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Vostok Amphibia Owners Club

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si Offline lister

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Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
on: April 25, 2017, 03:57:57 PM
It is a cheap and cool watch. There must be enough of us to fill this thread with at least a couple of pictures?  :D

Ps: Forgot to attach the file...  :facepalm:
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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #1 on: April 27, 2017, 11:18:59 PM
Lister

I've always thought they were a neat watch but have not yet obtained one.  Is yours an auto?  Does it keep decent time?

John


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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #2 on: April 28, 2017, 03:39:24 PM
Mine gains around a minute per week. I think that is just fine for such a cheap watch.

All these watches are automatic.
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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #3 on: April 28, 2017, 03:56:38 PM
Just to add some information on the watch:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amfibia
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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #4 on: April 28, 2017, 03:58:44 PM
sadly have not run into one yet
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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #5 on: April 28, 2017, 05:00:32 PM
COUNT!

ME!

IN!!!!



Blue and black are automatic,
Green is hand wind.
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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #6 on: April 28, 2017, 05:17:51 PM
I used to have, I know that doesn't help now  :twak:

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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #7 on: April 28, 2017, 05:41:59 PM
You are counted in.  :cheers:

Just to clarify, there are vostock amphibians that are not automatic?  :o

It seems I've got some more research to do...  :ahhh :D
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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #8 on: April 28, 2017, 07:40:01 PM
 The ladies models are manual wind
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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #9 on: May 08, 2017, 12:13:13 PM
Finally decided to give mine a shot after using it occasionally, been using it for 3 weeks now and it works better than I expected. I have switched the OEM folded sheetmetal bracelet for a polished solid one, which match the case quite well. Already got a few scratches on the crystal though.  :(

I think I will repaint the dots between 12 and 4 on the bezel to red.



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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #10 on: May 08, 2017, 12:20:20 PM
Finally decided to give mine a shot after using it occasionally, been using it for 3 weeks now and it works better than I expected. I have switched the OEM folded sheetmetal bracelet for a polished solid one, which match the case quite well. Already got a few scratches on the crystal though.  :(

I think I will repaint the dots between 12 and 4 on the bezel to red.

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The Amphibias have plastic crystals, meaning they are very easy to polish...


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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #11 on: May 08, 2017, 01:38:58 PM
The Amphibias have plastic crystals, meaning they are very easy to polish...

It's deep enough to catch fingernail, so will never fully polish out unfortunately, only less visible.


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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #12 on: May 08, 2017, 04:06:48 PM
I had a scratch that caught a fingernail and I managed to polish it out with toothpaste in about 5 min. If not, a new crystal is about 6€ and I think it is easy to change...  :D
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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #13 on: May 08, 2017, 04:10:06 PM
Had a few but none now,I've removed deeper scratches on plastic crystals by sanding with fine grit paper and then toothpaste ,polished up lovely  :salute:


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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #14 on: May 08, 2017, 04:21:24 PM
The Amphibias have plastic crystals, meaning they are very easy to polish...

It's deep enough to catch fingernail, so will never fully polish out unfortunately, only less visible.
Try Polywatch.

It'll remove a small layer but turns it into a fluid, which will fill up any deeper scratches.
When it hardens back out, zero scratches visibile :tu:


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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #15 on: May 09, 2017, 04:17:42 AM
I'll give it a shot when I'm back home, right now all I have access to is toothpaste.


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Re: Vostok Amphibia Owners Club
Reply #16 on: May 19, 2017, 05:32:27 PM
My little bit of Russian wrist candy...

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