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The Sturmanskie Okeah Poljot manual wind is more than just a watch—it’s a piece of Russion horological history. A remake of the iconic 1976 Sturmanskie Ocean, this 2020 version is made with the exact same movement as the original: a shock-resistant caliber 3133 manual-wind Poljot movement that graced the wrists of cosmonauts throughout the latter half of the 20th century (that’s also no longer in production) Read More
Why can't you do you transliteration properly? Either don't do it, or do it correctly and consistently. You have done neither. If you're going to inexplicably write Russian with latin letters (OKEAH), you can't then make it lower case (okeah)... it doesn't work that way. And it looks silly next to "Sturmanskie"... which is also spelt wrong (Shturmanskie or Shturmansky). Where did you get "poljot"? I don't see that anywhere on the watch. And Russian for 'pilot' is 'пилот', which just isn't 'poljot' by any stretch. Maybe the watch is better quality than your marketing copy?
The manufacturer changed it... to encourage incorrect pronunciation?
There is a romanization of Japanese that pronounces si as "shi". It makes sense when you understand the orthographic/phonetic interplay. It's still a silly transliteration if your goal is for people to actually say things correctly.
I argue that this reinforces exactly the sort of silliness that leads to the email I got advertising this watch as 'okaeh'. If the rules are inconsistent and impenetrable, then we may as well write whatever we like. These are the same issues that lead to things like "GRΣΣK" in place of "Greek", or the entire illegible opening title sequence from "ЯED HEΛT".
Anyway, I digress. I'm just saying, stop the madness!
These are cool watches. And hear me out on this. The original ones are. I got the Poljot shturmansky. In a propper 88 version with the hacking movement. These seem like reproductions with the civillian sold 3133 movement at least in case of the shturmansky. They wont have the same value and will if anything just shit over the prices of the older ones and probably cause a few franken watches to appear. The colors seem off and the boxed glass safire is and attempt to make em look like 86 versions.
But they still look different in a good way and the movements are solid although handwound and none hacking
At today's exchange rate, $749USD is approximately ₽56,273.48 (Russian Rubles).
Oddly enough, $749 is roughly half of a decent monthly salary in Russia (based on an annual salary of $18,000 USD). By comparison, the average US monthly income is $4,700 ($56,400 annually).
On the off chance you actually could convince a Russian watch guy to blow half a months salary on a watch, what are the odds this would be the watch?
Slim and nonesky!
Using that same formula for the average Americansky, the equivalent watch purchase works out to $2,350 (in the range of a nice TAG or Oris).
Moral of the story:
A) This watch is way too expensive for the average Russian, and
B) Any Amerikansky dippy enough to spend $749 on this watch needs to have his headsky examined!