Is this an example of the "Chinese standard movement"?
Having looked at a wiki page on the Chinese Standard or unified movement, I suspect it is. For me the meat cleaver shaped main bridge is the big clue.
It runs at 21600bph and claims 17 jewels on the dial and has a date complication.
I'm trying to find the lift angle.
This movement is in a Dniepr-Vostok I recently aquired and the movement does not look like any Vostok I have seen before:
It seems some russian watchmakers did not mind putting chinese movements into their so-called russian products, like this Cardi Mecanique Cristal:
I doubt a russian made movement would have "17 ZUAN" stamped on it.
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Then again, Russia is pretty much a vassal state of China so anything’s possible
I haven't seen a Dneipr Vostok before? Interesting that the dial says in English made in Ukraine?
Is it even a genuine vostok or just a Chinese copy in the first place?
I haven't seen a Dneipr Vostok before? Interesting that the dial says in English made in Ukraine?
Is it even a genuine vostok or just a Chinese copy in the first place?
That is one thing that fascinated me about this watch. I've seen other D-V's on ebay but not like this one. I'm not sure how Vostok would have felt about having their name on the dial with a non-Vostok movement.
The Chinese copies of Vostoks I have seen tend to be pretty awful and won't fool folks like us.
That is one thing that fascinated me about this watch. I've seen other D-V's on ebay but not like this one. I'm not sure how Vostok would have felt about having their name on the dial with a non-Vostok movement.
The Chinese copies of Vostoks I have seen tend to be pretty awful and won't fool folks like us.
Yep from my limited knowledge I reckon it's a copy rather than the genuine article. I can't imagine Vostok using Chinese movements despite the deep crap their country is in at the moment!
Since Vostok manufacture their own movements I don't see why they'd use one from elsewhere, unless it gave them a complication they don't make. Even then they'd probably develop their own.
That’s sad that there trying to get over on people who don’t know better thinking g there getting a Russia movement.
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That’s sad that there trying to get over on people who don’t know better thinking g there getting a Russia movement.
Awesome post! 🤩
Thank you for sharing this with us
Keep up the good work 🙌🏾
🍻
On the other hand, when you look into the fine print of what "Made in Germany" and "Swiss Made" actually mean, maybe using a decent quality Chinese movement is not such a bad thing.