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Petrodvorets Watch Factory. 97 reviews. #1 of 1 Tours & Activities in Peterhof. Factory Tours. Closed now. 9:00 AM - 6:00 AM. Write a review. See all photos. About. Russia's oldest factory founded by Peter the Great 300 years ago. It is still working and it is possible to visit it.
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- Saint-Petersburg Ave., 60, Peterhof
- First Moscow Watch Factory: The Birth of Soviet Watches
- Second Moscow Watch Factory
- Chistopol Watch Factory: The Home of Russian Military Timepieces
- Petrodvorets Watch Factory
- Uglich Watch Factory / Chaika Watch Factory
- Zim Maslennikov Watch Factory
- Zlatoust Watch Factory
The story of large-scale production of Soviet watches began with the First Moscow Watch Factory, also sometimes known as the “First State Watch Factory” (its initial name). Joseph Stalin ordered the creation of this factory in 1930, as the existing State Trust of Precision Mechanics workshops could no longer keep pace with the needs of the Soviet g...
As you are aware, watches such as Sturmanskie were manufactured by the First Moscow Watch Factory for military use. But the Soviet Union also established the Second Moscow Watch Factoryto create watches for civilians. Later, this watch factory was renamed as the “Slava Factory,” since “Slava” was the brand it produced. The name “Slava” translates t...
The Chistopol Watch Factory was founded in 1941 as a result of a wartime evacuation of the Moscow Second Watch Factory. German forces were encroaching, and watch factories at the time were producing timers and fuses. The watchmakers from the Moscow Second Watch Factory were sent to work in Chistopol, where they were joined by local talent. During t...
The Petrodvorets Watch Factory in Saint Petersburg first came into existence clear back in 1721, when it was created by Peter the Great. But in the olden days, it was called the Imperial Lapidary Factory. In fact, it wasn’t devoted to watchmaking at all. It produced gemstone work for architectural projects. During the early days of the USSR, the fo...
The Uglich watch factory started life as an order from the USSR’s Council of People’s Commissars in 1937, before the Second World War. It was built over the next five years, in the town of Uglich, around 120km north of Moscow. Its official name was the Second State Precision Jewel Factory (ТТК-2), and it would initially be used to make precision st...
The ZIM (ЗИМ) Watch Factory is more properly known by its full name, “Завод имени Масленникова,” or “Maslennikov.” Originally, this factory actually was billed as the “Second Pipe Factory” when it opened in 1911. Its workers manufactured artillery shell fuses. It shut down in 1918, then opened again as Maslennikov in 1923. ZIM remained in munitions...
Just as the Chistopol Watch Factory was founded when the Moscow Second Watch Factory was evacuated in 1941, so too the Zlatoust Watch Factory formed after the First State Watch Factory was likewise evacuated. Like the factory in Chistopol, the new factory in Zlatoust manufactured timers and watch movements by the millions. During the war years, it ...
May 28, 2019 · The Petrodvorets watch factory was founded in 1721 by an Imperial decree of Emperor Peter the Great. At that time the name Raketa (which is the Russian word for rocket) was not yet in the picture. And the “watch factory” after the name Petrodvorets was still unnecessary.
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Website. www.raketa.com. Vase from the Imperial Fabrique of Peterhof. The Petrodvorets Watch Factory ( Russian: Петродворцовый часовой завод) is one of the oldest factories in Russia. Founded by Peter the Great in 1721 as the Peterhof Lapidary Works, to make hardstone carvings, since 1945 the factory manufactures the ...
Apr 11, 2023 · Since the early 1960s, Raketa wristwatches, have been manufactured by the Petrodvorets Watch Factory in Saint Petersburg. The inspiration for these watches came on April 13, 1961, when...
Petrodvorets Watch Factory. 97 reviews. #1 of 1 Tours & Activities in Peterhof. Factory Tours. Open now. 9:00 AM - 6:00 AM. Write a review. See all photos. About. Russia's oldest factory founded by Peter the Great 300 years ago. It is still working and it is possible to visit it.
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Jan 16, 2019 · Open now. 9:00 AM - 6:00 AM. Write a review. See all photos. About. Russia's oldest factory founded by Peter the Great 300 years ago. It is still working and it is possible to visit it. Old masters produce here watches for the Russian army and for Russian cosmonauts. Just next door of Peter the Great's Peterhof Palace.
