Horological Meandering

I recently had the good fortune to come into possession of a very rare horological treasure from Soviet Russia… A compact constant force escapement 8-day chronometer. The clock, serial number 001, was produced as part of a very small production run for th...  

i've owned over 10 marine chronometers from lange & sohne to Longines and this beats all of them by a mile. just think on the value of the end jewels not to mention the fact that its 001 of only a few. lovely find best Graham

Sorry. I have lots of trouble up-loading to this forum. Here are some additional photos. -- Mark...  

Hi, Mark. What's the approximate price of this force escapement 8-day chronometer? I've got one and i want to sell it. As far as know the price is very high on them. Thanks, Sam.

Hi Mark, Many thanks for posting that - it was a real treat. nick

Oh yes, one more thing. This movement was produced in the 3rd quarter of 1961. -- Mark

mark, Thanks for sharing this. I'm amazed that nearly 48 years after the last serious risk of nuclear war and nearly 20 years after the end of the USSR, these old clocks still come out in pretty good shape. Who looks after these fossils as it must cost so... 

At a talk given by a retired French admiral (don't ask...) he mentioned that he'd been taken to a place where they had all the old chronometers stored. Shelves of Leroys and other dream machines dating back to the beginnings of French marine chronometry j...