Photographs, musings and reviews of a small collection of Russian Watches including Vostok, Raketa and Poljot
In my previous blog post I reviewed the Vostok Amphibia Classic 170549 that forms part of a core range (so far) of six Amphibia 170 models which were first released towards the end of 2019. This watch, model 170549, is perhaps the smartest and dressiest …
It is funny how one’s tastes change. When I first started buying Vostok Amphibia watches it the 420 case shape (I was inspired originally by Bill Murray’s character in The Life Aquatic). I soon decided that these looked a little bit small on my 7 …
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 …
I don’t often buy watches from Ebay unless it is from a seller that I know with a good reputation. However, I broke my own rules a few weeks ago and picked up a CCCP Special Edition by Poljot International from a seller here in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Here is one of my latest acquisitions, a Vostok Amphibia in the 670 case. A couple of months ago seven different models popped up on the Meranom website. I am not going to go into too much detail about the case size etc., there is …