Are you ready to move on to the new generation of watches that tick to the beat of the Universe? To wear this watch, you will have to break free from the most fundamental rule of time-reading — the clockwise movement of time.

Behind the classic look and discreet design lies a revolutionary concept: the concept that time should move in harmony with the natural counterclockwise movement of all the planets in our Solar System. You will notice that the second hand (with the Moon at its tip) also rotates in a reverse direction around the planet Earth that is in the centre of the dial.

You will see through the case back a beautifully decorated automatic movement entirely manufactured and assembled at the Raketa Watch Factory in Saint-Petersburg.

Movement: Russian Made In-House Automatic Avtomat movement
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Ø 40,50 mm
Water resistance: 5 ATM / 50 meters
Strap: Genuine leather strap

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The Raketa Watch Factory has always been inspired by incredible human technical achievements. It has therefore produced a tool watch dedicated to the Lun-class Ekranoplan: a Soviet era hybrid machine – half ship, half plane – unlike anything else in the world.

The Lun-class Ekranoplan was built in the early 80s by the Soviet Union as an experimental coastal defence vehicle. It can claim to be one of the most extraordinary machines ever built by mankind. It combined the best characteristics of a ship and that of a plane: it could carry as much cargo as a ship and fly as fast as an airplane at speeds of up to 500 km/h.

With its gigantic size, unique hybrid characteristics and quirky design, the only remaining Ekranoplan is a testimony to the incredible originality of Soviet-era engineering. Even now, after almost half a century, it looks incredibly futuristic.

The insert of the Raketa “Ekranoplan” rotating bezel is made from a piece of metal from the Lun-class Ekranoplan, officially given to the Raketa Factory.

The back of the watch reveals the beautifully decorated 24-hour automatic movement which is entirely produced by the Raketa Watch Factory in Saint-Petersburg.

The Raketa “Ekranoplan” watch model is limited to 500 pieces.

Movement: Russian Made In-House Automatic Avtomat movement
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Ø 41,60 mm,
Water resistance: 20 ATM / 200 meters
Strap: Steel Bracelet + Genuine leather strap

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The Lun-class Ekranoplan was built in the early 80s by the Soviet Union as an experimental coastal defence vehicle. It can claim to be one of the most extraordinary machines ever built by mankind. It combined the best characteristics of a ship and that of a plane: it could carry as much cargo as a ship and fly as fast as an airplane at speeds of up to 500 km/h.

With its gigantic size, unique hybrid characteristics and quirky design, the only remaining Ekranoplan is a testimony to the incredible originality of Soviet-era engineering. Even now, after almost half a century, it looks incredibly futuristic.

The insert of the Raketa “Ekranoplan” rotating bezel is made from a piece of metal from the Lun-class Ekranoplan, officially given to the Raketa Factory.

The back of the watch reveals the beautifully decorated 24-hour automatic movement which is entirely produced by the Raketa Watch Factory in Saint-Petersburg.

The Raketa “Ekranoplan” watch model is limited to 500 pieces.

Movement: Russian Made In-House Automatic Avtomat movement
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Ø 41,60 mm,
Water resistance: 20 ATM / 200 meters
Strap: Steel Bracelet + Genuine leather strap

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The Lun-class Ekranoplan was built in the early 80s by the Soviet Union as an experimental coastal defence vehicle. It can claim to be one of the most extraordinary machines ever built by mankind. It combined the best characteristics of a ship and that of a plane: it could carry as much cargo as a ship and fly as fast as an airplane at speeds of up to 500 km/h.

With its gigantic size, unique hybrid characteristics and quirky design, the only remaining Ekranoplan is a testimony to the incredible originality of Soviet-era engineering. Even now, after almost half a century, it looks incredibly futuristic.

The insert of the Raketa “Ekranoplan” rotating bezel is made from a piece of metal from the Lun-class Ekranoplan, officially given to the Raketa Factory.

The back of the watch reveals the beautifully decorated 24-hour automatic movement which is entirely produced by the Raketa Watch Factory in Saint-Petersburg.

The Raketa “Ekranoplan” watch model is limited to 500 pieces.

Movement: Russian Made In-House Automatic Avtomat movement
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Ø 41,60 mm,
Water resistance: 20 ATM / 200 meters
Strap: Steel Bracelet + Genuine leather strap

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Celebrated around the world, the Russian avant-garde artistic movement has influenced all of European’s culture. The famous film producer Emir Kusturica is a great lover of Russian art and culture, and in the design of this stylish watch he has perfectly captured the spirit of the Russian avant-garde.  This watch attracts attention by its minimalism and its expressive lines, like the pictures of Malevitch, Kandinsky and other talented Russian avant-garde artists.

The round and triangular hands of this watch are typical images of avant-garde art.  Their progress round the dial is assured by the automatic movement which is entirely made in the Raketa Watch Factory in Saint Petersburg.

Movement: Russian Made In-House Automatic Avtomat movement
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Ø 40,50 mm,
Water resistance: 5 ATM / 50 meters
Strap: Genuine leather strap

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65 years ago the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite into space. This small metal sphere was given a friendly codename “Sputnik”, which means “fellow traveller” in Russian. The launch of Sputnik-1 was the beginning of the space conquest, and its loud and repeated “Beep! Beep!” signals announced it to the whole world!

4 years later, in 1961, this led to sending the first man into space (the Russian cosmonaut Gagarin) which in turn led to the creation of the watch brand “Raketa” in honour of Gagarin’s space flight (“Raketa” means “space-rocket” in Russian). Raketa therefore felt compelled to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Sputnik-1 by manufacturing a watch in testimony of this incredible human achievement.

The Raketa “Sputnik-1” dial is made of exactly the same special alloy as the metal heat shield that covered the sphere of Sputnik-1: AMg6, an aluminium–magnesium alloy.

The design of this 24-hour dial is directly inspired by the Soviet watch design “Sputnik” created by the Raketa Watch Factory in 1974. This Soviet-era watch design was shown and approved by the construction bureau that had developed the real Sputnik-1.

The back of the watch reveals the beautifully decorated 24-hour automatic movement which is entirely produced by the Raketa Watch Factory in Saint-Petersburg.

Movement: Russian Made In-House 24h Automatic Avtomat movement
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Ø 40,5 mm,
Water resistance: 5 ATM / 50 meters
Strap: Stainless Steel Bracelet

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65 years ago the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite into space. This small metal sphere was given a friendly codename “Sputnik”, which means “fellow traveller” in Russian. The launch of Sputnik-1 was the beginning of the space conquest, and its loud and repeated “Beep! Beep!” signals announced it to the whole world!

4 years later, in 1961, this led to sending the first man into space (the Russian cosmonaut Gagarin) which in turn led to the creation of the watch brand “Raketa” in honour of Gagarin’s space flight (“Raketa” means “space-rocket” in Russian). Raketa therefore felt compelled to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Sputnik-1 by manufacturing a watch in testimony of this incredible human achievement.

The Raketa “Sputnik-1” dial is made of exactly the same special alloy as the metal heat shield that covered the sphere of Sputnik-1: AMg6, an aluminium–magnesium alloy.

The design of this 24-hour dial is directly inspired by the Soviet watch design “Sputnik” created by the Raketa Watch Factory in 1974. This Soviet-era watch design was shown and approved by the construction bureau that had developed the real Sputnik-1.

The back of the watch reveals the beautifully decorated 24-hour automatic movement which is entirely produced by the Raketa Watch Factory in Saint-Petersburg.

Movement: Russian Made In-House 24h Automatic Avtomat movement
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Ø 40,5 mm,
Water resistance: 5 ATM / 50 meters
Strap: Canvas/leather strap 22mm

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Raketa “Big Love” offers a new interpretation of femininity. A watch as a mood, as a feeling, as love.

This model symbolizes the essence of Raketa’s “Big Zero” model: everything starts from 0. The hands of Raketa “Big Love” turn in a circle designating the word “LOVE” and each time the hour hand passes by the big “0” (or in this case the big letter “O”) everything restarts with LOVE!

With its classic black and white dial design and its four different color leather straps, Raketa “Big Love” will match any style and mood. The white, bright reddish-orange as well as pastel shades of pink and blue straps will emphasize your personality in both casual and classic styles. The quick-change strap system allows you to easily change the straps depending on your current outfit or mood.

Through the case-back of the watch, you can see the beautifully decorated Raketa automatic movement, fully manufactured in Saint-Petersburg by the Raketa Watch Factory.

Raketa “Big Love” is produced this year in a limited quantity of 200 models.

Movement: Russian Made In-House Automatic Avtomat movement
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Ø 40 mm
Water resistance: 10 ATM / 100 meters
Strap: Genuine leather strap

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This watch was originally designed in the 1970s – an elegant mechanical watch that has become a Raketa icon. During an official visit to Italy, journalists asked Mikhaïl Gorbachev what Perestroïka meant for the URSS.  Gorbachev replied that Russia has embarked on an entirely new start, and using his hands to emphasize his point, he showed the figure “0” marked in place of “12” on his Raketa watch. From that date, the hour figures on Raketa watches always start with 0 – one of Raketa’s trademarks

The “Raketa - Avtomat” automatic movement is produced entirely in the Raketa Watch Factory in Saint Petersburg.

Movement: Russian Made In-House Automatic Avtomat movement
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Ø 40 mm
Water resistance: 10 ATM / 100 meters
Strap: Genuine leather strap

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The Raketa Watch Factory has designed and manufactured new mechanical watches exclusively for Tupolev aircraft pilots. This edition is limited to 200 watches and codenamed Raketa “Tu Item 80”, with the first 50 watches to be worn by Tupolev pilots.

The watch successfully passed extreme tests and withstood the severest loads during flights on Russian “Tu” aircrafts. The 24-hour dial of the watch helps to know the correct time while flying about 15 hours at stratospheric altitudes where the Earth’s curvature makes it difficult to tell day from night. The key features of the dial have luminous paint, which ensures luminosity in the dark, and are protected by an ultra-strong sapphire glass. The watch can resist pressures of up to 20 ATM.

The “Raketa – Avtomat” automatic movement is one of the most reliable mechanisms in the world, which is produced by the Raketa Watch Factory in Saint Petersburg.

Movement: Russian Made In-House 24h Automatic Avtomat movement
Case: 316L Stainless Steel, Ø 43 mm,
Water resistance: 20 ATM / 200 meters
Strap: Solid stainless steel bracelet

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