1st Moscow Watch Factory
Severnyi Polus
Description
One of the watches made for Soviet polar explorers in the 1950s, this model was issued to participants of the first Soviet Arctic expeditions. According to available statistics, it appears to be rarer than the Antarktida watch. The watch features its own distinctive 24-hour movement, with the hour hand completing one full revolution per day. This was critically important in the conditions of polar day and polar night, when a conventional 12-hour watch made it difficult to determine the actual time of day. According to available information, only 500 examples of this version were produced.
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The ChN-47M watch movement measures 26 mm in diameter and features a steel lever escapement, 17 ruby jewels, and a stop-seconds mechanism allowing the seconds hand to be synchronized with the minute and hour hands. The balance is fitted with shock protection. The hour hand completes one full revolution over 24 hours. The running time from a full wind is no less than 34 hours, with an average daily rate of ±45 seconds.
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