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Stolichnie / Столичные

After World War II, the First State Watch Factory focused heavily on wristwatch production. This lead to a proliferation of discrete brands in the 1950s, all powered by First Moscow Watch Factory movements. These brands included Antarktida, Kirovskie, Kosmos, Mayak, Moskva, Orbita, Pobeda, Poljus, Rodina, Signal, Sportivnie, Sputnik, Stolichnie, Strela, Sturmanskie, and Vympel. 

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The Stolichnie brand (Столичные, meaning "capitol") was manufactured in the late-1950s and early-1960s, using​ an advanced caliber 2409 movement with central second hand and shock protection. This movement was a modified version of the caliber 2408 (introduced with the Kirovskie), to which shock-protection was added. The evolution of the movement was as follows:

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Before 1960: No shockproofing
Around 1960: Single-shockproofing introduced (balance only)
Between 1960–1964: Double-shockproofing introduced (balance and escapement)

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The Stolichnie brand was retired in 1964, when all individual First Moscow Watch Factory brands were consolidated under a single trademark: Poljot. Watches in the same style continued to be produced well into the 1960s, but only under the Poljot name.

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