602 movement, decorated.

The watch has been in the family since 1975 at least. Note the green residue -- brass oxidization -- coming up even through the chrome plating (what's left of it).

Nothing much to see on the dial side, the acrylic crystal is all cracked so I am not even showing it... in order not to distract from the movement.

The movement is decorated... even the inside of the back is decorated for good measure using the Perlage (Perlée) technique.

The ZiM / Pobeda 2602 movement used to power the cheapest and most mass-produced watch in the USSR. Yet the movement itself is far from cheap. It is closely related to the premium Euro watches of the 1930s-40s which is easy to see especially in this decorated version as opposed to later variants (the movement was produced well into the 2000s). 

One step above it in collectors' hierarchy is a Pobeda 2602 dated movement, this one is ZiM's undated movement.

If you look closely you will see that not only the bridges are decorated -- striped but the underlying plate is finely decorated too.

You can see it for example in these large pictures of the movement (links):

1975 ZiM 2602 movement 1 (once opened click on it for an even bigger image)
1975 ZiM 2602 movement 2 (once opened click on it for an even bigger image)

in memory of t.p.