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Slava "Buran"

A picture dial so loved by the Russian makers for some reason.  This manual wind Slava is cheap and "tinny" and has an awfully rough bund leather strap with a little picture of Uri Gagarin on it but it does have a fully jeweled (21) movement!  My daughter Caitlin likes this watch as it has a "rocket" on it! 

The Buran was the Soviet's attempt at a space shuttle, built but never flown into space.