Hi,
This is my 2nd Vostok ever. I had a 960 Neptune last year but the proprietary bracelet was either too tight or too loose for me and I decided to let it go on f29.
I was interested to give the brand another try, this time I selected a no-date blue dial Amphibia with a 120 case. About 65$ from Meranom, I was ready to be really let down upon arrival, no way they can produce a watch at such low price.
Well, the watch is very lovely, Blue sunbrush dial is gorgeous. I modded it with a Boris bezel and a navy blue 2-piece NATO.
This week I decided to regulate it since it was running a bit fast for me. I adjusted the MTG-1000 to a lift angle of 42 deg and saw a really clean line, 0.0 ms of beat error but +51 s/day.
I decided to open the watch and I want to say, it is really easy to service with this "compression style" case. No fear of pinched gaskets, solid seal, nice signed "B" rotor....wow!
Regulator arm is really long and out of the way of the balance wheel, no risk of damaging something is the tool slips. One or 2 nudges towards the (-)sign and it now purrs at +3 s/day. Minimal positional variance too, really good for the price.
From now on, I will recommend them here if someone wants a sub-100$ automatic watch. It is really better than any Seiko 5 at this cost.
Cheers,
S.
Sent from my Motorola StarTAC 70
This is my 2nd Vostok ever. I had a 960 Neptune last year but the proprietary bracelet was either too tight or too loose for me and I decided to let it go on f29.
I was interested to give the brand another try, this time I selected a no-date blue dial Amphibia with a 120 case. About 65$ from Meranom, I was ready to be really let down upon arrival, no way they can produce a watch at such low price.
Well, the watch is very lovely, Blue sunbrush dial is gorgeous. I modded it with a Boris bezel and a navy blue 2-piece NATO.
This week I decided to regulate it since it was running a bit fast for me. I adjusted the MTG-1000 to a lift angle of 42 deg and saw a really clean line, 0.0 ms of beat error but +51 s/day.
I decided to open the watch and I want to say, it is really easy to service with this "compression style" case. No fear of pinched gaskets, solid seal, nice signed "B" rotor....wow!
Regulator arm is really long and out of the way of the balance wheel, no risk of damaging something is the tool slips. One or 2 nudges towards the (-)sign and it now purrs at +3 s/day. Minimal positional variance too, really good for the price.
From now on, I will recommend them here if someone wants a sub-100$ automatic watch. It is really better than any Seiko 5 at this cost.
Cheers,
S.
Sent from my Motorola StarTAC 70