Pobeda Air Force Vintage Men’s Watch

Pobeda Aviator Mens Vintage Wrist Watch. This watch has original mechanism and new case. You will fall in love with this vintage men's watch. Our Pobeda antique watch is sure to be a conversation starter. Purchase for yourself or give as a gift. Our watches are great men's gifts, including retirement gifts, Father's day gifts, Christmas gifts and much more! This is a vintage men's Soviet wristwach "ZIm"- (" Pobeda"). 15 jewels movement. This is a fully Authentic Pobeda watch made in USSR era. Made in 1950s at First Moscow Watch Factory. Based on a French design, the Pobeda's simple, 15-jewel movement was cost-effective, reliable, and easy to manufacture and maintain. Prior to World War II, during a period of rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union, the Soviet government sought international funding and expertise in developing a domestic industry for timepieces. Eventually the French watch manufacturer LIP was chosen; they established a new watch factory in Penza and licensed several movement designs to the new establishment. One design dating from 1908, the R-26 movement, was further developed and renamed the K-26, with significant alterations to the original design. World War II temporarily disrupted these plans, but after the Allied victory, this watch design was quickly finished at Penza, and full-scale production commenced at the First Moscow Watch Factory. Joseph Stalin chose the name Pobeda (Victory) to celebrate the end of the war.