7||0|1316|0|yes 0|0|0|||1||Anyone Read Russian%3F|JeanneHedge||21:35:43|04/21/2010|Is there anyone here who reads Cyrillic %28sp%3F the Russian alphabet%29%2C who might be willing to look at a document and tell me what it is%3F I think it might be the registration%2C warrantee%2C and%2For instructions for a pocket watch%2C but that%27s mainly because I found it in the case with said pocket watch. The document measures roughly 4-1%2F4 x 11%2C and lays out in landscape format. It is 2-sided.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Believe me%2C if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship%2C knowing myself won%27t be a problem.%22%0D%0A -- Gabrielle of Potadeia%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Anyone Read Russian%3F|Gryphon||21:44:03|04/21/2010|I can%27t read Russian%2C but I did once have a Molnija pocket watch. Molnija used to be quite a prominent Russian%2FSoviet watch manufacturer. If the watch and the questioned doc both say %22%26%231052%3B%26%231086%3B%26%231083%3B%26%231085%3B%26%231080%3B%26%231103%3B%22 on them someplace%2C well%2C there you go.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s not a comprehensive answer%2C but it might be a place to start.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 2|2|1|||1||RE%3A Anyone Read Russian%3F|JeanneHedge||21:54:54|04/21/2010|%3EI can%27t read Russian%2C but I did once have a Molnija pocket watch. %0D%0A%3EMolnija used to be quite a prominent Russian%2FSoviet watch %0D%0A%3Emanufacturer. If the watch and the questioned doc both say %0D%0A%3E%22%26%231052%3B%26%231086%3B%26%231083%3B%26%231085%3B%26%231080%3B%26%231103%3B%22 on them someplace%2C well%2C %0D%0A%3Ethere you go. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt%27s not a comprehensive answer%2C but it might be a place to start. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s a very good place to start%2C because with your information I can say that it is indeed a Molnija pocket watch. That%27s the name on the face%2C and the paper says %22%26%231052%3B%26%231086%3B%26%231083%3B%26%231085%3B%26%231080%3B%26%231103%3B%22 3602 %28which I%27m guessing is a model number%29%0D%0A%0D%0AIf I may ask%2C what are you using to type Cyrillic text%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Believe me%2C if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship%2C knowing myself won%27t be a problem.%22%0D%0A -- Gabrielle of Potadeia%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 3|3|2|||1||RE%3A Anyone Read Russian%3F|Gryphon||22:22:59|04/21/2010|%3EIf I may ask%2C what are you using to type Cyrillic text%3F %0D%0A%0D%0AI just cut-and-pasted it from the Wikipedia page about the Molnija company. Otherwise I could%27ve pieced it together with the Windows character map tool%2C though only if I had an example to match it with.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 4|4|3|||1||RE%3A Anyone Read Russian%3F|JeanneHedge||23:00:32|04/21/2010|%3EI just cut-and-pasted it from the Wikipedia page about the Molnija %0D%0A%3Ecompany. Otherwise I could%27ve pieced it together with the Windows %0D%0A%3Echaracter map tool%2C though only if I had an example to match it with. %0D%0A%0D%0AI never can get the character map tool to work. oh well.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyway%2C for anyone interested%2C I%27ve made quite a bit of progress since Gryphon gave me the maker%27s name. I still don%27t know what that paper is%2C but this is what I%27ve found out about the watch.%0D%0A%0D%0AMy watch is from Molnija%27s %22USSR Awards%22 collection of pocket watches. This particular watch is called %22Order of Patriotic War%22 or %22Order of Great Patriotic War%22 - I%27ve seen it both ways. %28of course%2C the war westerners call World War 2 was known as the Great Patriotic War by the Soviets%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThe watch looks like %5Blink%3Asolod.com%2FMolnija-watches-Order-of-Patriotic-War_585.html%7Cthis one%5D%2C except the face on mine is deep red%2C with silver numbers. Mine also has a chain%2C which was probably removed for the photo%2C and it%27s shinier than the one pictured %28specs are below the photo%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThe case cover says %22patriotic war%22 and the back says %22great patriotic%22. %28this is pretty much all I%27d figured out before tonight%29%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was made in Russia %28not the USSR%29%2C and %223602%22 %28the %22engine%22 %28movement%3F%29%2C not a model number%29 means there is no shock protection for the movement. Mine was made at the Chelyabinsk Watch Factory.%0D%0A%0D%0ABasically%2C it%27s a cool looking tourist%27s watch%2C which kind of matches with why and where I bought it and what I paid for it. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Believe me%2C if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship%2C knowing myself won%27t be a problem.%22%0D%0A -- Gabrielle of Potadeia%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 5|5|4|||1||RE%3A Anyone Read Russian%3F|Gryphon||23:22:42|04/21/2010|Oh%2C yeah%2C that%27s the one I had%21 Molnija used to make a whole range of those sorts of things for the export market. They could be had at a bunch of online shops that dealt in post-Soviet kitsch and military surplus%2C which%2C you may recall%2C were big in the %2790s. %28My favorite was sovietski.com%2C which is gone now.%29 The deco was based on various Soviet military medals. I think there was also a Hero of the Soviet Union one%2C and one for the Order of the Red Banner. I%27m not sure where mine ended up%2C it got lost in the shuffle when I moved at some point.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 6|6|5|||1||RE%3A Anyone Read Russian%3F|JeanneHedge||08:12:53|04/22/2010|%3EOh%2C yeah%2C that%27s the one I had%21 Molnija used to make a whole range of %0D%0A%3Ethose sorts of things for the export market. They could be had at a %0D%0A%3Ebunch of online shops that dealt in post-Soviet kitsch and military %0D%0A%3Esurplus%2C which%2C you may recall%2C were big in the %2790s. %28My favorite %0D%0A%3Ewas sovietski.com%2C which is gone now.%29 The deco was based on various %0D%0A%3ESoviet military medals. I think there was also a Hero of the Soviet %0D%0A%3EUnion one%2C and one for the Order of the Red Banner. I%27m not sure %0D%0A%3Ewhere mine ended up%2C it got lost in the shuffle when I moved at some %0D%0A%3Epoint. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AMine was re-discovered in post-move chaos %3Cg%3E I bought it strictly as a souvenir for about %2410 USD in Moscow about 15 years ago %28a couple years after their %5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F1993_Russian_constitutional_crisis%7Cconstitutional crisis%5D%29%281%29%2C but there have been times when I%27ve actually carried and used it. Still seems to work fine.%0D%0A%0D%0AHere%27s %5Blink%3Awww.solod.com%2F44_Molnija-watches-USSR-Awards.html%7Ca link%5D to some of the other watches from that collection - there isn%27t a Hero of the Soviet Union watch%2C but there is an Order of Lenin watch. %0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%281%29 One of the things I most remember about that is CNN showing a tank on a bridge over a river%2C firing artillery shells into the Russian White House. On the opposite bank from the White House is where I stayed%2C the %5Blink%3Awww.moscow-hotels.net%2Fukraine-hotel%2F%7CHotel Ukraina%5D %28Hotel Ukraine%29. When we left the hotel%2C all you%27d have to do is look right and there was the bridge from the news. It gave me a really strange %5Bi%5Ddeja vu%5B%2Fi%5D feeling.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Believe me%2C if I have to go the rest of my life without companionship%2C knowing myself won%27t be a problem.%22%0D%0A -- Gabrielle of Potadeia%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 7|1|0|||1||RE%3A Anyone Read Russian%3F|zojojojo||20:58:02|04/23/2010|a bit late to the party%2C but i could probably read the thing... as an aside%2C who names a watch company %22zipper%22%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-Z %5Bi%5D%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%27%26%231052%3B%26%231086%3B%26%231083%3B%26%231085%3B%26%231080%3B%26%231103%3B%27 means %27Zipper%27... or %27lightning%27 but that%27s not as funny%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0ARemember kids%3A guns make you stupid%2C duct tape makes you smart.