Luch (watch)

Luch (, "ray, beam") is a watch brand produced by the OJSC Minsk Watch Plant, the only watch plant in Belarus. The decision to build the plant was taken in 1953, and from 1955 watches were produced in Minsk, including the brands Luch, Zarya and Vympel. Famous wearers include Leonid Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, and Mikhail Suslov. Since 2010 the Minsk Watch Plant is owned by the Swiss company Franck Muller.
Watch production.
The plant has kept the full cycle of watch production. As of 2018, OJSC Minsk Watch Plant makes its own mechanical movement, 1801, and in some models the quartz movement 2356 is used. All other quartz movements are Japanese or Swiss.
As of 2018, the OJSC Minsk Watch Plant is privately owned. 19,97% of its shares are as state share in Charter Fund, and 80% are owned by Franck Muller.
Collections.
Luch has produced the following collections:
Brand chain of stores Luch.
As of 2018 in Belarus there are 14 brand stores of Luch, seven of which are located in Minsk.
Non-core production.
The OJSC Minsk Watch Plant also produces equipment for technical industrial purposes, among which are quartz car clocks, manometers and printed circuit boards (also for phones).
Certificates.
A number of certificates were received for the products of the OJSC Minsk Watch Plant: