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It's showing on the certificate that I got with it: 1977...
I will not say that I'm 200% sure about that but beeing a 58mm diameter/22mm thick model, it seems after some research that it is the last of 4 generations.
The first beeing heavily radioactive as the lume was made of Radium, the others have a Tritium lume: So I can open mine safely without getting a third ball growing during the operation...Here's some wrist-shots of the 300 grams beast in action.
First, I unscrew the bezel. The cristal appear: It's 4mm thick.
When taken off and returned, you can see the crystal, rubber gasket and a steel ring making contact with the dial.
Here's the watch without it's crystal: The second screw(hiding in the little hole) counting from the right after the marker 4, is the one who free the stem.
The other black screws are holding the dial to the movement(left of the 4 and 10)
The dial and movement are taken off and setted back on the returned crystal, sitting on the steel ring as it should.
Not many rubies to see! Seems like there is only 7 of them as the inscription says...They hide well under the hood I would say...
Here's the stem near the movement: No joke, it's the thickest stem I've seen... Note the regulator´s pin who's far up: Top regulation!
Well, the watch hold well time so...
The movement is stamped "Moskva" and it's a real CCCP period...
The last numbers reversed on the left should speak about the production date from what I observed on other movements who had slight different markings...80? Hmmm, not sure about that but then how can the watch be from 77? I can't tell...
The case been machined after it was nickel plated: See the brass appearing...
Raw work there...
The only inscription inside: P14...? The P is an R in Cyrillic alphabet if I recall well so it would be R14...Don't catch the meaning...
Here's the case back marking:
The stem hole and where the crown-cap is getting screwed: Note the 3 screws holding the rubber gasket who comes in contact with the cap.
A last look at the movement and dial screwed together and the crystal setting...
Thanks for looking and you are welcome to write some input to help my research if you know have any further infos...
