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Jon Claremont
I heard the FSU made some pretty good mechanical wristwatches for railroad and/or military issue.
Does anybody know if and where they are available today?
Does anybody know if and where they are available today?
lubitel
Well-known
Go to berlin, they are sold on every corner by turkish people 
I bought one years ago from some kind of catalog in US. I really liked it, it looked like a tank, but broke after 5 years. May be I just had bad luck.
here is one site for example:
http://www.russarmy.com/subcategory.cfm/hurl/subcategory_id=9
I bought one years ago from some kind of catalog in US. I really liked it, it looked like a tank, but broke after 5 years. May be I just had bad luck.
here is one site for example:
http://www.russarmy.com/subcategory.cfm/hurl/subcategory_id=9
darkkavenger
Massimiliano Mortillaro
Oh no don't tempt me!
I simply CAN'T resist to a watch!
I simply CAN'T resist to a watch!
Ash
Selflessly Self-involved
I refuse to buy another watch. They always break on or off my wrist. I have a real gem upstairs. Solid silver 1930's british wristwatch. Accurate to the second (wind up), until the second hand got knocked badly. It needs fixing. There are some really nice looking FSU watches on 'bay, but what I'm after is a jewish watch that tells time backwards.
oscroft
Veteran
There are usually loads on eBay from Russian and Ukrainian sellers
bob cole
Well-known
FSU Wristwatches
I bought a Soviet watch in London a long time ago for about £10; it lasted about 10 days, or about a pound a day. At the same time I also bought a Soviet short-wave radio for £60...It lasted about six months or so but because of poorly soldered connections that couldn't be repaired, I just threw it away...Lenses are erratic, too...But I've been lucky...
If you want to buy a good watch, buy a Timex...as the guy said, "They take a licking and keep on ticking..." -- bob cole
Jon Claremont said:
I bought a Soviet watch in London a long time ago for about £10; it lasted about 10 days, or about a pound a day. At the same time I also bought a Soviet short-wave radio for £60...It lasted about six months or so but because of poorly soldered connections that couldn't be repaired, I just threw it away...Lenses are erratic, too...But I've been lucky...
If you want to buy a good watch, buy a Timex...as the guy said, "They take a licking and keep on ticking..." -- bob cole
akptc
Shoot first, think later
I was forced to wear soviet watches for the 1st 16 years of my life. Waste of money in my opinion. Generally speaking it stands to reason that anything mechanical made in FSU is more likely than not to be of inferior quality. On the plus side, some FSU watches are quite pretty.
zhang xk
Well-known
akptc
Shoot first, think later
Looks like we killed the thread...
John Robertson
Well-known
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
I won't say what my Soviet emigre coworker called Russian wristwatches.
But in the 1980's he paid $50.00 on the black market for a Casio....
"Excelsior, you fathead!"
-Chris-
But in the 1980's he paid $50.00 on the black market for a Casio....
"Excelsior, you fathead!"
-Chris-
John Robertson
Well-known
Probably the old story sell the good stuff abroad, sell the crap at home!! Sekonda had quite a good name in the UKChrisPlatt said:
ErnestoJL
Well-known
Some years ago (2001) I bought a Boctok (Vostok= East) Komandirskiye wristwatch from an FSU emigrate. It´s a typical military watch with dual hours numbering, has brass housing (unfortunately it wasn´t Stainless Steel), and it´s working perfectly till today.
It´s measuring error is within +/-20 sec. a day.
I´ve been told that some brands like Poljot, Boctok and Raketa are the best FSU wristwatches. The one I have is no exception.
Ernesto
It´s measuring error is within +/-20 sec. a day.
I´ve been told that some brands like Poljot, Boctok and Raketa are the best FSU wristwatches. The one I have is no exception.
Ernesto
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Jon Claremont
Thank you. Yes, I have a few ideas there to follow up on.
comp_wiz101
Compulsive Tinkerer
I had a Boctok Komandirskiye from the 80s... sold it to a fellow that is still using it to this day, I can't get him to sell it back! It had the older stamp on the dial, indicating that it was made for military use in the USSR
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Jon Claremont
comp_wiz101 said:
Yes! Boctok seems like the one to go for.
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
This is one of my preferred FSU camera guys. Don't know anything about watches, though, so I have no idea if his prices are good or not?
Sibir Sergey's Watches.
Rob
Sibir Sergey's Watches.
Rob