As we mentioned a few days ago in our introductory piece on Russian watches , one of the strongest selling points of these post-Soviet timetellers is that they give you the chance to own a real mechanical watch for a reasonable price. This is a quandary we are regularly presented with when speaking to people looking for advice on their next watch purchase, it is something we were asked well over 100 times from people using our Watch Finder service .? People want a mechanical movement, one that’s not from Japan or China, and they want it to be affordable.? Not the easiest thing in the world to find, but if you look to the Russians, you’ll be surprised by what you see.? For the two weeks, we have been testing the watch you see to the right.? It is a Sturmanskie Gagarin chronograph.? As we mentioned in our first post, the Sturmanskie brand is one of the oldest in Russia, but it has been restored by the Volmax company.

As we mentioned a few days ago in our introductory piece on Russian watches, one of the strongest selling points of these post-Soviet timetellers is that they give you the chance to own a real mechanical watch for a reasonable price.

This is a quandary we are regularly presented with when speaking to people looking for advice on their next watch purchase, it is something we were asked well over 100 times from people using our Watch Finder service.? People want a mechanical movement, one that’s not from Japan or China, and they want it to be affordable.?

Not the easiest thing in the world to find, but if you look to the Russians, you’ll be surprised by what you see.? For the two weeks, we have been testing the watch you see to the right.? It is a Sturmanskie Gagarin chronograph.? As we mentioned in our first post, the Sturmanskie brand is one of the oldest in Russia, but it has been restored by the Volmax company. ?

It was actually a Sturmanskie that was the very first watch worn in space by Yuri Gagarin, and it is a Sturmanskie that holds the record for the longest time spent in a zero gravity environment.? So, one could say this Sturmanskie has just as much right to be called a space watch as the Omega Speedmaster or Breitling Cosmonaute.

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The Sturmanskie Gagarin Chronograph: The Answer To All Those Requests