So I recently purchased one of Dmitry Buyalov's 'refreshed/modernized' Vostok Amphibias – with a matching orange fluororubber strap and bronze buckle.
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Your Russian Watch Collection.
At one time I had over 80 Russian watches in my collection. I found out that if you did not wear watches and let them sit for some time they would not start right away. Is this common? Of course, a few light taps to the palm of my hand, a good wind, an…
Continue readingGone, but not forgotten.
Just sold my first Russian watch. I bought it at an antique shop in Alexandria, VA on 12/04/2010! Got me interested in Russian watches and was the reason I joined this Forum. Got a lot of use out of it, but it just stopped working.
Continue readingShow Us Your Zaria/Penza Watch Factory Watches
If you have any Zaria/Penza Watch Factory watches, here's a place to show them. A few of mine:
Zvezda:
Sura:
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Continue readingPoljot Afghanistan Dosty (friendship) Tonneau Case Watch from Soviet-Afghan War – CA early 1980s
Comrades,
Through an act of incredible kindness and generousity by one of our members – David (Comrade duffhessian1776), I am now in possession of possibly one of the rarest of all Poljot watches.
David knew how much I wanted one of these, and kind…
Continue readingAgat katran
Could someone tell me something about the agat katran? And modern agat watches, in general.
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Continue readingNew version of the Raketa “Russian Code”
I have the original version of this, the latest one is the nicest yet but there's another inexplicable price increase of 800 euros and all that has changed is the dial (still the same layered construction) and the design on the rotor. I refuse to…
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Missing bezel. Need guidance on what kind and where to source.
Good morning,
I am trying to find a bezel for this and this clearly seems to be missing one. Can someone guide me on what will fit, what it actually came with and where to get one?
Any info on the piece welcome as well (case type, dial info etc). It …
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