Hey, everyone – Kaz here. This week I’m flying solo! My better half in Broke Watch Snobbery was unable to record last minute… and you know what that means? We’re talking about Soviet Union Watches! As many of you know, Soviet Union Horology is a huge part of my particular passion niche within horology. That’s why this week I wanted to talk about the 5 Vintage Soviet Union Watches That You Need To Know About.
These represent 5 watches tied to 5 different historical milestones within Soviet Union horology that I feel everyone needs to be aware of. There’s a lot of history and info in this one. Hope everyone enjoys.
Show Notes:
Pre-Revolution Russian Horology:
Russian Watches Part 1: Pre-Revolution Russian Clockworks (Huge Swinging Clocks!)
History of Poljot:
Russian Watches Part 2: The First Moscow Watch Factory (Poljot)
History of Vostok:
Russian Watches Part 3: The Vostok Watch Factory (Chistopol)
History of the Vostok Amphibia:
Ep. 78 – The Vostok Amphibia… That’s What The Whole Show Is About
History of Raketa:
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Kaz has been collecting watches since 2015, but he’s been fascinated by product design, the Collector’s psychology, and brand marketing his whole life. While sharing the same strong fondness for all things horologically-affordable as Mike (his TBWS partner in crime), Kaz’s collection niche is also focused on vintage Soviet watches as well as watches that feature a unique, but well-designed quirk or visual hook.
To answer your question from the podcast: I enjoy the deep dives into the history around watches. As long as it isn’t tje history of a certain watch that rhymes with reedmaster.
Great episode. This is why I started listening to watch podcasts in the first place — I wanted to learn about watches, brands and models that are off the beaten path.
Think the end of collection may feature some Raketa’s or Vostok’s, but for now interesting to hear about.
I’m not sure how, but I stumbled onto your podcast on Spotify and got pretty hooked on the super dark humor, candid phallic metaphors, and of course orphan teeth. Because of this, I actually took the dive into horology and did the research to grab my own Big Zero. Then it was a downward spiral. I’ll let you know when I hit rock bottom. History lessons are great I think if the deep dive is relevant and original. I think it also validates some of my own research about the Big Zero, also read the “easy to read” article!