Black and white, images that remind us the nostalgia of the past , pieces of paper that prevent the memory from being forgotten.
We knew about Soviet Union on TV screens on Black and White colors, also as something distant and blurry, even if it was set in Europe itself. Black and white, as the snowy landscape and the trees with hardly enough sunlight.
Black and white , something that ceased to exist and we again insist on recapturing it, to be told as stories of the past.
During this time , I have noticed there are mostly watches with white and black dial.
Would they be the white dials for civilians and black ones for the military ? Which of both would be easier to read? Or perhaps , was it because there was no way to print them in color? Just as it happened with black and white photography.
I show you , here, some pairs of black and white watches, you will see that they are the same model but different color, and if you would play with a photo editor and would take the negative, you would be surprised how the watch would change sides.
Early Pobedas Kremlin, Maslennikov Factory
Pobeda Star, Maslennikov Factory
Pobedas 2nd Factory
Zims Maslennikov factory
self winding Rodina couple.
Komandirskie couple I
Komandirskie couple II
Sekonda 3017 pair.
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We realize how these living pieces of history are mostly distributed in two nostalgic colors, black and white colors.
I propose to you we play a game, why do we not pay homage to Russian watchmaking and also to chess? The best world champions came from there, right?, precisely on Soviet times.
Botvinnik and Kasparov
We could look for an authentic Soviet chessboard and arrange the watches as chess pieces, the white and the black ones. We could arrange them according to the importance or their shape, I do not know… for example, the rooks could be Vostok barrels , the Knigths would be divers, the bishops ….
What do you think? Do we?
Well, let’s play, then!
White:
Rooks: Poljot signal, Knights : Saturn and Sputnik, bishops: Poljot president and Poljot 3133 civil, Queen : Sekonda Stela 3017, King : Kirovskie type 1, Pawns: Mir, Sportnivie, Sportnivie,Volna, Almaz, Mockba, Sportnivie, and Start.
Black:
Rooks : Vostok Officirskie and Vostok Ministry, Knights : Raketa Amphibian and Poljot Amphibian, Bishops: Poljot black sturmanskie 3133 and Buran 3133, Queen : Poljot 3133 for the Italian market, King : Agat Zlatoust current with automatic caliber Vostok, Pawns: Vostoks 2409, Radioroom and 2 Vostoks 350 amphibian 200m.
This article is aimed to be shown from Collector to Collector, without any desire of showing off, You have to think that the best collection will always be yours, because it is the one you build on your own.
Thank you for your attention.
P.D. special mention to my friends for help on pieces research and old black- white photos.