To bolster their burgeoning watch-making indistry, the USSR imported a defunct American watch factory... and many of the employees. They were paid to stay for a

To bolster their burgeoning watch-making indistry, the USSR imported a defunct American watch factory... and many of the employees. They were paid to stay for a set amount of time, were given the choice of staying indefinitely, and taught the Soviets how to make timepieces Today the Russian company Raketa is one of only five companies in the world that can make a watch start to finish, including the hairspring, a critical component in all mechanical timepieces