Sekonda

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Sekonda is a British wristwatch manufacturer. Established in 1966, Sekonda watches were originally produced in the Soviet Union, at the First Moscow Watch Factory in Moscow and the Petrodvorets Watch Factory in Leningrad. Many Soviet-era Sekonda watches exported to the West were re-badged Poljot and Raketa watches. The 'Sekonda' brand was created by ChasProm in 1966 for the export of the best watches from all the USSR's watch factories, including Slava. The factories that built Sekonda watches (generally relabelling their other brands) were: 1st Moscow Watch Factory (Poljot) 2nd Moscow Watch Factory (Slava) Uglich Watch Factory (Chaika) Petrodvorets Watch Factory (Raketa) Minsk Watch Factory (Luch) Chelyabinsk Watch Factory (Molnija) Penza Watch Factory (Zarja) Chistopol Watch Factory (Vostok) Maslennikov Factory (ZIM, Pobeda, Elektronika) Integral Electronics (Elektronika-5) They ran a TV advert featuring the band Madness in 1992, shortly before they reunited for their Madstock concert...

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