the new cube 2.0 » Personal http://jiehong.org/blog the new cube 2.0 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:43:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Welcoming 2010 with fireworks http://jiehong.org/blog/2010/01/01/welcoming-2010-with-fireworks/ http://jiehong.org/blog/2010/01/01/welcoming-2010-with-fireworks/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:37:15 +0000 jiehong http://jiehong.org/blog/?p=310 Beautiful fireworks at the bay..

Happy 2010 !

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I have officially launch my new blog/shop, titled Vintage for life. I will be selling some of my Soviet mechanical watches for my collection and other pre-owned accessories.

Do visit the site and show your support :)

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Molnija

Model: Pocket Watch
Movement: Molnija 3602 manual wind
Jewels: 18
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds

It has a sub dial second hand.

Movement shot
Movement

If you look at the movement shot, right on the top, there’s an inscription “85 2″. It means that this movement is produced during the 2nd quarter of 1985.

Inscription: “Made in USSR”

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Boctok Amphibia

Model: Boctok Amphibian – 2nd Generation
Movement: Boctok 2209 manual wind
Jewels: 18
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds

It’s a Diver watch, up to 20ATM/200M with screwed in crown and the inscription below “Сделано в СССР” = “Made in USSR”.

A wrist shot
Wrist Shot

Сделано в СССР
]]> http://jiehong.org/blog/2009/07/26/2nd-generation-boctok-amphibia/feed/ 0 Восток Командирские / Vostok Komandirskie заказ По CCCP http://jiehong.org/blog/2009/07/26/boctok-komandirskie-3aka3-mo-cccp/ http://jiehong.org/blog/2009/07/26/boctok-komandirskie-3aka3-mo-cccp/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:22:47 +0000 jiehong http://jiehong.org/blog/?p=291 When I saw this listing on eBay, it was listed as “VINTAGE RUSSIAN BOCTOK GENTS DIVERS WATCH”. Little did he know, it’s a Komandirskie with “заказ По CCCP” !

Boctok Komandirskie

For those who can’t catch my excitement, the Восток Командирские / Vostok Komandirskie is a Commanders watch and “заказ По CCCP” translated to “By the order of Ministry of Defense of USSR”. It was a military issued watch, a civilian version is available, but it will be “Сделано в СССР”/ “Made in CCCP” instead of “заказ По CCCP”

Movement: Восток 2214 manual wind
Jewels: 17
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date calendar

It has a screwed in crown, however I not very sure on the water resistance rating.

A wrist shot
Wrist shot

]]> http://jiehong.org/blog/2009/07/26/boctok-komandirskie-3aka3-mo-cccp/feed/ 3 A modern Слава / Slava http://jiehong.org/blog/2009/07/26/a-modern-slava/ http://jiehong.org/blog/2009/07/26/a-modern-slava/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:01:20 +0000 jiehong http://jiehong.org/blog/?p=281 An automatic modern Слава / Slava
Slava 2427

The inscription is “автоматическое” = Automatic, “23 камней” = 23 Jewels and “Сделано в России” = “Made in Russia”.

Movement: Slava 2427 automatic
Jewels: 23
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, day, date calendar

The unique part of the movement is there are two mainsprings.
Movement

Giving constant power, even when it’s low on reserve.

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When my girl bought me this Fossil 52MM, I was practically hooked on big watches.
Fossil

I was shopping for a mechanical watch as opposed to the usual quartz watches. I wasn’t a big fan of mainstream or popular products, I rather go out of the norm, I’m always choosing obscure products.

I decided with Russian Horology. I went to Red Army Watches and bought myself a Vostok-Europe. The model I selected was the Maxim Gorky.

Vostok-Europe Maxim Gorky

It’s a tribute to Tupolev ANT-20 aka Maxim Gorky.

Tupolev ANT-20
Picture from Wikipedia

Overall, it’s a hefty watch and thick bracelet. Lume is close to non-existent.

Movement: Vostok 2432 automatic
Jewels: 32
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date calendar, day/night indicator

A point to note, the rotor is exposed on the front, if you look carefully at the edge.

Movement is from Russia (Vostok) and watch assembled in Lithuania (Vostok-Europe)

Vostok-Europe Maxim Gorky

With this, it’s a start of my Russian Horology journey.

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Well it’s 7 hours journey for him, 1.9KM swim, 90KM cycling and finally 21KM of running, a total distance of 112.9KM or 70.3 miles !!

Here are some photos taken from the event.

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Recently, my friend, Dave, participated in Aviva Ironman 70.3 and met with a nasty accident. As you can see on the left, he broke his right clavicle when he crashed his bike trying to avoid water bottles on the road.

Yet he finished his race ! Salute !

As a result, he will need 2 separate surgeries, first to insert that metal piece, second to remove. He will require 4-6 months of rest and will probably miss Ironman next year. His dream for an Ironman.. he got it literally.

]]> http://jiehong.org/blog/2008/10/13/ouch/feed/ 1 My HTC Touch Pro has arrived http://jiehong.org/blog/2008/09/30/my-htc-touch-pro-has-arrived/ http://jiehong.org/blog/2008/09/30/my-htc-touch-pro-has-arrived/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:55:47 +0000 jiehong http://jiehong.org/blog/?p=184 Finally, my HTC Touch Pro has arrived few days ago. I have traded in my Sony Ericsson P1i.

Good bye UIQ3, Hello Windows Mobile.

I have switched my provider from M1 to Singtel due to certain job reasons. :) I have requested the number portability to retain my previous number, so I have requested Singtel to arrange to be activate my new SIM card once my M1 contract has expired. It’s like 4-5 days more when I signed up, so they agreed to this arrangement.

While I’m waiting for my Singtel SIM to be activated with Broadband on Mobile, I’m using ActiveSync or Wi-Fi connectivity for Internet access on my HTC Touch Pro. I have configured Microsoft Exchange but that requires my Touch Pro to be configured with phone lock with a timeout of 15mins !

So practically every time, I have to unlock my phone as the bloody timeout is too short ! Oh well, it’s always security over usability.

I have added 2 more new pages to my blog, namely HTC Touch Pro Tips and Applications. They are gathered from sources like PPC SG and HWZ.

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