These are tool watch proportions, but the Sputnik is really more of a dress watch. It has a round, stainless steel case, measuring 44mm wide, 50mm long, and over 16mm thick. The satellite was a polished metal ball less than two feet in diameter with four radio antennae protruding like tails. Launched by the Soviets in 1957, it was watershed moment in the Cold War, and the first volley in the space race. The watch pays tribute to the first man made satellite. Modern watches with vintage Russian hearts? Now it gets interesting. These were restored and incorporated into limited edition watches. The original factory was sold in 2006 and demolished in 2010 however, before the bulldozers rolled in, the founders of CCCP purchased a cache of movements from the Slava inventory. After World War 2, the factory produced watches and clocks for civilian consumption as Slava. Slava (Слава or “Glory”) was one of the first Soviet watch manufacturers, established as The State Trust for Precision Mechanics in 1924, becoming The Second Moscow Watch Factory in 1930. There are some very attractive watches in the collection, but they are not Soviet so much as Sovietesque. They are original designs meant to evoke the idea of a Cold War era watch. The CCCP Time website says the collection “draws its design inspiration from the life and times of a significant part of the modern political era of the Soviet Union.” Putting aside the fact that not everyone gets a warm fuzzy feeling when they recall the glory days of the USSR, the “inspired by” aspect left me cold. I’ll start from the beginning.ĬCCP takes its name from the Cyrillic acronym for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR. I am always on the look out for new and interesting Russians, so when I saw CCCP Watches, I was excited, then disappointed, then intrigued. I have reviewed a couple of Vostok Amphibias and a Soviet vintage Raketa “Big Zero.” I like their mechanical movements, off-beat style, low price, and relative obscurity here in the United States. The Time Bum has shared his affinity for Russian watches before.
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