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The watch of a MIG (Russian fighter plane!)

aris911

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Hi,

This is one of the instruments founded in the cockpit of a MIG (Russian fighter plane!), I don't know which model though.

It came in for service from a client of mine who is collecting Russian watches.

Here are some of the photos I took, the rest were too blur to post.

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Thanks for looking!
 

trailboss99

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MIG 15, 17 and 21 I think. One of the suppliers of vintage Russian pocket watches in Germany has a heap of these.


Col.
 

Wiz

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That's awesome, thanks for taking the time for some pics!
 

elmataplata

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Very cool! Most aircraft that you can fly under instrument alone have stopwatches in the cockpit because they are quite needed, but then again most are digital now a days.
 

INeedaWatch2

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That is awesome, I personally have never seen anything like this. Execpt for that one time I opened the back of a Timex, but that a different story. Kidding! Really though this is exteremly cool.
 

Dr.Verylong

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Lol, makes me afraid to think how much analogue stuff is/was in these planes.

Germany inherited quite a few Mig 27s after the reunification. I actually was in one in Rostock where they were stationed. "crude" would be a well-meant description of this flying contraption.
 

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This is something different, thanks for sharing Aris great work!
 

QinetiQ

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My grand father has the exact same watch but in very very bad condition. Maybe I should send it to ya
 

QinetiQ

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It will be if you duct-taped it around your wrist :D
 

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The ratchet wheel at the top looks real nice. Great piece and thanks for sharing this.

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captainjz16

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Most pilots have never been up against a MIG before...if you hit the breaks, they'll fly right by