Vostok Komandirskie
hi all just bought this Vostok anyone know roughly how old it is cheers
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Pete
My first watch was a Caravelle with an exhibition back , I was hooked, that was on my 9th birthday, my serious collecting started mid 90s my first was a Tag 2000 series , since then I probably would h...
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Well, based on this, the caseback is ~30 years old.
Why do I say the caseback & not the watch? There's a history of Vostoks being cobbled together with whatever parts could be obtained, as discussed here.
Well, based on this, the caseback is ~30 years old.
Why do I say the caseback & not the watch? There's a history of Vostoks being cobbled together with whatever parts could be obtained, as discussed here.
Thx dude I knew some on here would know and point me in the right direction😎
The only thing for sure is that the dial was printed before Vostok changed the text from USSR to Russia. That could have happened anytime during the early 90's because plenty of stuff was still being assembled all over the country well into the early 2000 with parts manufactured under the Soviets.
I have that very same watch! (Modded it, tho.) I bought mine in Germany in the early 90s - right after the iron curtain fell, you could find them on every flea market for 30 DM - approx. 40 $ today. Russians peddled them in the bars and clubs by the pocketful. They were quite the rage in those days, almost every young hipster had one.