"THE FIRST WATCH IN SPACE" GENIN POBEDA 34-K1954 Pobeda (Victory) 34 K HERMETIC. Known as the "Genin" watch because Dr. Abraham Genin, a Soviet aerospace medical researcher, strapped his own watch to the dog Chernuska (Blackie) prior to the dog's test flight in Sputnik 4 on March 9th 1961 in preparation for Yuri Gagarin's first manned space flight in Vostok 1 one month later on April 12th 1961. This watch is in excellent cosmetic and mechanical condition having being fully restored. The 15