Strela Chronograph 42mm Cosmos

Strela Chronograph Cosmos 42mm - Poljot movement 3133
 
In the 50´s to 70's Poljot produced the famous Strela  "column wheel"  chronographs with the caliber 3017.
The actual produced Strelas are powered by the Poljot caliber 3133 which also becomes rare now and these new Strelas honour their famous predecessors !

This Strela Chronograph Nr. CO42LAB has the name "Cosmos" - it has a massive,  brushed stainless steel case with a polished bezel, polished bandconnections and pushers/crown.  The detailled and perfectly finished watchcase has a diameter of 42mm ( with crown  44.8 mm ), a height of 14 mm , a weight of 90 grams incl. leather strap and a bandwidth of 22mm Complete lug-to-lug width is 51mm.

The baguette-shaped pushers and the gracile crown resemble exactly the old Strela models.

A slightly curved, scratch-resistant sapphire glass provides a clear view on the black Strela dial with latin text.  The dial of this Version CO42LAB "Cosmos"  is completely labeled in latin  and shows a tachymeter scale, a telemeter scale and very original luminous Strela-hands and luminous indexes. The date is positioned between the numbers "4" and "5" .

The polished crystal back is screwed, inscribed in cyrillic on the side of the glass and engraved with the serial number.

Very special: Poljot caliber 3133  with blue screws !  This robust  Poljot 3133  manual winding caliber has 23 jewels, 21.600 halfrotations/hour , shock protection , and approximately 48 hours power reserve.

The models of the 60's were manufactured under the name Poljot , Sekonda and Strela - Poljot once differed between better watches ( "Class1" ) for the Export-market and the watches for the sale within the Soviet Union. Nowadays there is no such difference, but they  remind on this historical fact by using the "Class 1" signature on these new watches.  In this version in latin under the word  "chronograph ".

Comes with 2 RIOS1931 leather straps and   watchbox.

See here a >> short video  << of the Strela 42mm Cosmos CO42CYB, compared with the Strela 38mm version 

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