Greetings from Roma Italy!
 

Hello!
guess what? i collect russian (sovietic) watches. I am mostly interested in their history and their culture, a way to better understand Soviet society.

hello! nice 2cu here!

Hi there,
See the following links :
http://forum.watch.ru/showthread.php?t=5714
http://www.german242.com/

P.S. May I ask why watch addicted guys in Italy so Rolex-obsessed ?

I don't know! i don't know if it is true. None of my friends dress a Rolex.
Here you can find many well done fakes-Rolex (Myota inside).

Speaking more generally, we all know that we live in an age where appearance is considered more important than being.
So Rolex mean "wealth and power ".

I dress only vintage watches. I own a big collection of russina (sovietic) watche and some Bulova Accutron Nx and Mx, a Fortis (1956), a Lorenz and few others vintages.
But daily i dresst sovietic watches.

I own also an old "imperial russian watches" ( i think so) this one:

http://i47.tinypic.com/rkd9up.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/zn8mdw.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/143jfpu.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/66zy0w.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/4rf2na.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/2h7lbiu.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/10ekbjo.jpg

Russian words mean "For excellent targeting/shooting". Grammar is old - used before revolution. I guess this is prize for winning in sharpshooter competition.

Thanks, Vassili.