misha and raisa
A while back I mentioned that I had another Raketa on the way from Russia via eBay. Well, today it arrived:
I like that it’s black. I like the very modern space theme of the thing, with the sun and the moon eclipsing one another once an hour. And like its sibling, it’s all mechanical and has a beautiful sounding movement (and the movement looks pretty good too).
It’s called a “kopernik”, presumably after the Polish astronomer. But according to one eBay auction I read, this design was popularly known in the eighties (in theory this when this particular watch was actually manufactured) as the “Misha and Raisa” after Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev. Which counts as a pretty nice tribute to them, too.
And Becky is asking me how am I going to choose which watch to wear in the morning. I don’t know yet.
Heck
7 December 2006, 23:29 #
You might end up like a friend of mine years ago, wearing three watches at once… ;)
Alan
8 December 2006, 08:37 #
Yeah, the thought crossed my mind. But at the same time, I also thought of the Richard Scarry character, I think it was Bananas Gorilla, who always seemed to be wearing about three watches on each limb…
Brian
8 December 2006, 11:20 #
That is (another) seriously cool watch!
Sarah
8 December 2006, 14:41 #
Very nice. Not quite as awesome as the 24-hour one, which is hugely awesome, but a very excellent watch nevertheless.
Alan
11 December 2006, 12:23 #
I like it.
Although sometimes it uncomfortably reminds me a little of a novelty Swatch. But then the relentless and loud ticking snap me out of it.