Raketa Owner Review : Dark, mysterious and paradoxical

This 651147 night model is one of the most successful dress watches from the 1960s and 70s, equipped with the 2609-a Baltika movement with 21 jewels. The faceted gold color code of the numerals and indexes on a black background creates a classy atmosphere while keeping the brutal side of the baton hands and vertical facets. The 651 type chrome-plated brass case adds a bit of simplicity. It must be said that my copy is less flamboyant than it must have been when new, the patina of time has taken place. In addition, the second hand does not seem to be original, the original hand is simpler like those of the minutes and hours. The case has a contained diameter of 34mm without the crown for a little less than 10mm thick. The watch is called "export" because Raketa and the number of jewels is written in English as well as the made in USSR at the bottom of the dial under the graduation. But that doesn't mean it was exported, as a lot of exported products were sold in the country through the domestic export circuit. The soundtrack associated with this watch could be quite diverse depending on the associations one may have, but it reminds me of Jamala's song 1944. Because the numbers 12-3-6-9 stand out with a faceted metallic appearance against a dark dial. Certainly, this is the most common combination of numbers in watchmaking; dividing the half-day in four, the hour in four, is the most logical thing to do, but here the graphic code really makes me think that these numbers say "1944." The year 1944 was the bloody deportation of many peoples by Moscow, but the deportation of the Crimean Tatars was the longest of Soviet nights, it only ended with the end of the USSR itself. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=FrcWpMzo0es