Sturmanskie Gagarin Retro Titanium
Watchcase: Titanium black PVD
Caliber: Poljot 2609
Dial: black w
Diameter: 40 mm
Height: 12 mm
Only 4 pieces available!
Black TITANIUM MODEL - black PVD coated !
STURMANSKIE Gagarin Retro - Reference number 2609/3714129
On April 12th, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel in space in the Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1) space capsule and return to Earth. During the historic flight, Gagarin wore a Sturmanskie pilot’s wristwatch. 1960 Gagarin was selected as a potential astronaut and received from March 1960 to January 1961 his relevant training. He was chosen mainly for its quiet temperament among the 20 possible candidates to leave the earth as the first man.
Gagarin started on board of the a Vostok from the the space station Tjuratam (now Baikonur) and landed after his mission in orbit near the southwestern russian city of Engels. The flight was one of the biggest successes of the Soviet space program and is considered a milestone of the space race between the USSR and the United States. Click here for more information about Jurij Gagarin ( wikipedia )
This Sturmanskie honours Jurij Gagarin and the design is similar to the original watch of Jurij Gagarins famouns flight.
High quality black PVD coated Titanium case with 40mm diameter, 12mm height, 20mm bandwidth, hardened mineral crystal and elaborately decorated watchback. The watchback shows the picture of Jurij Gagarin !
This black Titanium watchcase weights just 41 gramms instead of the stainless steel model with 54 gramms.
Black dial with classic brown-beige numbers, brown-beige hands and red second hand.
This Gagarin is powered by the well known and reliable Poljot manual winding caliber 2609 with 17 jewels and shock protection.
Comes with Traveller watchbox and Sturmanskie leather strap . Limited to 3000 pieces!
I also include for free an additional black textile nato strap.