Is there any way i can find more details about my soviet Amfibia?

It was sold to me as a manual but it seems to be...automatic? (Moving it seems to be winding the watch)

Also i've never seen an Amfibia with this dial. Plenty of Komandirskies have it but the writing on them is slightly different

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In Europe there are a lot of Vostok owners. Maybe you can try www.Uhrforum.de

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I have this (nearly) exact watch:

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90's era as far as I know. My late father obtained it from a Soviet Merchant sailor back in the day. I've had the case back off of mine and it is indeed a hand-wind and not an automatic (no rotor) ... mine might be a "Komanderskie" model that looks like an Amphibia (note the difference in script below the Red Star compared to yours, and the lack of date window) ...

I'll take a pic of the case back on mine this evening, as I honestly don't remember what it looks like! LOL! (I wear mine on a NATO)

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This is an old Amphibia from the Soviet Union (CCCP). Amphibias are automatic, Komandirskies are hand wound. They have VERY many different dial designs, often shared between the models. The dials are not interchangeable however, as Komandirskies of that era have the crown at 2.

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Savage61

I have this (nearly) exact watch:

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90's era as far as I know. My late father obtained it from a Soviet Merchant sailor back in the day. I've had the case back off of mine and it is indeed a hand-wind and not an automatic (no rotor) ... mine might be a "Komanderskie" model that looks like an Amphibia (note the difference in script below the Red Star compared to yours, and the lack of date window) ...

I'll take a pic of the case back on mine this evening, as I honestly don't remember what it looks like! LOL! (I wear mine on a NATO)

Yours is indeed a Komandirskie, that is what that Cyrillic script says. 😁

It being handwound is weird, but Vostoks are inconsistent. The Chistopol factory might have been short on parts for autos and ran the line with handwind - or was repaired at some point with a movement swap.

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What @ElTomstro shared is what I was going to reply with too. Amphibias should have automatic movements and the markings in Cyrillic say Amphibia - which yours does. Calling it a mechanical was probably a translation error, because it is mechanical, but self winding. If the watch was sold as handwound, I dunno.

It's a cool watch, and yours is in good shape for dating back to the Soviet Union (CCCP)

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ElTomstro

This is an old Amphibia from the Soviet Union (CCCP). Amphibias are automatic, Komandirskies are hand wound. They have VERY many different dial designs, often shared between the models. The dials are not interchangeable however, as Komandirskies of that era have the crown at 2.

Not all Komanderskies are hand-wind only ... I have another watch (with green "Paratrooper" dial) that is an automatic; which I've verified by having actually opened the case back, under which is an unmistakable "Boctok" rotor!

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https://www.vostok-watches24.com/catalog/e-amphibia/

You can try searching the model in this website. I already have bought two Amphibias from there, one for myself and one for my brother. The watches came from Moscow, so I am assuming it’s a legit website with a correct information. Customer support is also good, so you can even ask them for some help.

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Looks like an Amphibia to me. The CCCP designation on the dial is killer! Classic sub graphic. Lots of Vostoks have that sub despite whether it’s a manual or automatic.

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All I could find in my Russian watches book was one with a very similar dial but different bezel, "Komandirskie" Caliber 2409, 17 jewels, manual winding. Yours is in the "Amphibia" case which gives it 200m of WR.

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The 2409 movement should have at least 38 hours of PR and -20 to +40/s day accuracy.

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OK, took a photo of the case back of my Vostok Amphibia?? Komanderskie??

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According to a previous participant in this Thread, the Cyrillic script on the dial indicates that it is a Komaderskie model ...

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yet the case back seems to indicate Amphibia??

I guess some of those late-Soviet / early post-Soviet era Vostoks really are parts-bin specials!! LOL!!

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Not really anyway to date them specifically. No production month/year in serial code, same Seiko.