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Put This Limited Edition Raketa Watch On Your Christmas List

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Introducing the Raketa “BIG ZERO” Lebedev- Time for What Matters

The Raketa Watch Factory and the famous Russian designer Artemy Lebedev release together the Big Zero Lebedev, an edition limited to 300 models, inspired by the iconic Big Zero model. This collaboration marks the 30th anniversary of Artemy’s studio – Art Lebedev Studio.

Big Zero Lebedev is all about neat forms, monochrome black, and simplicity. But why these style and design choices? Today’s world is overwhelmed with details, events, and information. We need some visual anchors that structure our perception instead of adding up to this noise.

True to the strict minimalist design, oversized numerals, and the iconic large zero, Artemy Lebedev has added contemporary flair: a black-on-black scheme, matte convex markers and dial, matte hands, and a tinted back glass revealing the Studio’s logo on a black rotor.

For the first time, Raketa uses a rubber strap with customizable length to fit your wrist perfectly. For easy adjustment, a video tutorial by Artemy Lebedev is available via QR code. So, you will act a bit like a watchmaker when adjusting the strap!

The heart of the Big Zero Lebedev is a Russian self-winding movement, manufactured from A to Z at the Raketa Watch Factory, one of the few manufacturers worldwide that still produce their own in-house movements.

Watch Model Specification:

Stainless steel case with vertical matte satin finishing and glossy polish

Dimensions: 40 mm x 43 mm x 14.05 mm

Black matte hands and dial

Matte convex markers

Self-winding Calibre 2615movement and black rotor

Tinted back glass

Rubber strap with customizable length and deployant clasp with leaf spring

Set includes a special measuring bracelet and a pin remover for adjusting the length

Black box packaging serving as a watch case

Limited edition of 300 pieces

Price

The price of this watch is 2250 EUR (excluding VAT). Currency rate conversion at time of posting: 3631 CAD 2619 USD 1965 GBP. For the comfort of customers, Raketa watches are delivered worldwide free of charge by DHL directly up to the front door. For the Silo, Jarrod Barker.

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Raketa’s Three Thousand Euro Russian Made Puppet Watch

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Preserving history, creating the future

The Raketa Watch Factory in collaboration with the famous Moscow Sergey Obraztsov Puppet Theatre presents an exclusive watch model — Raketa Theatre. The limited series consists of 100 individually numbered pieces. Imagine it’s not just a watch, but a unique ticket to a special performance — where there are only 100 seats in the auditorium. Each watch is like a personalized theatre seat with an engraved number:

1/100, 2/100…100/100.

The dial of the model is inspired by the famous pediment clock that decorates the facade of the Sergey Obraztsov Puppet Theatre, where each hour corresponds to the figurine of an animal. Each figurine image has been reinterpreted by the Raketa’s designers in a modern avant-garde aesthetic and applied to the dial.

The restrained design of the Raketa Theatre watches is elegantly enhanced by three stylish accents: an avant-garde dial, multi-colored printing on the rotor, and contrasting stitching on the leather strap. These thoughtful details resonate with each other, creating a stricking balance of restraint and distinctiveness.

New time for the Sergey Obraztsov Puppet Theatre

The partnership with the Sergey Obraztsov Puppet Theatre goes beyond developing an exclusive watch model. Raketa specialists are also consulting the theatre on the restoration of its famous monumental facade clock. This project reflects the brand’s commitment to preserving cultural heritage and its tradition of incorporating art into watch movements.

Elena Bulukova, Director of the Sergey Obraztsov Puppet Theatre

“The clock is under restoration, but time at Obraztsov does not stand still. The clock’s characters have a new look now. Instead of becoming museum exhibits, they remain with us, as part of our living reality. This is how the living history of the puppet theatre continues”.

The art of appreciating time

For many people, the Sergey Obraztsov Puppet Theatre’s pediment clock is not just a mechanism but also a symbol of warm memories of the first time their parents brought them to meet fairy-tale characters. This tradition has become part of the personal history for thousands of families. Raketa’s new model is meant to bring back these touching moments, helping to lay the foundation for new traditions for future generations.

Made in Russia

The heart of the Raketa Theatre model is its automatic movement, manufactured from A to Z at the Raketa Watch Factory in St. Petersburg, one of the few watch manufacturers in the world that produces its own movements, relying on a base of Soviet-era production technology that passed down through generations.

Price

The cost is 3000 EUR (including VAT) / $4,876 CAD at time of posting . For the comfort of customers, Raketa watches are delivered worldwide free of charge by DHL directly up to the front door.

Specifications

Manufacture: Raketa Watch Factory (Saint-Petersburg)

Movement: Calibre: 2615

Functions: Automatic

Number of jewels: 24

Testing positions: 4

Average rate (s/d): 10+20

Average running time (h): 40

Frequency/hour: 18 / 2.5 Hz

Bi-directional automatic winding: Yes

Stopper of self-winding unit activated during manual winding: Yes

Decoration: Neva waves Printing

Case: Material: Stainless steel

Size: 39.5 mm

Dial glass: Sapphire

Back glass: Mineral

Crown: Synthetic ruby inside

Water resistance: 5 bar

Hands: Superluminova

Dial: High-quality printing, embossing

Strap : Material: Stainless steel

Strap width: 22 mm

Sex : Unisex

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Russian Raketa Wristwatch Disrupts With Counterclockwise Universe Movement

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Raketa “Russian Code”

Change directions with this counterclockwise watch!

A watch that ticks to the beat of the Universe

The Raketa Watch Factory releases a re-edition of one of its most popular models: the Raketa “Russian Code” with its counterclockwise hands. 

A lightly brushed silver stainless steel case with a spherical sapphire glass, a matt grey metal dial with a 3D representation of the Earth, and a black genuine leather strap give a very classic look to this watch.

However, behind the discreet design lies a revolutionary concept: the concept that time should move in harmony with the natural counterclockwise movement of all the planets in our Solar System. You will notice that the second hand (with the Moon at its tip) also rotates in a reverse direction around the planet Earth that is in the centre of the dial. 

You will see through the case back a beautifully decorated automatic movement entirely manufactured and assembled at the Raketa Watch Factory in Saint-Petersburg.  

Are you ready to move on to the new generation of watches that tick to the beat of the Universe? 

A watch that invites you to be different

To wear this watch, you will have to break free from the most fundamental rule of time-reading — the clockwise movement of time that was taught to us from ancestral times. 

Indeed, early people read the time with sundials by observing the clockwise movement of the sun in the sky (from left to right) and of the corresponding shade on the dial (from right to left). When our ancestors finally invented the concept of hands (instead of shade) moving around a dial, they naturally decided to keep this clockwise movement that they observed in nature.

However, there is a serious flaw in this decision: the Sun doesn’t move clockwise in the sky. It’s an illusion — it actually doesn’t move at all. It is the Earth that moves in a counterclockwise direction around the Sun!

The Raketa Watch Factory corrected this mistake by designing a watch where the movement of time follows the natural movement in the Universe. 

This watch is certainly not for the faint-hearted but rather for people who are willing to stand out from the crowd and be different!

A watch with a very special movement

The counterclockwise movement of the hands is powered by a very special Raketa automatic movement (2615R). The engineers of the Raketa Watch Factory inverted the movement of the hands by changing the construction of the 2 most important parts of the mechanical movement: the mainspring barrel and the escapement! This engineering feat could only be accomplished because Raketa produces in-house 100% of these parts.

A watch that is true to Raketa’s DNA 

By following the movement in the Solar System, this watch underlines the link between Raketa and the Cosmos: the brand Raketa (which means “Space Rocket” in Russian) was created in 1961 in honour of the first manned flight in space by the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Since then, Raketa’s designers and engineers were always inspired by space and regularly made watches for cosmonauts and watches celebrating the Solar System. 

Price

This edition is limited to 500 watches with a price of 1500 Euros (without VAT). All Raketa watches are delivered worldwide by DHL free of charge.

The specifications:

Factory:Raketa Watch Factory (Saint-Petersburg)
Movement:
Calibre:2615R
Functions:Automatic with reverse direction of hands
Number of jewels:24
Testing positions:4
Average rate (s/d):-10+20
Average running time (h):40
Frequency/hour:18.000 / 2.5Hz
Bi-directional automatic winding:Yes
Stopper of self-winding unit activated during manual winding:Yes
Decoration:Nanocoating
Neva waves
Print
Case:
Material:Stainless steel
Diameter:40,5 mm
Length (lug to lug):45 mm
Front glass:Sapphire 
Back glass:Mineral 
Rotating bezel:No 
Water resistance:5 ATM
Hands:Superluminova
Dial:Superluminova
Strap/bracelet:
Material:Genuine leather 
Width:22 mm
Sex:Unisex