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"Zaria" (Заря) wristwatch, gilt with date, 22 jewels, on black strap
Object/Artifact
Gold-tone (gilt) cushion/tonneau-cased mechanical wristwatch with a date window, on a black leather strap with a base-metal buckle. The dial — now heavily degraded — is signed "ZARIA" with "22 jewels" and a date aperture near 4–5 o'clock; gilt baton markers and hands. Crown at 3. Steel caseback with Cyrillic durability legend and a serial number.
2025.1.268
The Cabrera Arús family collection
2025.1
Penza Watch Factory
Penza Oblast
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
Date: Post-1964/65 (Zaria brand) and pre-1992 (Soviet); the cushion case with date is typical of the 1970s. Exact year not determinable; within range.
Dial: "ZARIA"; "22 jewels"; date window; faint "MADE IN USSR." Caseback (Cyrillic): "ПЫЛЕЗАЩИТНЫЕ ПРОТИВОУДАРНЫЕ" ("dust-protected, shock-resistant"); serial "5752546."
Materials: Gold-plated (gilt) case; steel caseback; gilt dial and hands; crystal (acrylic/mineral); blue leather strap; base-metal buckle; 22-jewel mechanical movement with date. Technique: Mass-produced Soviet mechanical wristwatch with date complication; gilt-plated case. (Winding type — manual vs. automatic — not determinable externally.)
Poor
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
Penza Oblast
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
production
Here the dial carries the Latin export legend ("MADE IN USSR") while the caseback is in Cyrillic — a common mix on export-market Soviet watches.