Raketa 2609 HA movement with 16 ruby jewels. Hand wind. Power reserve 36 hours. Central second hand. Shock-proof balance.
Diameter 38 mm, thickness 9 mm. Stainless steel caseback with number #515.
White face with big black numbers.
Made in USSR (24.04.1989) by Raketa.
Genuine leather strap (black; 18 mm).
New old stock + Original Box & Papers.
Big Zero watch worn by Mikhail Gorbachev in the 80s. While in an official visit to Italy, he was asked by local journalists what perestroika meant for Russia. Gorbachev replied that Russians decided to start their lives from zero and showed them his own Raketa wrist watch which read 0 in lieu of the 12 mark.
