Name/Title
"Vityaz" (Витязь) mechanical alarm clock, red plastic caseEntry/Object ID
2025.11.2Description
A small mechanical wind-up alarm clock in an angular (trapezoidal) red molded-plastic case on a stepped foot. The cream/aged dial has stylized Arabic numerals (12, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10) with dash-and-dot minute markers, slim hands, and printed marks; behind a domed crystal. The reverse is a cream plastic movement back with winding/setting arbors, an embossed alarm-bell icon, a "+/−" fast-slow regulator, and a fold-out wire stand.Acquisition
Accession
2025.11Acquisition Method
PurchaseNotes
$5Made/Created
Manufacturer
Rostov Watch Factory, "РЧЗ"Place
City
Rostov-on-DonCountry
U.S.S.R.Region
Eastern EuropeContinent
EuropeEdition
"Витязь / VITYAZ"Notes
Date: No exact date legible. The Rostov factory's Vityaz alarm clocks date from the late 1950s onward; the Latin export marking ("MADE IN USSR / 4 JEWELS") and the angular modernist plastic case point to circa 1960s–1970s.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Dial: "VITYAZ"; "4 JEWELS"; "MADE IN USSR."
Back: embossed alarm-bell icon and "+ −" regulator scale.Materials
Material Notes
Materials: Red molded plastic case; cream plastic movement back; metal mechanical movement (4 jewels); glass or plastic crystal; metal hands; wire fold-out stand.
Technique: Injection-molded plastic case housing a jeweled mechanical alarm movement, hand-wound, with rear-set controls and a fold-out stand.Relationships
Related Places
Place
City
Rostov-on-DonCountry
U.S.S.R.Region
Eastern EuropeContinent
EuropeNotes
productionPlace
City
HavanaCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaNotes
acquisition, useCreated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
July 31, 2025Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
June 18, 2026
