Stamped on case : To W.Stockburn from - The Staff - College Of Art
I bought this watch to a UK seller. "College of Art" is the common name for art schools in Britain.
My opinion is that this guy belonged to the staff of this school. Director ? Teacher ?
W.Stockburn should be someone appreciated. He should be proud and happy when he received this nice gift, long time ago, in the early 60s.
This watch is my favorite in my collection, not only because it's a rare Poljot model, but also because it tells me a nice, and human story.
Brand : Poljot
1st Moscow Watch Factory
Model: Dress Watch
Year: Early 60'.
Caliber: 2409A, hand-wound, 21 jewels
Case gold plated 20 microns (AU 20)
"Poljot 'foreign' are UK market watches from between about 1961 (when Poljot was first used as an export brand) and 1966 (when Sekonda became the brand used for all USSR watches on the UK market). 'Foreign' was an inscription used in the UK first in the early post-WWI period for German watches, then again in the post-WWII period up until the the early 1960s for German watches and later for USSR watches. I suspect that it was the Soviet end of the Sekonda venture that insisted on the dropping of 'Foreign' in favour of 'USSR'. Even after 'Foreign' went out of fashion, DDR watches were sometimes marked 'Germany' to disguise their Communist origins."
Reference :
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