Sorry for coming in late. The design origin of this watch started when Serkisof, a watch suppler in Turkey, ordered watches from Molnija for the Turkish railway company, not for practical use, more likely for presentation purpose etc. An earlier version existed with a different train on the back, but this is the more common version. When the Serkisof contract ended, Molnija carried on making watches of the same design, but with modifications: the Serkisof markings were removed from the back, along with the inner cover, and of course not branded Serkisof; I have a good example of this. For sale by other distributors they were branded accordingly, for instance "Sekonda" for sale through Sekonda UK and others including Oriosa. I also have a much later Molnija watch in hunter case branded as Oriosa as well.
@@tinkeringforfun Glad to be helpful. There are actually a significant variety of Turkish Railway watches by various makers, made over the years. of various degrees of similarity to this, some of them might even have been supplied as time keepers for the rail network. This could well be an area to look into!
Brilliant! The video and The watch! And I got a mention .... thank you so much! You choose so well and got such a good price. The Molnija 36** movements are really very nicely made; utilitarian but nicely jewelled and capable of prolonged use and reliable accuracy ... just without any real glamour. Very Soviet really! The link in the description to this video is really helpful. Thank you so much for think of me when making this brilliant film .... made my day! Richard
Oh I'm glad you enjoyed itRichard and good to know your thoughts on the movement! I do like the utilitarian aspect of it too! Have you heard of Oriosa btw?
Lovely subject matter and as a person who has just switched from collecting Vostok's to Molnija's I found your link to be extremely interesting. There does seem to be a scarcity of good information out there, especially when it comes to knowing just how many names these were produced for. Sekonda being the most common, Marathon being the next. Yours is the first Oriosa that I've seen, but when you said "Swiss" I have seen a Locomotive like yours marked "Arsa" but it had the nerve to say "Swiss Made" on the dial. Now my aim is to have an example of every "Variant" that I can find. Try to be aware of the growing numbers of Frankin watches that have been on the increase in recent years. 10/10 👍
Thanks for watching and your comment. I fear you are going to enter a very deep rabbit hole! ;) I bought one vintage typerwriter and now have 14! 😂 They are really lovely watches though and I have to say it keeps very good time! Good luck in your hunt! :)
Thanks for watching...'scuse the pun! ; If you see the notes on my post there's a very informative link on the manufacturer. I hope you can get it going, mine keeps great time, but it could do with a little service. It feels slightly gritty when I wind it up. Will you tackle it yourself?
From what I have learned about this company . Early 1980's for the date range. With the marks and the parts inside being nickel plated. The case milling. Best bet is early 1980's.
It is indeed! Thanks for watching and I haven't had any comments but it has been admired by my English students when I show them in our virtual lessons! :)
To be more precise, these are watches produced not in Russia, but in the USSR! A lot of people get it wrong! And the things that were produced in the USSR were durable and had a very huge resource! As they say, everything was done for the people!
Sorry for coming in late. The design origin of this watch started when Serkisof, a watch suppler in Turkey, ordered watches from Molnija for the Turkish railway company, not for practical use, more likely for presentation purpose etc. An earlier version existed with a different train on the back, but this is the more common version. When the Serkisof contract ended, Molnija carried on making watches of the same design, but with modifications: the Serkisof markings were removed from the back, along with the inner cover, and of course not branded Serkisof; I have a good example of this. For sale by other distributors they were branded accordingly, for instance "Sekonda" for sale through Sekonda UK and others including Oriosa. I also have a much later Molnija watch in hunter case branded as Oriosa as well.
Oh thanks for watching and for the very interesting history! It's still keeping great time! :)
@@tinkeringforfun Glad to be helpful. There are actually a significant variety of Turkish Railway watches by various makers, made over the years. of various degrees of similarity to this, some of them might even have been supplied as time keepers for the rail network. This could well be an area to look into!
Brilliant! The video and The watch! And I got a mention .... thank you so much! You choose so well and got such a good price. The Molnija 36** movements are really very nicely made; utilitarian but nicely jewelled and capable of prolonged use and reliable accuracy ... just without any real glamour. Very Soviet really! The link in the description to this video is really helpful. Thank you so much for think of me when making this brilliant film .... made my day! Richard
Oh I'm glad you enjoyed itRichard and good to know your thoughts on the movement! I do like the utilitarian aspect of it too! Have you heard of Oriosa btw?
Lovely subject matter and as a person who has just switched from collecting Vostok's to Molnija's I found your link to be extremely interesting. There does seem to be a scarcity of good information out there, especially when it comes to knowing just how many names these were produced for. Sekonda being the most common, Marathon being the next. Yours is the first Oriosa that I've seen, but when you said "Swiss" I have seen a Locomotive like yours marked "Arsa" but it had the nerve to say "Swiss Made" on the dial. Now my aim is to have an example of every "Variant" that I can find. Try to be aware of the growing numbers of Frankin watches that have been on the increase in recent years.
10/10 👍
Thanks for watching and your comment. I fear you are going to enter a very deep rabbit hole! ;) I bought one vintage typerwriter and now have 14! 😂 They are really lovely watches though and I have to say it keeps very good time! Good luck in your hunt! :)
I have one of these but it’s not working , looking to get it running again.
Thanks for watching...'scuse the pun! ; If you see the notes on my post there's a very informative link on the manufacturer. I hope you can get it going, mine keeps great time, but it could do with a little service. It feels slightly gritty when I wind it up. Will you tackle it yourself?
From what I have learned about this company . Early 1980's for the date range. With the marks and the parts inside being nickel plated. The case milling. Best bet is early 1980's.
Thanks for the information! :) It's a great watch and really keeps good time.
What a lovely little pocket watch. What sort of reaction do you get from people when you use it in public?
It is indeed! Thanks for watching and I haven't had any comments but it has been admired by my English students when I show them in our virtual lessons! :)
I have a Mark Mullinga watch
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To be more precise, these are watches produced not in Russia, but in the USSR! A lot of people get it wrong! And the things that were produced in the USSR were durable and had a very huge resource! As they say, everything was done for the people!
Thanks for putting me right! It certainly feels well made and it really does keep great time!