Photographs, musings and reviews of a small collection of Russian Watches including Vostok, Raketa and Poljot
Dmitry Buyalov is a watch designer for the Russian watch brand Vostok. He is also the man behind the Meranom website which, not surprisingly, seems to have a direct link to the Vostok factory at Chistopolcity. With both the Meranom webshop and his design work, …
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 …
Completing my 2018 Vostok Amfibia purchases (so far!), alongside the Reef and the Red Sea, is the Amfibia Vostok Amphibia Scuba 2416/070799. The other two 2018 Amfibia releases that I have not bought are the new releases of the Amfibia Turbina and the Black Sea. …
The Vostok Amphibia SE 020B33 was released in Spring 2018. There were three variants – the SE 020B33 (the watch described here), the SE 020B34 with a white dial and the with a black dial. All are fitted with Vostok’s 2416B, 31 jewel automatic movement. …
The updated Amfibia Vostok Amphibia Reef was released in Autumn 2017 and completed a set of new releases which also included the new Amfibia Vostok Amphibia Red Sea which I reviewed a few months ago, Black Sea, Scuba and Turbina. Of the five watches I …
In Autumn 2017 some new Vostok Amfibia watches began to appear for sale on various websites. There are five new models of Vostok Amfibia – the Black Sea, Red Sea, Reef and Scuba. I think there are new Turbina models too but I am not …
The Vostok Amphibia SE 150L07 is a special edition Vostok watch that was released for sale in the summer of 2017 at Meranom’s website. (Edit 05/03/18 Please note Meranom released some more watches of this limited edition in March 2018 with a different serial number, …
The Vostok Amphibia 1967 196500 is a limited edition Vostok Amphibia that was released in summer 2017 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the beginning of production of the Vostok Amphibia model. 2017 also coincides with the 75th anniversary of the foundation the Vostok Watch …