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"Маяк" (Mayak) desk clock with thermometer and weather indicator
Object/Artifact
A rectangular desk clock in a polished wooden case on two dark feet, behind a glass front in a nickel-plated brass bezel. The cream plastic panel carries, at left, a clock dial with Roman numerals, black hands, the cursive maker's name, and "Сделано в СССР"; at right, a vertical thermometer (0–40 °C, doubled scale) above a curved weather-indicator scale reading "ПАСМУРНО / ПЕРЕМЕННО / СОЛНЕЧНО" (overcast / variable / sunny). The reverse is a black-painted metal back plate (now heavily rusted) with the winding arbor and a setting lever.
2025.11.1
2025.11
Purchase
$10
Serdobsk Watch Factory, "СЧЗ"
1970s
Serdobsk
Penza Oblast
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
"Маяк" (Mayak)
Date: No fully legible date on this example (the back plate bears a partly legible molded part number). The Mayak brand dates from 1964 and this barometer/thermometer desk model was made circa late 1960s–1970s. Place of Origin: Serdobsk, Penza Oblast, RSFSR, USSR (per maker; "Сделано в СССР").
Dial: "Маяк" (cursive); "Сделано в СССР." Weather scale: "ПАСМУРНО," "ПЕРЕМЕННО," "СОЛНЕЧНО"; thermometer graduated 0–40. Back plate: partially legible molded part/model number.
Materials: Polished wood case; plastic dial/panel; glass front; nickel-plated brass bezel; painted metal back plate; mechanical clock movement; spirit/mercury thermometer; weather-indicator mechanism; metal/plastic feet. Technique: Wooden cased desk instrument combining a jeweled mechanical (7-day) clock movement with a thermometer and a barometer-type weather indicator behind a single glazed front.
Fair
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
Serdobsk
Penza Oblast
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
production
Maker/type: the Serdobsk factory (est. 1943; "Mayak" brand from 1964) was a major Soviet clock producer, best known for cuckoo and desk/mantel clocks, with substantial export. Combined clock-thermometer-"weather" desk pieces like this were popular Soviet interior objects of the 1960s–1970s.