Soviet Romance
ACS-1 Mig Clock
"The ACS-1 aircraft clock is one of the most fascinating clocks I have found, not only because of its military application, but also because of its complications.
It was made for the fastest and highest-flying Soviet/Russian fighter jet planes (such as MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG-29 and Su-27), original Russian Air Force issue, and produced by Molnija, Мопния, (Chelyabinsk Watch Factory), in Chelyabinsk, Челябинск, east of the Ural Mountains, about 1500 km. east of Moscow.
It has a timer and a seconds chronograph. The top dial shows the number of hours and minutes that, for example, the pilot has been in flight. The bottom dial shows the minutes and seconds elapsed, in a separate and independent stopwatch. I found the first two photos on the internet. The first photo shows where the clock was mounted in the aircraft."
(Mark V. Headrick - www.abbeyclock.com)
Ref. :
www.abbeyclock.com/photos/mig.html
forums.watchuseek.com/f10/russian-aircraft-clock-panel-19...
Raketa "Big Zero" (Originally designed for visually impaired people)
Brand : Raketa ("Rocket")
Petrodvorets Watch Factory* (Leningrad / Saint Petersburg)
Model: Big Zero
Year: Middle 80'
Caliber: 2609.HA, hand-wound, 19 jewels
Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev wore a Big Zero, and on one occasion, when asked by Italian journalists what "perestroika" meant for Russia, he said that Russians wanted to start their lives from zero, and showed them the watch to illustrate his point.
The next day his photographs appeared on the papers with caption like, "The Russians are starting all over again from zero!"
My Soviet / Russian watch collection : flic.kr/s/aHsk2qaD6o
Sony Alpha A7
Adapter : LA-EA4
Lens : Tamron SP AF 90mm 2.8 Di Macro 1:1 (Sony A)
Soviet Romance
ACS-1 Mig Clock
"The ACS-1 aircraft clock is one of the most fascinating clocks I have found, not only because of its military application, but also because of its complications.
It was made for the fastest and highest-flying Soviet/Russian fighter jet planes (such as MiG-23, MiG-25, MiG-29 and Su-27), original Russian Air Force issue, and produced by Molnija, Мопния, (Chelyabinsk Watch Factory), in Chelyabinsk, Челябинск, east of the Ural Mountains, about 1500 km. east of Moscow.
It has a timer and a seconds chronograph. The top dial shows the number of hours and minutes that, for example, the pilot has been in flight. The bottom dial shows the minutes and seconds elapsed, in a separate and independent stopwatch. I found the first two photos on the internet. The first photo shows where the clock was mounted in the aircraft."
(Mark V. Headrick - www.abbeyclock.com)
Ref. :
www.abbeyclock.com/photos/mig.html
forums.watchuseek.com/f10/russian-aircraft-clock-panel-19...
Raketa "Big Zero" (Originally designed for visually impaired people)
Brand : Raketa ("Rocket")
Petrodvorets Watch Factory* (Leningrad / Saint Petersburg)
Model: Big Zero
Year: Middle 80'
Caliber: 2609.HA, hand-wound, 19 jewels
Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev wore a Big Zero, and on one occasion, when asked by Italian journalists what "perestroika" meant for Russia, he said that Russians wanted to start their lives from zero, and showed them the watch to illustrate his point.
The next day his photographs appeared on the papers with caption like, "The Russians are starting all over again from zero!"
My Soviet / Russian watch collection : flic.kr/s/aHsk2qaD6o
Sony Alpha A7
Adapter : LA-EA4
Lens : Tamron SP AF 90mm 2.8 Di Macro 1:1 (Sony A)