Interpreting Soviet/Russian movement and case codes


Russian movement/case codes come in a ABCDE/FGHIJKH format.

AB = movement diametre in mm

CD, CDE = Soviet movement specification
see table at bottom of page

FGH = case variation

I = case material
Examples below from Vostok

0: stainless steel and other metals without plating
1: chrome plated
2: gold plated
3: gilded (at least 5 microns)
4: colour coated
5: synthetic, polymer, rubber
9: glass, crystal, ceramics, marble

JKH = Hand set

As a consequence of this system there's a 2416 Slava, 2416 Vostok & a 2416 Poljot movement that bear no similarity to each other, except that they match the 2416 specification (automatic, central second hand, shock protected & date plus all are 24mm in diametre).

Ontop of which there's 2 different Poljot 2616 movements that bare no relation to each other, except that they match the Soviet 2616 specification ( automatic, central second hand, shock protected & date plus both are 26mm in diametre). One's the 30 jewel job that's not uncommonly seen in Sekondas from 30 odd years ago, while the other's the the 23 jewel movement that one found in Buran Automats up until very recently.

 


 

As you can see above, from the orientation of the balance cock to the crown (on the left in both images above), these movements have nothing in common except their size & outward functionality.


Soviet, Russian and Belorussian Movement Codes Table
Notes:
- The standard movements codes were etablished in the Soviet Union on the early 1960s. Some codes may have been included in provision for movements which were never actually created.
- New Russian movements with new designations are still being created since the end of the USSR, and have been included in this table on the assumption that a central standard still exists.
- Not all post-Soviet movement codes conform to the standard e.g. Vostok 2433 is not a chronograph.
- The information displayed here has been gathered from a wide variety of sources, of varying accuracy. Italics have been used to indicate records where some uncertainty exists.
- As usual, this is a work in progress.


Thanks

Text and illustrations by Cunningstunt, table and editing by Chascomm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mov't code manual/ auto/ quartz seconds digital hour/min date day 24 hours day/ night moon-phase chrono alarm shock-proof example comment
00 manual no - - - - - - - - no Poljot 2200 -
01 manual no - - - - - - - - yes Luch 1801.1 -
02 manual sub - - - - - - - - no Pobeda 2602 -
03 manual sub - - - - - - - - yes Molnija 3603 -
04 manual sub - window - - - - - - no - -
05 manual sub - window - - - - - - yes Vostok 2605 -
0579 manual sub - window - - - sub - - yes Poljot 310579 new Poljot code
06 manual no mech - - - - - - - no Zarja 2006 jump hour
07 manual disk - - - - - - - - yes Sputnik 2607 -
08 manual sweep - - - - - - - - no Pobeda 2608 -
09 manual sweep - - - - - - - - yes Zarja 1509V.1 -
10 manual sweep - - - - - - - - yes - antimagnetic movement
11 manual sweep - - - - - - - - yes - with light
12 manual sweep - - - - - - - mech yes Poljot 2612.1 alarm
13 manual sweep - window - - - - - - - - -
14 manual sweep - window - - - - - - yes Poljot 2614 -
15 auto sweep - - - - - - - - yes Rodina 2415A -
15 manual sweep - window - - - - - - yes Vostok 2415 new Vostok code
16 auto sweep - window - - - - - - yes Vostok 2416B -
17 manual sub - - - - - - yes - no Strela 3017 chronograph
18 manual sweep, hack - - - - - - - - yes - -
19 manual no - window - - - - - - yes - -
20 auto no - - - - - - - - yes - -
21 auto no - window - - - - - - yes - -
22 manual no mech - - - - - - - yes - direct read?
23 manual sweep - - - only - - - - yes Raketa 2623 -
24 manual sweep - window - only - - - - yes Poljot 2624 -
25 manual sweep - window - - - - - - yes - world-time
26 auto sweep - window - - - - - - yes - world-time
27 auto sweep - window window - - - - - yes Slava 2427 -
28 manual sweep - window window - - - - - yes Raketa 2628H -
29 manual no - window window - - - - - yes - -
30 auto no - window window - - - - - yes - -
31 auto sweep - window window - - - - mech yes Raketa 3031 auto, alarm
31 auto sweep - - - only - - - mech yes Vosotk 2431B new Vostok code
32 auto sweep - window - - centre - - - yes Vostok 2432 new Vostok code
33 manual - - window - - - - yes - yes Poljot 3133 chronograph
33 auto sweep - window - - - - - - yes Vostok 2433 new Vostok code
34 manual - - window - - - - - - yes Vostok 2234 -
35 auto sweep - window - - sub - - - - Vostok 2435 new Vostok code
50 quartz sweep - window window - - - - - - Luch 2350 -
51 quartz LCD LCD LCD LCD - - - - - - - digital
56 quartz sweep - - - - - - - - - Luch 1656 -
58 quartz - - - - - - - - - - Vyimpel 1658 -
59 quartz sweep - - - - - centre - - - Raketa 2459 -
61 quartz sweep - - - - - - - electronic - Luch 2361 alarm
64 quartz sweep LCD LCD LCD LCD - - LCD electronic - Luch 2964 ana-digi, count-down timer
68 manual sweep - LCD LCD - - - LCD electronic - Poljot 2968 analog-digital
95 manual stopwatch - - - - - - yes - yes Slava 5495 stopwatch
98 manual stopwatch - - - - - - yes - yes Slava 5498 stopwatch
99 manual sweep - - - - - - - - yes Vostok 2899 chronometer quality
128 manual sweep - - - - - - - - yes Molnija 57128 panel clock
303 manual sweep - - - - - - - - no Kirova 53303 marine chronometer
350 quartz LCD - LCD LCD - - - - - - Elektronika 30350 digital
601 manual stopwatch - - - - - - yes - yes Slava 54601 stopwatch
659 manual sub, hack - window - - - - yes - yes Poljot 31659 chronograph
663 manual sweep - window - - centre - - - yes Poljot 26663 -
667 manual sweep - - - - - - - - yes Poljot 26667 date complication?
668 manual sweep - - sub sub -   - - yes Poljot 26668 -
669 manual sweep - window sub sub - - - - yes Poljot 26669 -
670 manual sub - - - sub - - - - yes Poljot 31670 -
676 manual sub - - - - - - yes - yes Poljot 31676 chronograph
679 manual sub - window - - - - yes - yes Poljot 31679 chronograph
681 manual sub - window - sub - - yes - yes Poljot 31681 chronograph
682 manual sub - window - sub sub - yes - yes Poljot 31682 chronograph
690 manual sweep - sub sub sub - - - - yes Raketa 26690 -
858 quartz sweep - sub sub sub - - - - - Luch 23858 -
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