Their shops are now shuttered during the conflict there. We hope that peace is restored soon and that we can, once again, offer their products to you. History of the Watch Movement "Pobeda". Based on a French design, the Pobeda's simple, 15-jewel movement was cost-effective, reliable, and easy to manufacture and maintain.
During a period of rapid industrialization of the Soviet Union, the. Sought international funding and expertise in developing a domestic industry for timepieces. Was chosen; they established a new watch factory in.
And licensed several movement designs to the new establishment. One design dating from 1908, the R-26 movement, was further developed and renamed the K-26, with significant alterations to the original design. World War II temporarily disrupted these plans, but after the Allied victory, this watch design was quickly finished at Penza, and full-scale production commenced at the First Moscow Watch Factory.
Chose the name Pobeda (Victory) to celebrate the end of the war. Factories Having Produced under the brand "Pobeda".
Pobeda watches before and after the fall of Soviet Union. In the Soviet Union, a product brand was not necessarily exclusive to a particular manufacturing site (this changed though in the 60's when each factory got its own brands), and during its lifetime, production of Pobeda watches was shifted between the following plants. : for a few years from 1945. (Canada may be slightly less).
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