Cal. 3017, 19-Jewel manual wind chronograph movement, black dial with applied steel luminous hour markers, subsid. dials for running seconds and 45min recording, luminous hands, brushed and polished case with outer tachymetre and inner telemeter scales, twin pushers flanking crown, snap on back, modern aftermarket black leather strap, signed, 36mm diam. Provenance: private collection Cardiff, consigned via our Cardiff office Auctioneer’s Note: In 1959 the Strela 3017 watch was put into production. The Strela was a wristwatch with stopwatch and a 45-minute minutes counter. The dial had additional telemetric and tachymeter scales. The watch was exclusively designed for the officers of the USSR Air Force and was produced according to strict military specifications. Cosmonauts Pavel Beliaev and Aleksej Leonov also used these watches when they became the first in the world to enter open space. Condition report: Comments: Movement: minor tarnishing, winds when wound, chrono function correctly, Dial: some blemishes to the black enamel, luminous dots missing, hour markers tarnished, Glass: surface scratches, Hands: tarnished, Case: scratches, Crown: minor wear, Strap/bracelet: minor stains
Cal. 3017, 19-Jewel manual wind chronograph movement, black dial with applied steel luminous hour markers, subsid. dials for running seconds and 45min recording, luminous hands, brushed and polished case with outer tachymetre and inner telemeter scales, twin pushers flanking crown, snap on back, modern aftermarket black leather strap, signed, 36mm diam. Provenance: private collection Cardiff, consigned via our Cardiff office Auctioneer’s Note: In 1959 the Strela 3017 watch was put into production. The Strela was a wristwatch with stopwatch and a 45-minute minutes counter. The dial had additional telemetric and tachymeter scales. The watch was exclusively designed for the officers of the USSR Air Force and was produced according to strict military specifications. Cosmonauts Pavel Beliaev and Aleksej Leonov also used these watches when they became the first in the world to enter open space. Condition report: Comments: Movement: minor tarnishing, winds when wound, chrono function correctly, Dial: some blemishes to the black enamel, luminous dots missing, hour markers tarnished, Glass: surface scratches, Hands: tarnished, Case: scratches, Crown: minor wear, Strap/bracelet: minor stains
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