Photographs, musings and reviews of a small collection of Russian Watches including Vostok, Raketa and Poljot
The Vostok Amphibia Operation Desert Shield has an interesting story behind it. There also seem to be a lot of variations of this watch, Komandirskies, Generalskies and Amphibias, some are real and some are frankens. I think mine is the real deal, an Amphibia 420 …
Can you really call it modding? I mean really, taking a watch and bunging a new strap, bezel and bezel insert on it is not the most technical accomplishment is it? It is about as far as my techincal skills stretch though. It is, however, …
I am much more of a Vostok Amphibia kind of guy but I do have a few Vostok Komandirskie watches in my collection. I don’t know why, I just find the Amphibias more pleaseing to my eye I guess. This one of my Komandirskie watches, …
Following up on my last blog post about my Raketa Azimuth in which I mentioned my Raketa Art Deco watch, I thought I would dig it out and take some photographs. I call this the Raketa Art Deco because the numerals on the watch face …
This little beauty, actually not so little, with a diameter of 40mm excluding the crown, was one of my first Russian watches. This model is variously known as the Raketa Azimuth, sometimes the Raketa Wind Rose and I have also seen it called the Polaris, …
The Vostok Amphibia SE 0902685 is a recent acquisition, a big tonneau-style watch with a bronze-y / orange dial, paddle hands and the Cosmonaut caseback.
This is a Vostok Amphibia 710 Ministry Case fitted with a compass style stripped brass bezel and a heavy duty Nato watch strap.