Got this for $10 at a flea market. I’m guessing the word in the center is “Democracy”? The guy I bought it from says he got it from a guy who emigrated from Russia in the 90s. A little googling says it’s from 1987. Just trying to figure out if it’s “pro-USSR” or given when it was made it’s not some pro-perestroika, pro-Gorbachev statement. It’s got the hammer & sickle so I think it’s the former but not 100% sure.
Basically… based or not based?
Pobeda also made a bunch of Perestroika watches in the late 80s. You got a Gorby watch.
These are still neat though, I collected a few Soviet watches throughout the years. You're lucky if you get a cheap one that keeps time well enough. Old Soviet watches are often cobbled together from a handful of different watches, which makes watch dorks mad (good), but it's kinda neat in its own way.
Based: based on the fact that it looks sick, it is based. it is reactionary if it imprecisely records the time.
Based, because it appears to be made of high quality Soviet METAL🤘
