Vintage soviet Cardinal (export Raketa) open face soviet pocket watch

Description Vintage soviet Cardinal pocket mechanical watch MADE IN USSR!   Manufactured on Petrodvortsovsky watch factory. The export trade mark ‘CARDINAL’ is on the dial.   The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.   Original soviet “CARDINAL” has mechanical lever movement and manual winding.   CASE SIZE 40 mm CASE LENGTH 45mm(incl. the crown) THICKNESS 11mm TYPE  Mechanical MOVEMENT 2609 HA FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds   Watch been through a recent service by a professional watch tech and keeps good time.   Comes complete with chain. This watch ships from ����Ukraine with tracking number Modes of payment: PayPal Credit Cards (VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover)   We guarantee the item you receive looks and works exactly as advertised — or your money back. About the watch factory The Petrodvorets Watch Factory «Raketa» was founded by Peter the Great in 1721. Factory was producing wide range of items, including jewels for watches since 1930. Factory was devastated during World War 2, restored in 1949 and was making “Pobeda”(Victory) and “Zvezda” watches. In 1954 renamed into Petrodvorets Watch Factory. Since 1962 “Raketa” watches are produced which became the trade mark of the factory. The Petrodvorets Watch Factory is one of the rare watch factories in the world that fully manufactures its own movements from A to Z, including hairspring and escapement. Other band names produced on the factory include Baltika, Leningrad, Mayak, Neva, Pobeda, Raketa, Rossiya, Svet, Start. Read more about on of few surviving soviet watch factories on factory’s website.