stephanieNY

I've gotten side-tracked on my search for a watch that I started last fall. After I wrote that post about my dream watches, and even received a "pick out a watch for your birthday" birthday present from my parents in December, the pressure was too great to find the perfect one. I abandoned my dreams of buying vintage on Watchismo that I had been fawning after, since all the awesome ones have awesomely enormous price tags.  Now I'm on Ebay and totally addicted.  I'm into these mens mid-century, art-deco-y gems.  These three are Russian Soviet watches. 

Apparently, the Soviet era was a big watchmaking time in Russia.  I read that it started with the Soviet military and space program needing hefty watches to sustain in extreme conditions.  I doubt these ones sat on the wrists of any astronauts or Soviet soldiers, but they're made by the same Russian manufacturers at the time.

So here I am, putting more pressure on by writing more about the subject and dragging this all out.  Just get one already, right? I think I may go with the third one up there.  I looooove the numbers and the lines...like really good graphic design in a watch.  It may be a little hard to tell the time, but I think the admiration I'll feel when I look down at my wrist will make up for it.