VOSTOK 

Watches produced by the Chistopol Watch factory. 

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		Model: Komandirskie "Tankist" (black dial) Year: early '90s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: one of the most diffused Vostoks: the classic Russian watch with tank and red star on the dial :-) . Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "Paratrooper" Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: another well-known Vostok watch. The rotating bezel has a numbered  scale. Note the inscriptions on the caseback (made by the previous owner).  Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "U-boot" Year: early '90s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: bezel with numbered scale. This is probably an export version (English inscriptions on the movement). In excellent conditions. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "Tankist" (green dial) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: another "tank" version, but with crown at 2 'o clock and green dial. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "Tankist" (gold-coloured case) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: another "tank" version, with brass case and crown at 2 'o clock. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "3AKA3 MO CCCP" (1) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: the inscription "3AKA3 MO CCCP" on the dial means "By Order of the Ministry of Defense of USSR". The watches with this inscriptions were officially provided to the Red Army, therefore they are real military items. This version is quite rare and very nice. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "3AKA3 MO CCCP" (2) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: another old military item, in new conditions with box and documents. Very professional dial. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "3AKA3 MO CCCP" (3)  Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: military version with gold-coloured case and crown at 2 'o clock. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "3AKA3 MO CCCP" (4) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: another military version with a big "12" marker on the dial. Chromed case and gold-coloured bezel, quite rare combination. Water resistant to 50M,  screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie with red star at 6 'o clock and gold-coloured case Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: very similar to the 3AKA3 models with its red star above 6 'o clock, but this was not a military stock. In new conditions with documents and box. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "Artillery" Year: early '90s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: this one has the red star embossed on the dial (not simply painted as on the other versions). Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie with red star at 6 'o clock and white dial Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: as above, similar to the 3AKA3 versions. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie with red star at 6 'o clock and internal bezel Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: very nice version with internal fixed bezel. Also 3AKA3 versions were produced. In new conditions. Acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 38 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "Chistopol" 3AKA3 MO CCCP Year: years '70s Caliber: 2234, hand-wound, 18 jewels, date window, stop seconds feature Note: rare and nice version with "hacking" movement (the seconds hand can be stopped pulling the crown), one of the oldest Komandirskie. Acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 37 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "40 Let Pobeda (40 Years of Victory) 1945-1985" Year: 1985 Caliber: 2234, hand-wound, 18 jewels, date window, stop seconds feature Note: celebrative version for the Soviet WWII victory, one of the last versions with the type 2234 "hacking" movement. Acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 38 mm. Note the caseback.
		Model: Komandirskie "1945" (1) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: another celebrative version, but made after the 1985. The bezel is in metal and plastic, quite rare and very nice. In new conditions. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "1945" (2) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: as above, but with crown at 2 'o clock. In new conditions. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "DAAZ" Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: made in limited series for the DAAZ ("Dimitrovgradsky Avtoagregatny Zavod"), a State factory of components for cars and military vehicles. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "Vostok Rocket" automatic (gold-coloured dial) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2416-B, automatic+hand-wound, 21 jewels, date window Note: on the dial there is the "Vostok" space rocket, no relation with the brand name. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "Vostok Rocket" automatic (blue dial) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2416-B, automatic+hand-wound, 21 jewels, date window Note: as above, but with blue dial. The bezel is unidirectional with clicks, quite rare feature on Vostok watches. In new conditions. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie "Sea Hunter" Year: 2003 Caliber: 2416-B (second version), automatic+hand-wound, 31 jewels, date window Note: this is one of the new-generation Komandirskie, with small crown, no crown-guards and 31 jewels automatic movement. Note also the caseback. Unfortunately these new watches have lower quality of the chrome-plated case. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie KGB Year: 2003 Caliber: 2416-B (second version), automatic+hand-wound, 31 jewels, date window Note: this one has the insignia of the KGB on the dial. Like many new Komandirskie models, the chrome is of bad quality (quite evident on the crown). Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Vostok with crown at 2 'o clock and seconds subdial at 9 Year: years '80s Caliber: 2403, hand-wound, 17 jewels  Note: rare version with subdial at 9. Pleasant and clean design. Screwed caseback, acrylic glass.  Diameter 37 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie/Amphibia "Paratrooper" Year: 2002 Caliber: originally 2416-B (2nd version), automatic+hand-wound, 31 jewels, date window; replaced with a 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: this one is quite a "mix" (case from an Amphibia, strangely chrome plated and not stainless steel, Komandirskie's hands and caseback). The original automatic movement was replaced with a more reliable hand-wound one. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Generalskie Chistopol "Rising Star" automatic Year: 1992 Caliber: 2416-B, automatic+hand-wound, 21 jewels, date window Note: chromed case and gold-coloured bezel, rare combination. In absolutely new conditions with box and documents. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Generalskie 2414 Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: the Generalskie hand-wound models features a strange case shaped as a star.  This one is in almost new conditions. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia Antimagnetic automatic Year: early '90s Caliber: 2416-B, automatic+hand-wound, 21 jewels, date window Note: the best version of the Amphibia series in my opinion. This one has luminous dot on the bezel and bi-metallic antimagnetic caseback. In absolutely perfect conditions, with box and documents. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Albatros/Amphibia "Signal Room" Year: late '80s Caliber: 2409, hand-wound, 17 jewels Note: very rare model, inspired to the "radio room" watches, where the four red sectors on the dial indicates the time of the radio nautical bulletin. Luminous dot on the bezel. One of the nicest pieces of my collection :-) Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands, antimagnetic internal shield. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia/Komandirskie "U-boot" (white dial) Year: 1993 Caliber: 2409, hand-wound, 17 jewels Note: another classic U-boot watch by Vostok. In perfect conditions with box and documents. Luminous dot on the bezel. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands, antimagnetic internal shield. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia/Komandirskie "U-boot" (black/blue dial) Year: 1993 Caliber: 2409, hand-wound, 17 jewels Note: another U-boot version. In perfect conditions with box and documents. Luminous dot on the bezel. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands, antimagnetic internal shield. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia Antimagnetic (1) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2409, hand-wound, 17 jewels Note: the Amphibia Antimagnetic with octagonal case are among the nicest Vostok watches. This one has luminous dot on the bezel and brused case. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands, antimagnetic internal shield. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia Antimagnetic (2) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2409, hand-wound, 17 jewels Note: exactly as the previous model, but with white dial. Luminous dot on the bezel. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands, antimagnetic internal shield. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia Antimagnetic (3) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2409, hand-wound, 17 jewels Note: another antimagnetic with octagonal case, grey dial. Luminous dot on the bezel. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands, antimagnetic internal shield. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia Antimagnetic (4) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2409, hand-wound, 17 jewels Note: octagonal case (polished and not brushed), dial with a ship and a red star. Luminous dot on the bezel. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands, antimagnetic internal shield. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia Antimagnetic (5) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2409, hand-wound, 17 jewels Note: very beautiful version, with "pilot-style" dial and black bezel in plastic/metal. Unfortunately the bezel is slightly damaged and the internal antimagnetic shield is missing, anyway it's in good conditions, and very pleasant :-)  Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia "Rodina" 1945-1995 Year: 1995 Caliber: 2416-B, automatic+hand-wound, 21 jewels, date window Note: the "Rodina" (motherland) is a Russian monument dedicated to the Russian fight against Germany during WWII. It is shown on this watch. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia "Flying Star" Year: late '80s Caliber: 2409, hand-wound, 17 jewels Note: rare dial. Luminous dot on the bezel. Note the bracelet: the inscriptions on it means "USA-USSR", with the vertical word "Mir" (peace) between the two flags. A real cold war item :-) Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands, but strangely no antimagnetic internal shield. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia Antimagnetic (round case, grey dial) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2409, hand-wound, 17 jewels Note: quite simple and clean dial. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands, antimagnetic internal shield. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Amphibia Tonneau (1) Year: years '70s Caliber: 2209, hand-wound, 18 jewels Note: the Amphibia Tonneau were the first Vostok diver watches. Their massive stainless steel case makes them very particular. Their small type-2209 movement is precise but also quite delicate. Note the caseback in English (probably not original and from an export version. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands (repainted with normal paint). Widht 39 mm, height 47 mm.
		Model: Amphibia Tonneau (2) Year: years '70s Caliber: 2209, hand-wound, 18 jewels Note: another old Amphibia with tonneau case. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass (replaced), luminous hands (repainted with normal paint). Widht 39 mm, height 47 mm.
		Model: Amphibia Tonneau (3) Year: years '70s Caliber: 2209, hand-wound, 18 jewels Note: very nice model with black plastic/metal bezel. Unfortunately it's not in perfect aestethical conditions.  Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass (replaced), luminous hands (repainted with normal paint). The seconds hand is probably not original. Widht 39 mm, height 47 mm.
		Model: Amphibia with jointed lugs Year: years '70s Caliber: 2209, hand-wound, 18 jewels Note: very rare model. The jointed lugs allows to totally eliminate the effects of the tension of the single-piece straps on the spring bars, eliminating the risk to break them. In very used conditions, but also very precise. One of the best pieces of the collection for sure. Water resistant to 200M, screwed crown, rotating bezel, acrylic glass (replaced), luminous hands (repainted with normal paint). Diameter 38 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie with crown at 4 'o clock (1) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: another extremely rare type of Vostok. This model has the crown at 4 'o clock and an integrated bracelet fixed to the case with two welded pins. Very cool dial, absolutely rare to find in these perfect conditions. Definitely a GREAT piece. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, fixed internal bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie with crown at 4 'o clock (2) Year: 1990 Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: like the previous watch, but with white dial. In perfect conditions, and this one has even documents and box! Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, fixed internal bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie with crown at 4 'o clock (3) Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: i found this watch at the flea market in Bari in terrible conditions. The chrome around the glass was totally lost, and i have covered that zone applying a bezel from a Raketa watch. The U-boot dial is not original. Water resistant to 50M, screwed crown, fixed internal bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Komandirskie with plastic case Year: late '80s Caliber: 2414, hand-wound, 17 jewels, date window Note: very rare model. This watch features a plastic case. The movement is mounted in one whole group together with glass and bezel, then fixed  to the plastic case with six screws. Rotating bezel, acrylic glass, luminous hands. Diameter 39 mm.
		Model: Buran Year: late '80s Caliber: 2409, hand-wound, 17 jewels Note: this watch is substantially the Vostok's replica (made in the late '80s for the export) of the 1MWF/Poljot "Sputnik"  made in the 1957/58 to celebrate the launch of the "Sputnik" satellite. This one was called "Buran" from the name of the Russian space shuttle. Note the caseback (typical of the export versions). Diameter 33 mm, screwed caseback, acrylic glass.
		Model: Vostok KN-1 wrist compass "1945-1985" Year: 1985 Caliber: -- Note: this one is not a watch, it's a...compass. It was made to celebrate the anniversary of the Soviet WWII victory. Substantially derived from a Vostok watch. The crown allows to the pointer to rotate if pressed, and keeps it blocked if released. I have combined this compass with a little modified woman's watch (see the "Luch" page). Acrylic glass, screwed caseback. Diameter 40 mm.