Soviet Watches

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This Kirova watch (caliber 2209) was produced in small series by the 1st Moscow Watch Factory in the 1960s to commemorate the opening of another Soviet polar station (3, 4, 5, 6, 7 stations, rubies or flags on the dial) or to celebrate the anniversary of Soviet scientific activity in Antarctica ("10", "11" on the dial).

 

This watch is celebrating 4 stations on Antarctica:

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• Mirny:                       opening 1956      location 66°33′11″S93°00′35″E 

• Vostok:                     opening 1957      location 78°27′50″S106°50′15″E

• Novolazarevskaya: opening 1961      location 70°46′36″S11°49′20″E 

• Molodyozhnaya:      opening 1962      location 67°39′55″S45°50′18″E

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