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BIG ZERO

Article: W-11-16-10-0283

The Big Zero is one of the few Soviet-era watch designs to have conquered the hearts of the world and to have stood the test of time: a black & white dial with oversized numerals crowned with a big 0. A self-evident, functional, but nevertheless radical design!

Characteristics

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When asked what inspired Soviet designers to create this bold design with a big 0, old specialists of the Raketa factory answer that it is simply more logical to start counting time from 0. Indeed, time, like everything else in our lives, always begins from 0.

Case
Material
Stainless steel
Size
40 mm
Front glass
Sapphire
Back glass
Mineral
Rotating bezel
No
Crown
Synthetic ruby stone inside the crown
Water resistance
10 АТМ
Gender
Unisex
Case Thickness
14.05 mm
Length (lug to lug)
43 mm
Strap
Quick change strap
Yes
Material
Genuine leather
Width
20 mm
Movement
Calibre
2615
Functions
Self-winding
Number of jewels
24
Testing positions
4
Average rate (s/d)
-10+20
Average running time (h)
40
Frequency/hour
18.000 / 2.5Hz
Stopper of self-winding unit activated during manual winding
Stopper of self-winding unit activated during manual winding
Print, Nevsky waves, The red rotor

This design was first popularized by Gorbachev, the Secretary General of USSR. During an international political summit in Italy, he was asked to explain what “Perestroika” meant. He simply showed his Raketa Big Zero watch and said: “It’s like on my watch: the Soviet people want to start everything from zero”. This immediately made the headline of Italian newspapers. Thus began the legend of the “Big Zero”!

BIG ZERO

The «BIG ZERO» watch includes 242 parts

collection «Classic»