Raketa: Early Export Braille Watch (Petrodvorez)
Back in 2022, one interesting specimen was found during my regular watches hunting. The early Raketa Braille watch with export inscriptions - the word 'Petrodvorez' is in English instead of Cyrillic (петродворец). So the transliteration for петродворец can either be Petrodvorets or Petrodvorez since the last alphabet 'ц' can be translated to 'ts' or 'z', thought z is less commonly used. Another interesting observation of this enamel dial is the Raketa logo, it makes the dial looks cuter. (According to Mroatman , this could be plastic dial instead of enamel here) The minute / hour hands are thicker, and all the indices are raising / protruding so the user can feel the surface of the dial to tell time. The back cover is blank, and according to collectors from watch.ru forum, the early release of Raketa Braille watch should have blank back cover. Nuff said and let the images do the talking ... PETRODVOREZ with the cool Raketa Logo Press the button at two o...
