Photographs, musings and reviews of a small collection of Russian Watches including Vostok, Raketa and Poljot
The Vostok Amphibia SE 020B37 appeared on Meranom’s website in the summer of 2019. I decided to add this to the collection mainly because I hadn’t bought anything new for a while (I was getting withdrawal symptons!) and also because I realised that, apart from …
It has been a while since I last posted as I haven’t really had anything incoming (I would love to know if there are any new Special Editions coming out from Meranom!). I did buy an old Komandirskie 53 recently, which arrived with indecent haste …
This is a post more about the watch strap than the watch. The watch is one of my favourites, a Vostok Amphibia Classic 090 with a matt body and a nice matt, satin bezel (dial reference 090913). The strap is from GasGasBones.com. I had been …
The Vostok Komandirksie K-28 first appeared in the Summer of 2019. It sits in the Vostok classic Komandirskie range alongside other watches such as the K-35, K-39 etc. The Komandirskie K-28 was released in four different configurations: 280684 – Navy blue dial, white marking with …
The Vostok Amphibia 090 tonneau style case is probably my favourite of the classic Amphibia case styles, although the Amphibia 150 and 710 “ministry” cases are not far behind. I like the look and size of all of these on my 7 1/2 inch wrist. …
The Vostok Amphibia Classic 150 range of watches first appeared in 2017. It was a brand new case type for Vostok. The first of the Vostok 150 releases, however, was the special edition Vostok Amphibia 150520S (which I think I acquired in late 2015) a …
When is an Komandirskie not a Komandirskie? When it is the Vostok Komandirskie Classic 65! The Vostok Komandirskie Classic 65 range was first released in early 2018. On examination it appears to be a Komandirskie in an a Vostok Amphibia 670 case – or in …
Earlier in the year I picked up a couple of the 2018 releases of the Vostok Amphibia 960 from Meranom. The 960 has become known as the “Vostok Neptune” after the Roman god of the sea whose likeness appears in the Neptune logo and branding. …
The Vostok Compressor 800b27 was released in the Spring of 2018. It features two crowns with a rotating inner bezel. What is a Compressor Watch? Most people assume a compressor watch is exactly what this Vostok Compressor 800b27 is: a dual crowned watch with a …
In Spring 2018 Meranom released three new Vostok “Antimagnetic” watch models for sale, all in the 090 tonneau style case. I don’t believe there were that many original Vostok Antimagnetic models and I think they were mostly made in the 1980s and 1990s and produced …