Recent History of Poljot Watch

During the 70 year history, the First Watch Factory kept a leading position in the area of man’s mechanical wristwatch production. Today the 1st Moscow Watch Factory also remains the first. Extensive experience, strong design capabilities, enormous technological potential, and spirit of innovation helped the factory to survive during a difficult periods and allow it to face the future with confidence. Today “Poljot” is a leader among the producers of high-class man’s wrist watches, a producer of unique movements, such as the chronograph movement 3133, the alarm movement “Signal” 2612, and the factory’s pride a 6MX marine chronometer. Furthermore, mechanical chronographs and “Signal” analogues today are in production only in several factories in Switzerland.

 The high level of technological development, design and the high quality of “Poljot” production are also confirmed by the fact that the administration of the President of Russia has chosen a “Poljot” 3133 watch as an official government award “From President of Russia”!

Recently, some new movements, such as chronograph with a moon-phase calendar, modifications with different additional scales and calendars were developed and put into production. Over 20% of “Poljot” watchcases are redesigned each quarter. The new designs set pace for the latest trends and tendencies in the fashion world of watch production.

The three brands under the Poljot (Flight in Russian) umbrella are Aviator, Buran (bears the name of the Soviet space shuttle), and Sturmanskie (Navigator in Russian). Volmax was the distributor of Poljot abroad for many years. Recently, Volmax launched their own watch production and brands. Then in 2002, Volmax registered the trademark names of Aviator, Buran, and Sturmanskie and is now considered the leading watchmaker in Russia.