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07-21-2017, 11:19 AM
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Senior Member
City: Ventura
Vessel Name: Tatanka
Vessel Model: 32' Nordic Tug
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 240
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Wear it everyday.
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07-21-2017, 12:02 PM
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#302
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Senior Member
City: Lafayette, LA
Vessel Name: presently boatless
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 350
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tunajoe
Wear it everyday.
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That's what I'm talkin' about! The real deal!
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05-14-2018, 04:17 AM
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#303
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Newbie
City: La Habra
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RT Firefly
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05-21-2018, 02:26 PM
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#304
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,045
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I had mentioned earlier that I wasn't going to buy any more watches... if only.
Here is a unique watch that I really enjoy. It is a Vostok Amphibia. Russian design. 200M diver. Kind of along the lines of the Soviet T-26 light tank, or the AK-47. Simple, rugged, cheap, reliable, and a bit quirky. This design is known as the "Zissou" after Bill Murray's character in the parody, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". This watch was selected for Zissou since it is cheap and gets the job done. It is also to contrast Zissou from Jacques Cousteau who wore Rolex, Omega, or Blanpain dive watches.
The watch is cheap. The cost is about $55 US with another $20 shipped from Russia. It arrives on a slow boat. Bob's new Hampton will get here in less time than this watch did.
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05-21-2018, 02:29 PM
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#305
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Guru
City: LaConner
Vessel Model: 34' CHB
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,257
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Dave, what type movement on the Ruskie watch, quartz? I think its kind of neat.
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05-21-2018, 02:32 PM
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#306
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dhays
I had mentioned earlier that I wasn't going to buy any more watches... if only.
Here is a unique watch that I really enjoy. It is a Vostok Amphibia. Russian design. 200M diver. Kind of along the lines of the Soviet T-26 light tank, or the AK-47. Simple, rugged, cheap, reliable, and a bit quirky. This design is known as the "Zissou" after Bill Murray's character in the parody, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". This watch was selected for Zissou since it is cheap and gets the job done. It is also to contrast Zissou from Jacques Cousteau who wore Rolex, Omega, or Blanpain dive watches.
The watch is cheap. The cost is about $55 US with another $20 shipped from Russia. It arrives on a slow boat. Bob's new Hampton will get here in less time than this watch did.
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Does the outer ring rotate?
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05-21-2018, 02:36 PM
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#307
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,045
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 78puget-trawler
Dave, what type movement on the Ruskie watch, quartz? I think its kind of neat.
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Nope. Automatic. I think it is amazing to have a 200M dive watch, fully automatic, for such a low price.
Being an automatic, I don’t need to replace a battery. However, it won’t come close to the accuracy of a quartz watch. This one runs about 7 seconds fast per day.
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05-21-2018, 02:44 PM
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#308
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Guru
City: Mississippi
Vessel Name: ADAGIO
Vessel Model: CHB Present 42 Sundeck
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 908
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Love a classic tank watch - but alas, like others, haven't worn one since band broke about the time I got first 'smart phone' 
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05-21-2018, 05:15 PM
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#309
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Senior Member
City: Counce, Tennessee
Vessel Name: Zia Harmony
Vessel Model: Atlas Acadia 25
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 197
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Only one watch for me. The "Yes" watch. One quick look and can tell time, sunrise, sunset, moon rise, moon set, moon phase, and much more.
https://www.yeswatch.com/
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05-21-2018, 05:40 PM
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#310
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Guru
City: LaConner
Vessel Model: 34' CHB
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,257
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I like that kind of stuff, going to order one. I have a neat Russian pocket watch that I drag out once in a while just to look at, a Molnija. Also had one of the Russian submarine clocks on my Monk cruiser years ago, wish I had kept it, but it went with the boat. Neat clock.
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05-21-2018, 06:43 PM
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#311
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Guru
City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,449
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IronZebra
Only one watch for me. The "Yes" watch. One quick look and can tell time, sunrise, sunset, moon rise, moon set, moon phase, and much more.
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Wifey B: I like that. Thinking maybe hubby needs one of those. Should I order or not, order or not, order or not..... 
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05-21-2018, 07:33 PM
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#312
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Guru
City: Ashland, MA
Vessel Model: 1990 Silverton 40 aftcabin
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 1,208
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Consider Ebay. There is a bunch of Vostok Amphibia watches there.
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05-21-2018, 07:34 PM
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#313
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,045
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 78puget-trawler
I like that kind of stuff, going to order one. I have a neat Russian pocket watch that I drag out once in a while just to look at, a Molnija. Also had one of the Russian submarine clocks on my Monk cruiser years ago, wish I had kept it, but it went with the boat. Neat clock.
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There are a lot of different designs in the Vostok Amphibia line. They are all 200M water resistant and all have the same basic movement. I actually have two of them. The one I'm wearing today doesn't have the date complication and is a more plain black face.
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05-21-2018, 09:41 PM
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#314
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Guru
City: LaConner
Vessel Model: 34' CHB
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,257
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You are right, there is a metric you know what ton of those watches on ebay etc. Looked a bunch of them over, and chose one like yours only with a black face instead of blue so as to not be a total copycat, lol. Should have it by summers end... lol.
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05-21-2018, 11:18 PM
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#315
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,045
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 78puget-trawler
You are right, there is a metric you know what ton of those watches on ebay etc. Looked a bunch of them over, and chose one like yours only with a black face instead of blue so as to not be a total copycat, lol. Should have it by summers end... lol.
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I think you will enjoy it. It is a unique watch and you will at first think the crown is broken. When you unscrew it, it will seem really wobbly. That is normal for this watch. The crown and stem is kind of free floating. That way any shock on the stem isn’t transferred to the movement. Also, to change the date, roll back the hour hand to about 9:00 and then forward to 12:00 and the date will advance.
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05-22-2018, 12:20 AM
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#316
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Guru
City: LaConner
Vessel Model: 34' CHB
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 1,257
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Thanks Dave!
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