What are these? And are they even WATCHES?

[wilding]

This is a, "Things I Got In A Flea Market That Looked Interesting", post.

Well... interesting they are, but do any of you know what they are? The first two (Slava and Izam (?)) don't actually look like watches at all!?

Any ideas? Junk or Gems?

[AndyHull]

Two rather interesting USSR era Russian stop watches. My guess is probably from the late fifties or sixties.

Do you have enough parts to put them back together I wonder?

Gems in my opinion, but possibly long term projects if they are incomplete.

[AndyHull]

http://www.nhtwatches.com/Watchesgallery/picture.php?/278/categories

The first one probably started life looking like the one in the link and is (was) a 'Slava Stopwatch "Rattrapante" Split Second' model.

 

 

 

[oldhippy]

I would say more likely the 60's & 70's. 

[AndyHull]

Or possibly even 1980s

https://mroatman.wixsite.com/watches-of-the-ussr/agat?lightbox=dataItem-ipxjcops

Watches of the USSR is well worth a browse -> https://mroatman.wixsite.com/watches-of-the-ussr/agat

Edited August 21, 2021 by AndyHull

[oldhippy]

The reason I gave the years I did is because they were popular around those years. I've lost count how many I repaired, local sports seem to all have them.  

[KarlvonKoln]

I'm old, I guess.  I recognized it instantly.  Every coach in each school I went to - all had a stopwatch that looked nearly identical to that one.

The modern ones are colored plastic, so I guess it shouldn't surprise me that younger folks will not recognize the old mechanical stopwatches.