Poljot
Sign in to savePoljot (, literally meaning "flight"), is a brand of Soviet/Russian wristwatches, produced since 1964 by the First Moscow Watch Factory (, Perviy Moskovskiy Chasovoy Zavod). The flagship brand of the USSR's watch industry, Poljot produced numerous historical watches used in many important space missions, including the world's first space watch worn by Yuri Gagarin.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- trademark
- Country
- Russia
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Official website
- www.poljot.com
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- inception
- 1964-01-01
- Commons category
- Poljot
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2012-00-00
- product or material produced
- watch
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- PMChZ watches in space
- Gagarin's flight
- First space walk
- Current status
- See also
- References
- External links
Poljot (, literally meaning "flight"), is a brand of Soviet/Russian wristwatches, produced since 1964 by the First Moscow Watch Factory (, Perviy Moskovskiy Chasovoy Zavod). The flagship brand of the USSR's watch industry, Poljot produced numerous historical watches used in many important space missions, including the world's first space watch worn by Yuri Gagarin.
==History== thumb|180px|1930s' FSWF wristwatch with Dueber-Hampden Watch Company|Dueber-Hampden designed movement thumb|180px|1930s watch from Kirov First State Watch Factory, Moscow. Face with portrait of Joseph Stalin.
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