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If we get into the subject of "worth" in new watches(and vintage for that matter) we'd be here all day.
Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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On the 1st June , Peasant started a thread advising Vostok had released a load of new models. So of course I had a look and within minutes I had ordered two watches.
Well 94 days after ordering they arrived this morning.
They are pretty much the same watch with different dials. I have only one other white dial so I fancied another.
It's the Vostok 120 case.
41mm wide including crown guards.
46mm lug to lug.
18mm lug width.
Waterproof 200m
Automatic movement.
At the time of purchase it came with the option of rubber strap or nato strap. Like a dope I chose both on rubber instead of one on rubber and one on nato. It's typical that every spare strap I have is 20mm. I'll have to buy a few cheap 18mm nato's now.
These are my first Russian watches and based on first impressions they won't be my last.
Apologies for the crappy iPhone pics below
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Mitch Buchannon wrote: »At the time of purchase it came with the option of rubber strap or nato strap. Like a dope I chose both on rubber instead of one on rubber and one on nato. It's typical that every spare strap I have is 20mm. I'll have to buy a few cheap 18mm nato's now.
Actually that wasn't a dopey decision at all
Once you've put that watch on a nato, you will find that on the narrow 18 mm strap it looks a bit off in its proportions ...the rubber with the extra width just at the lugs suits it much better.
Cheap nato's are much easier to find than cheap rubbers with the notch.0 -
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Yep, I am that puerile P.cheap rubbers
A few weeks back I went looking for a strap so I could preserve the original NOS one I had attached to this watch.
I don't like "drawer queens" and have to wear my watches so… Anyhoo, I found one, a NOS Canadian made Bulova Accutron branded "Corfam" faux suede strap from the early 70's. Faux suede could only be of that time.
And here it is on the wrist;
I tried to go for as 70's a background as I could. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Actually that wasn't a dopey decision at all
Once you've put that watch on a nato, you will find that on the narrow 18 mm strap it looks a bit off in its proportions ...the rubber with the extra width just at the lugs suits it much better.
Cheap nato's are much easier to find than cheap rubbers with the notch.
I usually stick a 20mm NATO on watches with 18mm lugs. Bit of a squeeze but looks better to me than the 18mm straps.0 -
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It does indeed. It basically has an Accutron movement(218?) with a Quartz canister and chip instead of the usual circuitry, that uses the forks as the stepping motor. Their role as the timekeeper/oscillator no longer required. It was a very canny and clever way for Bulova to get into the then very expensive new world of quartz without breaking the bank or having to retool existing production.
Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Introducing my lovey new eone Bradley watch. It's a braille watch, thankfully I am not blind and get to admire this every time I pick it up.
I've one of these, too, from the Kickstarter campaign. I've posted about them in another thread. It looks fantastic in black! Well wear! 0 -
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Ohhh me likey. Especially avec the Omega hands style a la the MilSub. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Ohhh me likey. Especially avec the Omega hands style a la the MilSub.
Yes, very 5517sparrowcar wrote: »Me also likey, you had one before DT didn't you? Or was that an ocean one black?
I'm tempted to pull the trigger on a new one. I'm still 50/50 on the OVM M1 v M2.
Had Ocean One Vintage Red, this one is stunning. M2 is nice, and If I didnt get the MK1, then would have bought it, the MK 1 cost me €30 more than a new MK2. :eek:The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.
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This is my Dads watch which he's given to me, it's about 58 years old he thinks. After lying in a drawer for about 20 years it started ticking a soon as it was wound.
Oriosa from what I can gather were a common enough brand in their day nothing special.
Needs a new strap (one of the pins is badly bent) and decent service. At the moment it has be wound twice a day and gains about 3 mins.
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Yea blue dials can be hard to match with leather. Light tan seems to work. Those straps made from cork work nicely. Or you can try blue leather, but it has to be a perfect match or it looks odd. Those Russian watches are the bargain of the century IMH. But yea their straps tend to be awful and you'd not like to meet the cow the "leather" came from.. I have had some of their rubber straps that were actually quite nice(though I can't get on with rubber straps myself) and out of the hideous bracelets I did source one that's actually pretty good. Made from actual steel as opposed to the usual tinfoil. :eek: Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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mynameis905 wrote: »Found this little beauty in my postbox last night
Just wondering what the ransom is and where is the rest of the body...:P:P:P:DThe narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.
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… and from the sublime to the ridiculous…
It was the 70's and it's French, so what are you gonna do? :pac:Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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