Can anyone here read Russian?

[GasX]

I just bought a 20 year old unworn watch from a Russian eBay dealer and the watch came with some paperwork. I was hoping someone here could give me the gist of the document.

Front side

back side

Thanks in advance...

 

[leftyman]

no clue, but post a pic of the 20 yr old soviet watch please.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

http://masterrussian.com/

If no one here can answer it.

I started learning Russian a while ago but never got back to it

Oh well I still know how to speak Polish

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I just bought a 20 year old unworn watch

Technically, you bought an 18-year-old watch.

I'm rusty as hell, but AFAIK it's a pamphlet outlining the operating conditions and such. "Thank you for your purchase" kinda thing. Contents of this package, serial number, model number, operates between 0-40C.

Pics of watch?

Edit - Oh yeah, obligatory "In Soviet Russia, Watch Buys You"

- M4H

 

[GasX]

pic#1

pic#2

It is a naval radio operator watch. The 3 minute RED segments represent the times when the silence period was kept on 500KHz, formerly the International Morse Code distress frequency, or (SOS), while the 3 minute PINK segments are for the silence period on 2182KHz RT, the verbal distress frequency, or (MAYDAY).

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I just bought a 20 year old unworn watch from a Russian eBay dealer and the watch came with some paperwork. I was hoping someone here could give me the gist of the document.

Front side

back side

Thanks in advance...

My native is Russian. Hold on a sec.

 

[paulney]

You got a mechanical watch 'Albatross'. Manufactured in Dec 1989.
The general fluctuation of the watch (at a room temp of 20C plus or minus 5 degrees C) is negative 20 to positive 40 seconds per 24 hours.
A full winding will give it at least 40 hours of ticking.
There are 17 stones inside.
Max depth - 200 meters
General expected lifetime is 10 years
They are shock proof, have a central seconds hand, waterproof in a stainless steel body.
The clock is expected to function in a magnetic field - they give a max. field intensity, but I forget the physics units in which it is measured

The second part deals with how to wind it up and move the hands. I can translate if you are interested.

 

[PingSpike]

I was going to make a joke with one of those quotes from that poster that was pretending he was russian or something. I can't remember his name...I remember some instructions about washing his underwear or something? God this is bothering me...was he banned? His posts were always hilarious, a lot of people had quotes in their sig.

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: PingSpike
I was going to make a joke with one of those quotes from that poster that was he was russian or something. I can't remember his name...I remember some instructions about washing his underwear or something? God this is bothering me...was he banned? His posts were always hilarious, a lot of people had quotes in their sig.

I remember the guy It was hilarious. Someone on the forum has one of his sayings in a sig.

 

[GasX]

Paulney,

thanks very much. That was very helpful. As for the rest, I'd be grateful if you could translate the 4 lines on the last page. Beyond that, I already know how to wind and set it.

Now I have to decide on a band. I was thinking about a red bond strap, but that might be just a bit too much red...

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: paulney
You got a mechanical watch 'Albatross'. Manufactured in Dec 1989.
The general fluctuation of the watch (at a room temp of 20C plus or minus 5 degrees C) is negative 20 to positive 40 seconds per 24 hours.
A full winding will give it at least 40 hours of ticking.
There are 17 stones inside.
Max depth - 200 meters
General expected lifetime is 10 years
They are shock proof, have a central seconds hand, waterproof in a stainless steel body.
The clock is expected to function in a magnetic field - they give a max. field intensity, but I forget the physics units in which it is measured

The second part deals with how to wind it up and move the hands. I can translate if you are interested.

My crappy translation has been owned, I tip my hat to you sir.

/offers bottle of vodka

- M4H

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
My crappy translation has been owned, I tip my hat to you sir.

/offers bottle of vodka

- M4H

Bah, don't worry about it That's what I do for a living.

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Paulney,

thanks very much. That was very helpful. As for the rest, I'd be grateful if you could translate the 4 lines on the last page. Beyond that, I already know how to wind and set it.

Now I have to decide on a band. I was thinking about a red bond strap, but that might be just a bit too much red...

The last 4 lines say:
- prevent the watch from falls, from extreme temperatures (above 40C and below 0C), from chemicals, from mercury getting onto the watch and from mercury based alkali.
- do not open the watch body to prevent dust and dirt getting into the gears
- do not unwind the crown when the watch is immersed into water
- before immersing the watch into water, make sure the crown is tightly wound up

 

[GasX]

you got all that from 6 words? :Q

hehe - I mean the text on the right side of this pic...

 

[paulney]

Oh
Haha. I translated the last 4 lines on the left page.

The right page says: Passport for the mechanical hand watch 'Albatross'.

 

[natto fire]

Just to add my, probably unwanted, two cents: That is Cyrillic, which is an alphabet used by many Slavic languages, not just Russian. I have a friend who is from Ukraine, and told me a funny story about how he was heckled about his "spy code" language, when he first moved here.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: paulney
Oh
Haha. I translated the last 4 lines on the left page.

The right page says: Passport for the mechanical hand watch 'Albatross'.

In that case, that is probably the pamphlet's cover. It has been foled enough times that it is not clear otherwise...

Thanks.