Aviator Sturmovik 43mm, Molnija 3603

SKU
5428
€295.00
Delivery Time:
1-2 days
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Caliber:  Molnija 3603

Watchcase: stainless steel brushed

Dial: black

Diameter: 43 mm

Height: 13 mm

Aviator Sturmovik 43mm manual winding watch with the rare Molnija 3603 caliber!

Delivery with  RIOS1931 leather strap and Traveller watchbox.

This pilot's watch is dedicated to the Soviet attack aircraft Ilyushin IL-2 "Schturmowik" (Russian Ильюшин Ил-2 Штурмовик, attack aircraft) - this is shown above position "6".

Solid, brushed stainless steel case with 43mm diameter (with crown 48mm), 13mm height and 20mm lug width.

Slightly curved, hardened mineral glass.

Black dial with white, Arabic luminous numerals and luminous hands.

The screwed glass base gives a clear view of a veritable pocket watch movement with decorated work bridges / clamps and blued work screws.

A large  balance swings at a comfortable 18,000 vibrations per hour and the escape wheel, whose height play is limited by a cover plate, turns under a separate block.

This decorated Molnija 3603 caliber has about 41 hours of power reserve and shock protection.

It has been produced for a long time and has become very rare, especially in the decorated variant!
 
The Molnija pocket watch caliber 3603 comes from the Molnija watch factory in Chelyabinsk in the Urals, which today very successfully produces pocket watch movements and precision devices for aircraft and military vehicles. The Molnija watch factory was founded at the beginning of the Second World War when the watch industry, which was concentrated in Moscow, was decentralized for strategic security reasons.

The numbers and indices are bright. Limited to 999 pieces.