Strela Sekonda Chronograph 1950s
Calibre Poljot 3017Condition — Lightly polished case, original dial with even cream patina
Provenance — Bought at auction online, like most of what I keep.
What pulled me in on this one is the tachymètre scale running the full outer edge of the dial, paired with two sunken registers and a triangular hour hand that's unusual for a Poljot-based chrono. The dial has gone a soft cream with faint speckled toning near the edges, and the raised baton markers still catch light against those small green accent dots. I can see brassing at the case sides where the finish has worn through to brass, and the crystal shows scratching consistent with genuine use rather than display. Flipping it over, the 3017 movement is clean under the loupe, gilt wheels bright, jewels intact, with the caseback itself deeply swirled from handling over the decades. I'd point this one at a buyer who wants a manual-wind chronograph to wear and use, not one to keep sealed away. It hasn't been tidied up for the camera, and I think that's part of its appeal.
Buying from a stranger, in short. Every fault I know of is in the listing, and if you find one I missed, the return stands. Take the watch to a watchmaker of your choosing before you pay — I have never once objected. Fourteen days to send it back, for any reason at all.
Privatverkauf. Everything described above — case, dial, hands, lume, rate and service history — is agreed condition for this watch and I stand behind all of it. Beyond that, the watch is sold excluding liability for material defects, as is normal between private individuals for a vintage mechanical object of this age. That exclusion does not cover anything I have misdescribed or failed to disclose, and never covers injury or intent.
Fourteen days to return it for any reason — my own promise, not a statutory withdrawal right. Terms · How I describe condition
