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Assembly and Disassembly of the Raketa "Baikonur" watch / Сборка и разборка часов Ракета "Байконур"
Mar 23, 2022
Russian Watches Raketa
Assembly and Disassembly of the Raketa "Baikonur" watch / Learn more about this specialized watch for cosmonauts: https://raketa.com/assorted-sky/
Specialized watch for cosmonauts developed with the cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.
Sergei Krikalev is certainly one of the cosmonauts who contributed the most to the space conquest. He holds one of the records for the number of stays in space (6 stays) and for the total aggregate time spent in space (803 days – nearly 2,5 years). Sergei Krikalev actually broke so many records in space that he is nicknamed in Russia the “Record Man”! He thus knows better than anyone else what kind of watch is needed by cosmonauts.
Cosmonauts essentially need a watch:
– that is simple & robust, on which they can rely to survive in the extreme conditions of space,
– with one simple complication – a 24 hour mouvement to allow them to distinguish night from day in the International Space Station (ISS) where they have 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours (because the ISS circles the Earth every 90 minutes).
Raketa delivered by producing the Raketa “Baikonur” watch: a sturdy 24 hour automatic watch!
The Raketa automatic movement, entirely produced at the Raketa Watch Factory (in Saint-Petersburg), has a beautifully printed decoration that you can see through the open caseback: a cosmonaut flies around celestial constellations and the famous words pronounced by Gagirin (when he flew to space) is printed in Russian on the oscillating weight – meaning en English “Let’s go!”.
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MANUFACTURE
Manufacture
Raketa Watch Factory (Saint-Petersburg)
MOVEMENT
Сalibre
2624A
Functions
Automatic with 24 hours
Number of jewels
24
Testing positions
4
Average rate (s/d)
-10+20
Average running time (h)
40
Frequency/hour
18.000 / 2.5Hz
Bi-directional automatic winding
yes
Stopper of self-winding unit activated during manual winding
Yes
Decoration
CASE
Material
Stainless steel
Size
43 mm
Front glass
Сапфировое
Back glass
Mineral
Rotating bezel
Titanium
Crown
Screwed-in crown
Water resistance
20 ATM
Hands
Superluminova
Dial
Superluminova
Gender
Man
Case thickness
13.15 mm
Length (lug to lug)
47 mm
STRAP
Material
Натуральная кожа
Width
22 mm
* We do not recommend replacing the strap / bracelet yourself, as that may cause damage to your watch. Please contact an authorized service center instead.