Raketa – Baikonur – 0246

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A specialized watch for cosmonauts designed in collaboration with the cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.

Sergei Krikalev holds one of the records for the number of stays in the international space station (6 stays) and for the total length of time spent in orbit (803 days). He has received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of the Russian Federation. He thus knows more than anyone else about the ideal watch for a cosmonaut.

When Raketa ”Baikonur” is used in the space station, the automatic winding will not work in the absence of gravity, and the cosmonaut will, therefore, need to wind it up by hand using the manual winding function. This function includes a very special system that disengages the wheels of the automatic winding mechanism to avoid their premature use while the watch is in space.

The 24-hour dial enables the wearer to tell night from day in the space station and can also serve as a solar compass by pointing the hour hand towards the sun. This is useful if the “Soyuz” space-craft should fail to land at the right spot in the taiga and its electronic compass ceases to function (as has actually already happened).

A very reliable Russian automatic mechanism entirely produced at the Raketa Watch Factory in Saint Petersburg is fitted into the steel case with a titanium bezel.

Movement: Russian Made In-House 24h Automatic Avtomat movement
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Ø 43 mm,
Water resistance: 20 ATM / 200 meters
Strap: Genuine leather strap

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Description

Description

Raketa Russian Watch manufacture banner

The Raketa Watch Factory, Russia’s oldest factory, was founded by Peter the Great in 1721. The factory is producing watches under the brand “Pobeda” since the end of World War II. In 1961, the brand “Raketa” was launched in honor of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

The Raketa watch factory

Following a difficult period after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Factory launched a modernization program in 2011. It is now one of the very few watch factories in the world to produce every part of its own mechanical movement, including the most complex items such as the hairspring and the escapement.

103 specialists

This is the exact number of specialists that are needed to produce and assemble every single “Raketa” watch. This skilled team is like a well-oiled mechanism. It includes watchmakers who inherited their skills from their father and new recruits who selected this career by themselves.

The watchmaking school

The Factory opened its own in-house watchmaking school to instruct the science of watchmaking to all the new generations: whatever his specialty within the Factory, it is indeed crucial that every specialist understands how the quality of his work directly impacts on the precision of the watch once it is assembled.

Reliable machinery

Reliable and well-maintained machines ensure a high level of quality of the manufacturing process. The Raketa watch factory continues to use traditional production machines operated by men and women (as opposed to computer software) who therefore transmit a little of their passion into each part they produce.

The heart of the watch

The heart of a watch is its little spring manufactured in a special Russian alloy to a precision of 0.5 microns (0.0005 mm). The transparent case back of “Raketa” watches allows you to observe its oscillation, i.e. the “heart beating” of the watch! Only a very few other factories in the world know how to produce this critical part.

8201 operations

This is the exact number of operations required to manufacture and assemble all the parts of a Raketa watch “Classic Avtomat”. Using traditional production and assembly methods, each of these operations is done by hand by men and women who therefore transmit a little of their soul into each part.

242 parts

This is the exact number of parts that you wear on your wrist when you own a Raketa watch “Classic Avtomat”. Once assembled by hand by the watchmakers, all these parts – some scarcely visible to the naked eye – come to life and start moving.

A unique mechanism

“Raketa” is one of the very few watch brands in the world to have its own movement. The Factory’s designers and engineers have combined the tried methods of the Soviet era with more modern technology to produce a movement that is not simply robust and reliable, but also with Russian style decorations.

Additional information

Additional information

Watch Brand

Raketa

Watch Case Color

Silver

Watch Band Color

Blue

Watch Dial Color

Blue

Watch Case Material

Stainless Steel

Watch Case Width

43 mm

Watch Date

No

Watch Designed In

Russia

Watch Gender

Mens

Watch Glass

Sapphire

Watch Hands

3

Watch Movement

Inhouse Automatic Movement Avtomat 24 hours

Watch Movement Type

Analog

Watch Packaging

Box & Papers

Watch Style

Pilot, Vintage

Watch Warranty

2 Years

Watch Water Resistancy

20 ATM, 200 m

Watch Band Lug Width

22 mm

Watch Case Thickness

13,50 mm

Watch Band Type

Leather

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