Showing posts with label ZiM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ZiM. Show all posts

Friday, June 5, 2015

Pobeda ZiM Radar Dial 2602 Watch

Another ZiM Pobeda watch from my collection. I have many of them.

In fact, I have more left than I have cataloged so far on this blog. 



BNIB... aka brand new in box (with papers).


What I like is the color of the face which is old parchment-like.


Also the face design. I happen to know that this design is called Radar. You can easily see radar-related motifs here. And there are no less than 4 numerical scales... talk about overreach redundancy military style.


I have more radar-dialed watches so more will be forthcoming. 

I remember even wanting to get me a nice collection specifically of these radar-dialed watches (that is, mostly ZiMs but also a related Cardi or two).


A good and memorable dial.


Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Pobeda 2602 ZiM... the Last One?

A Pobeda 2602 ZiM wristwatch... made by ZiM as in Zavod imeni Maslennikova aka the Maslennikov Factory.



This one is actually the last of the Mohicans of the Pobedas. As you can see, the manual states it was made in March 2003... quite a few years after the factory was supposed to have gone into bankruptcy. 




And this makes it the latest documented Pobeda 2602 watch. And I have it of course. 


Nice two tone dial.


Nice gold toned hands and hour markers.


The case back.


A view on the movement.


The Pobeda 2602 movement... developed most likely on the basis of the Lip R-26 (below) but with improvements (picture courtesy WUS). 


Even though this movement was the most mass produced and one of the cheapest movements (especially in later year versions) in Russia, it hails from premium movements and has certain elements, such as the Breguet hairspring, that are only found in top of the line, expensive watches.



Pobedas are very collectible... though not necessarily ZiM versions.

Most collect late 1940s - early 1960s Pobedas with decorated movements which this one isn't.


Monday, September 1, 2014

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.


Sunday, December 22, 2013

Pobeda ZiM 2602 Railroad Dial x 2

Two Pobedas by ZiM (Zavod imeni Maslennikova - Maslennikov Factory) from my collection. Both have large dials which look somewhat like pocket-to-wristwatch conversions and are in fact a variation on railroad dials.

This one in particular wants to be a wrist strap Molnija.


There is one thing to be said about this style of hour and minute hands -- you won't be likely to confuse them, no matter how nasty your hangover is.


Dial readability is also very good, very large digits, good for the farsighted especially. This dial is definitely a railroad dial as it meets all the criteria of said dials typically found in pocket watches but also in some wristwatches. Railroad dials tend to be simple and readable. As you can see, the emphasis is on functionality and readability, even under adverse conditions, typically utilizing bold, black numerals on a white background.


And another ZiM Pobeda with the same railroad dial and with exactly the same case but different hands.



 A similar large and very readable face but different hands.


A movement shot. 



This one is a Pobeda 2602 movement which harkens back to the premium European (Swiss) movements of the early 20th century and as such has all the features of the premium European watches of the 1930-40s --  the Glucydur balance, the Breguet hairspring, and the visually appealing bridge shapes with a subsecond hand. But, of course, it is a much later derivation of the movement simplified in many ways though not in underlying design.


Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Pobeda ZiM 2602 Flower Dial

From my collection is this later years Pobeda 2602 Grey Flower Dial made by ZiM (Zavod imeni Maslennikova - Maslennikov Factory, Samara). 

NOS and even BNIB



The flower's petals can actually serve as additional time markers, they are three per each hour (or for 5 minutes), meaning that the hour hand makes it from the tip of one petal to that of the next one in 30 minutes, while the minute hand does the same in 2.5 minutes.



Pobeda with the 2602 movement was the first Soviet truly mass produced watch -- people's watch, and probably the cheapest. Yet it was based on LIP's R-26 movement and as such had all the features of the premium European watches of the 1930-40s --  the screw balance, the Breguet hairspring, the long regulator arm and the visually appealing bridge construction with a subsecond hand and decoration stripes. Isn't it amazing?! ... But this one is a much later specimen, simplified in many ways though not in underlying construction.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Ex-Collection Scarface3133: Another Pobeda ZiM 2602

Another Pobeda ZiM 2602 from my already extensive collection.































This one has a minimalistic dial design and is still a "Made in USSR".
























More pictures after the break.

Friday, August 30, 2013

Pobeda ZiM 2602 2000yrs of Christianity

Another little something from my collection. 

Meet a Pobeda ZiM 2602; this one is an anniversary piece celebrating the 2000 years of Christianity.
























It has a nice cheery blue dial, says in Russian "2000 years of Christianity" and there is also on the dial the Grand Church of something or other, not being very religious I can't therefore tell with certainty though suspect it might be the Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow (maybe not).

It is NOS and spends all its time in a little plastic box. I don't wear it, it is just a collection piece.




















I like the gold-toned hour markers and also the fancy hour and minute hands, the tiny second hand is also there at 6 o'clock.

































I must confess it took me some time to figure out in what year exactly we celebrated (or just marked) the 2000 years of Christianity. At first I couldn't get it but then.... it hit me.... answer after the jump.