Raketa Owner Review : Bold, chic and energized

This reference 4401653 is a true classic from the late 1980s. It features a date display at 6 o'clock in a beautifully rounded 35mm diameter case, 10mm thick. The steel case back is simply snapped on. The movement is a 2614.N with 19 jewels. This is an "export" version, as the brand name and "Made in USSR" at 6 o'clock are in Latin script. The case is rounded, like a Tupolev aircraft window. The dial is as dark as a night in which the numerals appear like golden train cars between a railway track and a central white circle. Similarly, the gold alpha hands move along the track of this festive night. In my opinion, the two jarring notes, like the blinding beam of a party pooper's torch, are the white date display at 6 o'clock and the Raketa name in white Latin script. I understand that date backgrounds are difficult to adapt, but why put the brand name in white? Gold paint would have been much better, especially since the models for the domestic market used gold Cyrillic letters. Overall, it's a beautiful little watch with character. Its soundtrack would be something unclassifiable, like the soundtrack to the film "The Party" by Henry Mancini (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n2ZFKG9_U8&t=25s). A party where anything is possible and you don't really know what the rules are.