the new cube 2.0 » Watches 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 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 Poljot Alarm 2612.1 http://jiehong.org/blog/2009/07/26/poljot-alarm-2612-1/ http://jiehong.org/blog/2009/07/26/poljot-alarm-2612-1/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:14:58 +0000 jiehong http://jiehong.org/blog/?p=289 Ah, when I saw this, it’s looks beautiful.

Poljot Alarm

Movement: Poljot 2612.1 manual wind
Jewels: 18
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, alarm

It using an actuator alarm, (it really sounds like a cricket) and it’s Made in USSR.

A shot of the movement
Movement

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Chaika 1601A

It’s a New-Old-Stock (NOS for short), dated probably before 1992, as the inscription, “Made in USSR”.

]]> http://jiehong.org/blog/2009/07/26/a-simple-and-elegant-chaika-1601a/feed/ 0 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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