Poljot Vympel 2209
23 jewels manual movement watch
Produced by the 1st Moscow Watch Factory
Introduced in 1961

Context

[text reproduced from the website of a private collection of 2209 movement watches - 2209watchmovement.com - visited May of 2019]

In 1961 the Soviet Ministry of Industry demanded a very flat watch with a thickness of the movement less than 3mm. The 1st Moscow Watch Factory came up with the 2209 movement, which was 22mm wide, 2.9mm high and utilises 23 jewels and was celebrated accordingly.

Mid of 1961 (July) the Vympel (‘pennant’) brand was born with this very thin movement. For almost a year (April 1963) a small quantities (the rumour is up to 1000) of Vympel watches were produced with the diamond 1st MWF logo.

In 1963, most of the factories went through consolidation and rebranding: all the separate Chistopol brands (Saturn, Mir, Volna, Kama, etc) became VOSTOK; all the separate Petrodvorets brands (Svet, Mayak, Baltika, Leningrad, etc) became RAKETA; and all the separate 1MWF brands (Vympel, Orbita, Kirovskie, Moskva, etc) became POLJOT. In 1975 Pojot logo was changed to a 'crown' logo but even today the Poljot watches are getting produced with modern and new designs.

Most of the watches stayed the same (minor changes) only the brand name changed to poljot. So Poljot was born when the 1MWF brands were consolidated. The movement logo for the Poljot watches changed to the 1MWF pentagon logo.From 1963 on, the logo didn’t change on any 2209 movements from 1MWF. It was always the pentagon logo. 

References

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2209 Watch Movement