sam111 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2015 You can post in this Q&A thread all your queries about case backs with custom engravings to decipher from cyrillic and translate. I'll be glad to help and hopefully other will join in answering the queries. The photographs must be clear, sometimes an additional shot from another angle is useful too. Please only CUSTOM ENGRAVINGS and no queries about the usual Russian brands on the dials and stamped writings on the case back: 'Pakema' is 'Raketa', 'Azam' is 'Agat', and 'BOAOHEIIPOHUUAEM61E' means 'waterproof ':) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lovecheese 1 Report post Posted September 18, 2015 What a great resource thread this is, thank you very much for this Comrade Emoscambio, I can certainly see me asking for assistance on here. Great idea! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matte18 2 Report post Posted September 18, 2015 Great idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YdYUTd 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2015 Hello comrade Russian speakers - you have your first customer. I would very much appreciate your opinion on the translation, correctness and authenticity of the engraving below: You have my thanks for any help and insight you may be generous to give Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timezinelard 1 Report post Posted September 18, 2015 This engraving says: " Якименко Михаилу Михайловичу от товарищей по службе в Генеральном штабе. апрель 1982 года" - "To Yakimenko Mihail Mihaylovich from colleagues (or 'comrades'...) from General Staff. april 1982" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willian 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2015 Thank you very much indeed Comrade Surok55, very much appreciated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
todd 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2015 P.S. If you saw a crazy message from me before I managed to change it, many apologies. I got confused between Taptalk and Facebook on my phone, and you received a message with a kiss, which was directed at someone completely different, please let me assure you On the engraving, I think the '1982' might actually be 1988, it is hard to see. If it is 1988, then that would be more appropriate to the watch. Hopefully this is genuine and there are no obvious giveaways that it is not. If so I will probably make a move to buy it. Many thanks again, your help is very much appreciated! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morse 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2015 1988 for sure! Just choose your previous owner! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex 1 Report post Posted September 18, 2015 looks like '88' to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Louis 6 Report post Posted September 18, 2015 I've got a few. First up is not an engraving, but actual a dial marking. At the very bottom, there's the usual "Сделано в СССР", but after that, just to the right, there's something I can't make out. I'm not sure if it's legible due to the crystal obstructing the view. These are seller photos -- I don't have the watch yet. Once it arrives, I can post better photos, if necessary. Thanks! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites