Photographs, musings and reviews of a small collection of Russian Watches including Vostok, Raketa and Poljot
I didn’t have a Vostok Amphibia Classic 100 in my collection, so I thought it was about time I picked one up. I guess one of the main reasons I hadn’t got one yet is because I never really liked the look of the bezel. …
I thought I would share my collection of Vostok Amphibia watches with the 710 “Ministry” case. This is probably my favourite Vostok Amphibia watch case. To me, it is very easy on the eye, the best looking of the Vostok Amphibias and it is just …
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.