Watch of the Day: Zaria Moonphase

 Watch of the Day: Zaria Moonphase

 

 

See? the watch doesn't lie! 

And while I am at it, here is some moon photography - it's the very full moon of the past few days which is known as the Snow Moon.

 

 

Zaria Moonphase Wristwatch Black Dial

Here is my Zaria Moonphase wristwatch running on a Poljot 3105.01 caliber.

This watch was bought in 2012 but I only got to recording it on the blog now.

It's quite rare as it's out of production as is the movement - Poljot 3105.01 moonphase.

Also one of the most affordable mechanical watch with a Moonphase complication!

Out of production for the last 7 years at least.

The moonphase indicator is at 6 o'clock, the moon picture shows the current moonphase while the little hand shows the moon calendar day.

This is the movement - the Poljot 3105.01

 And the base 3105 Poljot caliber movement:

More photos will be added as they are made.

Modifications of Caliber 3105

Juri Levenberg's German site (and defunct blog) has scans of the caliber 3105 modifications.

Some of which have apparently never seen the light of day.

Well, at least I have never seen them used in any watch. But others did make it, albeit for a short time. 

A base 3105 caliber -- as is known it is the cal. 3133 less the stopwatch and minute counter apparatus.

3105.01 has a moonphase and a moon calendar complication.

Only the date window is at three o'clock in real life.

I am fortunate to have this movement in my Zaria Moonphase 3105.01. It qualifies as a rarity as only two to three thousand were ever made. The movement can also be found in some Volmax watches, in particular certain Buran models.

And now, the caliber 3105.02 - the complication here is a 24-hour scale.

3105.03 with a day/night indicator (and a 24-hour scale?). Seen in some Volmax watches, such as Aviator.

3105.04 -- open heart. Never seen.

This is more or less in the past now.