Classic

By common standards, this is not a classic watch design.
But, with its unique and timeless quality, this design has become a Raketa classic!

The Soviet watch design that conquered the capitalist world

One of the most famous Soviet watch designs to have crossed the iron curtain and to have conquered the hearts of the western capitalist world was certainly the Raketa “Big Zero” watch. This bold black & white minimalistic design with large numerals crowned with a big zero, gives this watch a unique and timeless quality. It has become a Raketa classic!

Popularised by Gorbachev

This design dates back to the end of the Soviet era. It was first popularized by Gorbatchev, the Secretary General of the Communist Party of the USSR, who opened up the country by initiating a radical series of social and economic reforms known as Glasnost and Perestroika. During an international political summit in Italy, he was asked to explain what “Perestroika” meant. He simply showed his Raketa Big Zero watch and said: “It’s like on my watch: the Russian people want to start everything from zero”. This immediately made the headline of Italian newspapers. Thus began the legend of the “Big Zero”!

"BIG ZERO"

Time always starts from 0

When asked what inspired Soviet designers to create this bold design with a big 0, old specialists of the Raketa factory answer that it is simply more logical to start counting time from 0. Indeed, time, like everything else in our lives, always begins from 0.

The Big Zero design strikes to the heart of Russian mentality

Breaking the rules

With this radically innovative concept, the Big Zero watch is at the avant-garde of time reading: time starts from 0, not from 12! It directly challenges the worldwide established convention that there should always be a 12 on the dial.

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"BIG ZERO" BLACK

Being classic without being classic

Raketa launched its most emblematic model – the Big Zero – with a different color variation: a black dial and white numerals!

The Big Zero Black

Luminescent coating

A very strong superluminova coating on the hands and on the oversized numerals highlights the original bold aesthetic of this minimalistic and functional design and ensures its perfect readability at night.

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"BIG LOVE"

Everything starts with love!

Raketa “Big Love” offers a new interpretation of femininity. A watch as a mood, as a feeling, as love.

Minimalist design full of feelings

This model symbolizes the essence of Raketa’s “Big Zero” model: everything starts from 0. The hands of Raketa “Big Love” turn in a circle designating the word “LOVE” and each time the hour hand passes by the big “0” (or in this case the big letter “O”) everything restarts with LOVE!

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