Following a difficult period after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Factory launched a modernisation programme in 2011. It is now one of the very few watch factories in the world to produce every part of its own mechanical movement, including the most complex items such as the hairspring and the escapement.
The specialists of the Raketa Watch Factory have an incredibly high level of watchmaking know-how. This knowledge and expertise was transmitted to them from Soviet times. They are extremely proud of every single watch they produce! They are the true soul of Raketa watches!
Construction bureau
Quality control of parts
Tooling department
Stamping and calibration
Lathe department
Teeth milling department
Pivot polishing
Plate and bridge department
Heat treatment
Cleaning department
Galvanic department
Hair spring production
Decoration
Stones & pins setting (T0)
Assembly department (T1, T2 & T3)
Watch quality control
The Factory opened its own in-house watchmaking school to instruct the science of watchmaking to all the new generations: whatever his speciality within the Factory, it is indeed crucial that every specialist understands how the quality of his work directly impacts on the precision of the watch once it is assembled.
This is the exact number of operations required to manufacture and assemble all the parts of a Raketa watch. Using traditional production and assembly methods, each of these operations is done by hand by men and women who therefore transmit a little of their soul into each part.
Reliable and well-maintained machines ensure a high level of quality of the manufacturing process. The Raketa watch factory continues to use traditional production machines operated by men and women (as opposed to computer softwares) who therefore transmit a little of their passion into each part they produce.
This is the exact number of parts that you wear on your wrist when you own a Raketa watch. Once assembled by hand by the watchmakers, all these parts – some scarcely visible to the naked eye – come to life and start moving.
“Raketa” is one of the very few watch brands in the world to have its own movement. The Factory’s designers and engineers have combined the tried methods of the soviet era with more modern technology to produce a movement that is not simply robust and reliable, but also with Russian style decorations.
The heart of a watch is its little spring manufactured in a special Russian alloy to a precision of 0.5 microns (0.0005 mm). The transparent case back of “Raketa” watches allows you to observe its oscillation, i.e. the “heart beating” of the watch! Only a very few other factories in the world know how to produce this critical part.
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