Zarja (Pensa Watch Factory)

Brands: Aurora, Kometa, Mechta, Vesna, Zarja, ZIF, Zvezda

1935. Soviet government plans 3rd watch factory, acquires tooling from Lip, France
   
    1938. First watches (model T-18) produced by bicycle factory ZIF
   
    1940. Factory becomes Penza 3rd State Watch Factory, ZIF watches become Zvezda
   
    1941. Begin production of machine tools for other watch factories
   
    1946. Awarded the name Penza of the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st Degree Watch Factory
   
    1946. Begin production of Pobeda watches
   
    1947. Introduction of conveyor line production
   
    1949. Production turns exclusively to women's watches
   
    1949. Zarja model introduced with smaller movement
   
    1950-51. Assisted in the establishment of Uglich Watch Factory
   
    1954-55. Assisted in the establishment of Minsk Watch Factory
   
    1962. Mechta - world's smallest mass-produced watch with centre-seconds
   
    1965. Establishment of Zarja brand for all Penza watches
   
    1966. Sekonda brand established, including some Zarja models
   
    1980. Begin production of quartz watches
   
    1992. End of USSR, factory becomes a joint stock company
   
    1990s. Development of calibre 2615, thinnest Russian automatic
   
    Late 1990s. End of quartz watch production

Other Comments:
    For some unknown reason, the 2615 movement has never entered production and Zarja models are currently limited to 3 basic movements. The 1509V.1 is still Russia's smallest centre-second movement, and is used in the Orion Traveller twin-dial watch. Majority of production is women's watches, particularly featuring elaborately embellished cases. Unlike other Russian manufacturers, Zarja use some aluminium-alloy cases.

All Antique watches are mechanical. Many repairs will not be cheap, as most likely they will require replacement of non-standard parts (unlike most late model watches).

• Antique watches should not be beaten or dropped - because repairs may be expensive.
• Antique watches are generally NOT waterproof. This is because waterproofing was not in general production until the middle of the 20th century for most watches. Therefore you should protect your antique watch from exposure to moisture.
• If your watch becomes wet it should be dried off quickly. Carefully open all covers and use a hair drier to blow dry the movement, dial, covers, crown. This will reduce the amount of rust.
• If your watch becomes wet with any kind of salt water you should immediately immerse or spray your watch with fresh (no-salt) water to remove all the salt from the works before drying the watch completely. Any salt left in the watch will combine with moisture in the air to rust metal components of the movement, case etc.
• Winding any mechanical watch tight may break the mainspring. If you can avoid it do not wind the watch hard.
• When adjusting the hands of your watch, move them in a clockwise direction only. Counter-clockwise adjustments may damage the movement. It is desirable to adjust the hands of your watch at the same time every day. An automatic or self-winding watch should be worn for at least 8 hours a day. It is a mechanical watch in which the mainspring is wound automatically as a result of natural motion of the wearer's arm, to provide energy to run the watch, making manual winding unnecessary.
• If you must adjust counter-clockwise make it for small adjustments only (i.e. for minutes, NOT hours).
• Be careful and gentle when adjusting the movement speed (faster or slower). Don't make sharp movements, and don't touch other components in the movement especially the pendulum mechanism.
• Every 2-3 years it is necessary to service and oil vintage watches. If the course of your watches is worsening and the accuracy of the reduction in the duration of the clock (autonomy) from one fully wound spring - it need a service.
• IF the watch is dirty - allow the watch to run down, don't wind it again until you have it serviced by a qualified watch repair expert. Dust will absorb and remove important lubricants and cause the movement pieces to wear down.
• To clean the case, dial and crystal you should use a cloth that does NOT leave fibers as these may get caught up in the movement. Check with your Watch repair expert to get an appropriate cloth.
• Keep your antiques watch away from magnets. Strong magnetic fields may affect the accuracy of your watch since some vintage watches were made with iron based components in the movement.
• Most Cases and Covers are fine components and will not handle abuse well. The watch should not be shaken, beaten, or stressed.
• Antique watches generally experience an error of up to 5-7 minutes a day. Any accuracy of +- 5 minutes is very good.
• Mechanical watch is not recommended to use for engage in extreme sports, and expose them to excessive vibration loads. Recoil force, which take on the clock, affect their reliability and precision. No matter how perfect was not anti-shock mechanism, there is always the chance of excessive load that details of the mechanism can not survive.
• Watch with calendar. It is not recommended to adjust, the date between 20.00 and 06.00, because at this time involved a mechanism for automatic adjustment date. Translation pointers calendars manually in this position arrows may damage the mechanism. Date changes should be made, relegating pre-clockwise to lower sector of the dial (for example, to position 6 (18.00) hours).
• Chronograph watches. In most cases, these watches contain the "start/stop" button and "reset" button. It is strongly recommended not to press the "reset" if the chronograph is running. Before you use the "Reset" button need to stop the chronograph by button "start/stop". Using the "reset" when running chronograph can damage the mechanism of most models of watches.

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Typical Delivery Time

• European Countries: about 7-10 days;
• USA, Japan & other: about 10-14 days.

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