I wasn’t big on watches previously, I don’t even wore a watch since school !
When my girl bought me this Fossil 52MM, I was practically hooked on big watches.
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.
It’s a tribute to Tupolev ANT-20 aka Maxim Gorky.
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)
With this, it’s a start of my Russian Horology journey.