Raketa fait partie de l’histoire russe

1721

Peter the Great establishes the “Imperial Peterhof Factory”

Factory cuts the diamonds of the Great Imperial Crown

1762

1830

Factory establishes itself as one of the leading creators of luxury goods in Europe

Factory produces marble works for St. Isaac’s Cathedral and Peterhof’s fountains

1871

1895

Factory specialists work with the watchmaker Talberg

Factory takes part in the production of Kremlin stars

1935

1938

Factory starts producing precision ruby stones for watch mechanisms

Factory participates in the war effort by producing precision components for the military

1941-1945

1945

The watch brand “Pobeda” is created by order of the Kremlin in April 1945

“Pobeda” watch — first watch ever to go to space!

1961

1961

Factory produces watches under the new brand “Raketa” in honor of Yuri Gagarin’s space flight

Grand Prix World Exhibition “Expo-67” in Montreal

1967

1969

Soviet polar explorers wear “Raketa” watches

Factory is awarded the order of the “Red Banner of Labour”

1971

1980

Factory produces the official watches of the Soviet Olympic Games

Beginning of the Factory’s modern reorganization

2011

2013

Natalia Vodianova designs a “Raketa” watch model for women

“Raketa-Avtomat” is the first new automatic movement produced in Russia in the XXI century

2014

2015

Raketa Watch Factory produces the biggest watch mechanical movement in the world

Watch model for space exploration developed with the Russian astronaut Sergei Krikalev

2017

2019

Mechanism with counter clockwise movement of time reflecting the natural movement of the planets in the solar system

The Manufacture celebrated its 300th anniversary since its foundation by the Emperor Peter the Great. For this occasion, the Factory relaunched the ”Imperial Peterhof Factory” brand combining the Factory’s lapidary and watchmaking history.

2021