Rare Cal. 100 movement blank, Marine Chronometer / Deck Watch Poljot / Kirova / Moscow Watch Factory from approx. 1965, rebuilt from a Lange & Söhne Glashütte war trophy
It is known that after 1945, the Russian army dismantled both machines and movement blanks and finished parts from the Lange & Söhne manufacture in Glashütte and brought them to Russia as war trophies.
From late 1945, the Moscow Watch Factory produced both B-watches and ship chronometers in Moscow under the designation "Kirova 1" using original parts from the Lange & Söhne Glashütte manufacture, in particular the Marine Chronometer Cal. 100 movement.
When the captured individual parts and movement blanks from Glashütte were used up, they were reproduced in Moscow on the original machines until almost the 80s.
Description:
1. Moscow Watch Factory number 10748 Marine Chronometer rebuilt on original Lange & Söhne machines from war trophy, an original movement blank from Lange & Söhne Glashütte, USSR around 1960
3-part wooden case, side carrying handles, cardanically suspended brass case, screwed bezel, wooden case has minor damage (fittings are missing in 2 places) and visible signs of wear (chipped lacquer)
Silver dial, 56-hour power reserve indicator at "12", large eccentric seconds at "6", original hands
Spotless, gilded movement, rebuilt to the original Lange & Söhne Precision Movement Cal. 100, chain/fusee drive, compensation balance with cylindrical hairspring
Case dimensions approx. 19 x 19 x 19 cm
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The magnificent piece of Marine Chronometer history starts and runs (accuracy not tested)
Condition: 2: used condition due to age and use with visible signs of age or use on the wooden case (see photos), mahogany wooden box from Moscow production with lacquer defects
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