u/Extension-Bird-738

Luch Lunnik - Real, Frankenwatch, or Fantasy?

Luch Lunnik - Real, Frankenwatch, or Fantasy?

I've been looking for a Russian moonphase and came across two types that exist, one made by Luch and one made by Raketa. I'm a lot more interested in the Luch but taking a look around online, the only ones that seem to be for sale are immaculate and all have slightly different dials.

My reference for "legit" ones come from the "Watches of the USSR" Wix site, here and here. Both of these raise separate eyebrows for me as the "Made in USSR" text at the bottom of the first one seems misspelled, and the second one doesn't have any "Made in" text or roman numerals.

This brings me to the ones that are available online. This first one has a cleaner "Made in" text at the bottom and alleges to have paperwork for the watch. There is a black version with pretty much identical dial markings but no paperwork for over twice as much. As a final example, this one has no "Made in" markings at the bottom of the dial and no dots in between the dates on the calendar.

The thing that's getting me about this watch is outside of the Wix examples, I cannot find to seem any older references for this watch. Does anyone have any experience with these and may be able to shed some light? Thanks in advance.

u/Extension-Bird-738 — 1 day ago