Vostok Amphibia Scuba Dude - 5 year wear update
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Today a 5 year update of my Vostok Amphibia 710059, also known as the Scuba Dude. It has been a journey full of ups and downs. I've modded it more to my liking, including a brushed case tops, different bezel and also longer seconds hand.
I am still looking for a longer minute hand, so if anyone knows of one that looks like stock, please let me know.
The Amphibia is a legend among watch lovers due to it's archaic construction and materials as well as cheap price, but it is true to itself.
I personally love it and it will stay in my collection for another 5 years
It shows they recognized my love for watches and I'm happy to see they appreciate watch lovers vs. flippers!!
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Anyone else see the irony of putting a NATO strap on a Russian Soviet designed watch, makes me chuckle. I love it.
i do the same, love the russian watches but can't deny the NATO strap superiority.
Damned Vostoks. You get one and they seem to breed out from there.
Yeah.. a bit more affordable than 'Seiko Accumulation Disorder' though.. if I add up what I have spent on Seikos over the years I could have bought a Lange & Sonne or a Roger Smith!
@@HarryFlashmanVC
Sonne stands for sun
Söhne stands for sons.
You're welcome.
Im curious about steel grade used for this brand ! He looks so different of 316/904 L ....
Vostok are simply, reliable, easy and cheap to fix or replace. Their charm is based mostly on unchanged philosophy of making things and how they should be done and work and mechanical solutions which are still good enough to last for another decades... Just like Zippo lighters.
I have bronze, 1967 anniversary edition with green dial (no digits) bought few years ago and I love it! Mine is working about +15 sec per 24h...
4:05 the crown is the best part in my opinion... its really like the closing a soda bottle with the cap. love it!
I’ve never thought about it that way but that’s so true!
One of the most iconic dive watches ever made.
I now have 4 Vostoks and 1 vintage 70's era Raketa, they are all keepers! My first Russian watch purchase was 2019!
Im on my 6th Vostok and love modding and swapping parts between them. I enjoy the whole experience. atb, Kev
Where’s the best place to buy vostoks and parts?
Meranom
@@WatchGeek I modified my 710379 so it has upgraded lume and submariner style bezel with lumed insert and a steel tension wire it is brushed and has the stock signed crown which prevents corrosion.
If I have a problem with the movement, where to send the watch ?
Is there any official store or website for it ?
I have a Vostok amphibia. It's the round case. It's a great watch. Due to the low cost of the watch I never worry about damaging the watch, unlike some of my more expensive watches.
Vostoks are dope. I’ve gotten mad compliments on it. Moreso than the newer modern looking designs, eg seikos and others
My Scuba dude is on a bracelet and I exclusively swim with it (goes with all of my swim trunks) after I get out of the pool or beach I put the watch in a solution that is in a container that erodes the salt and/or chlorine. Set it up before you leave so when you walk in the door you can just set it in the cleaning solution. Works for me brother.
What is the solution?
What solution do you use
Seems like the solution is baking soda and fresh water. Seems to be used common in the dive industry to keep equipment corrosion free.
Wash it / rinse it under running tap water for 20-30 seconds after swimming and it will be ok. The salt and chlorine will go away.
Why wash it? It's made of stainless steel that doesn't corrode, the springs I. The spring bars however corrode as if they were supplied by Rolex.
I have one to !(black dial) Despite is cheap, is buiolt like a tanc and have a lot of charm !I love it !I wear in nato strap !(perfect strap in my opinion for this type of watch !
I guess that you'll be doing a 20yr review on this " never say die" soviet legend 😂
Thank you for posting the long term review!
I remember your early videos about this watch. Im glad you still have it. Great watch and great video.
My copy is highly accurate, I never have to reset the time. The timing bezel is another story. It just freezes up sometimes and won’t move 😭
At least the bezel gets stuck
I bought mine after watching your video around 2019. It's been 3 years and I still love my 420 Amphibian. I use it as a daily beater and never regretted my purchase. After watching this video I checked meranom and they made a lot of new watches, I might buy them in the future
It is my usual daily
@@oscarosullivan4513 yes, I have different straps for different occasions and it is awesome. There are some scratches here and there but I think it adds character and nothing that poly watch can't handle
Your Vostok looks great, good to see you enjoy it. I had five Vostoks, but a guy on a forum just gave me three more! Fantastic, with regulation I have them all between +10 to-5 seconds a day.
What is this magical forum
Very nice watch. 👍
Such a beautiful dial 👍
A russian watch on a NATO strap could be a statement these days ;) Nice that You enjoy it :)
....Ahhhh Vostok!
Oozing with Russian cheapness!
I love it. 👍🇬🇧🙂
Very Nice! This IS a Legendary Vostok Amphibia very nice to have in Collektion 😊
Looking forward to the next update
I made a bronze bezel for mine and put a ceramic insert in it. They are just made for modding, these things.
Honest and great review.
I got a small heap of japanese and swiss watches. Never had any troubles like yours with them despite rough treatment
Can’t wait to see the proffesional brushing
Those are very nice.
I bought my Vostok back in 1992or3 from a Polish guy I worked with. Mine has a shield and star on the face but it has faded. Anyone know if replacement faces,glass and seals are available? Just got out of.. been away working 8years. Gave the watch I wind. Works great
I have an Amphibia and Komandirski still love both - both still have a place in my 60 watch collection. Been eyeing an Amfibia (with the F for a few years too).
Funny thing is that once a watch hits a huge fanfare and EVERYONE owns or wants one it is actually a turn off for me: i.e. Scuba Dude version, San Martin exploring style watches (I have another San Martin just not that one), moonswatch, Seagull 1963 Chinese airforce watch - I like the ST19 movement but can't get behind this version (I will however get a different watch with the ST19).
I just gotta be that little bit different I guess 🤷♂️.
Thank you! Vostok - is the best! Respect from Russia! Many interesting technical solutions are used in this watch (if you are interested, see my review in Russian). Sometimes the quality is not the best. But it mostly refers to the build quality. For example, before using in water, it is sometimes necessary to check that the back cover is fully screwed on. At this price, there is no other fully manufactured watch with its glorious history and original designs on the world market!
Although, in my opinion, this is not the best dial design.
Awesome watch 👍
It's the other way around. Old ones were fully blue, with sunburst effect. Newer ones are teal and still are today.
Mine has had problems stopping, any ideas?
How well does the automatic winding work ? How often do you have to manually wind it when wearing daily ?
No need to wind it if you wear it everyday
@@WatchGeek You should do a video on their future and the future of the parts supply
Do you have a comparison photo between the old and the new dial? Or at least a reference link to the comparison. Thanks!
Sadly no, but you can google them, the new one is much bluer with a lot less green on it
Thanks for the update. I was subscribed when you uploaded the first videos of this watch :)
00:35 - Do you remember the source of this? I last bought one in 2019, and it had this turquoise/teal dial. If the new production has the sky blue dial, then I'd pick up one more.
Hope to see your 10-year update video, too :)
Hi nice video.
i have a 170059 model i noticed its mineral glass is getting scratches easily
any idea how to protect? or any option to remove scratches?
Use polywatch for clear minor scratch on glass
Is crown corrosion very common?
I just got a submarine commander and like it.
The jump of the seconds hand is just because of some slack or play in the gears, i wouldn't call it a system;). Also the main reason for the crown's disengagement was to allow it to still be screwed down after fully winding the watch. I have an amphibia 170548 of my own and also love it to death.
J AI LA MMEME MAIS ELLE A PRIS L HUMIDIT2 DANS LA DOUCHE DE LA PISCIENE DOIS JE CHANGER LES JOINTS ?
Try red scotchbrite it has corbarundum
I've owned expensive watches and Vostok Amphibia is my favorite. I prefer the crown and case design and the movements are 31 jewels and they are great. The dials are not perfect, hour markers a little off and lume markers can be off center as well. Get one with a printed dial and only the lume markers may be a little off but not the hour markers. Even that isnt as big of a deal since a lot of watches don't even have hour or min markers but it makes me want to turn my nose up at them, i've tried and i can't help it i still love the Vostok Amphibia.
Do you have any particular favorite Amphibian case designs? I was looking at the 120… the 710 looks cool too, just hard to picture on my barely 7” wrist. I’m new to Vostok and watches in general.
Love this watch the engineering is simple and amazing and quite durable. BUT the time isn't reliable and adjusting the date is annoying.
Not sure why people don’t Polywatch the crystal… It takes all the scratches out and the crust looks brand new.
пару месяцев назад получил бочку, очень нравится
I never wanted to buy this watch because of the UGLY hour hand. Yes, I know there are lots of different ones, but I didn't want to replace them myself. I used to have two original once and still I have one now. It's not original as those two. I guess it was made somewhere in the middle 70s. It's not auto, you have to wind it manually
Здесь не хватает однонаправленного безеля с трещёткой
My grandfather had 2 Vostoks and 1 Raketa watch. The first two died relatively quickly since they were what they were - soviet junks. Third one - the Raketa seems to held it the most, it is still alive or what's left of it, I am to restore this watch and give it to my uncle as he is the rightful owner that should inherit it.
I never liked soviet watches or anything soviet in this regard due to personal reasons. I was not born during the communistic days of my home but I know soviet junk all to well.
In the end my dad bought my grandad a Casio watch (it looked like the A-158WA-1Q) and that's that. He threw the Raketa at the drawer and never thought about it, plus he was always giving it a hard time since it was so inaccurate. I think all 3 of them had either similar or the same movement. Regardless I hold no nostalgia for anything soviet, so AFAIC in my eyes they remain a soviet junk, makes me wonder what westerners see in them...
BTW congratulations on the Schengen event. Go Croteam! I am almost envious of you guys and the way you handled your progress. I hope we - your neighbors can learn from your example and make this region of Europe even better.
I own 3 Vostoks that were bought from different vendors, the 3 are broken, they are crap.
Where they komandirskie? Because komandirskie is less quality than amphibia.
The love for Vostok watches is irrational. This is the case when not very high-quality processing and not a super reliable mechanism are compensated by some nostalgic emotions for the time in which you were just born, but did not have time to live.
They rust at the crown within weeks of a beach swim even though they got a rinse in the shower afterwards. A waste of money. Sorry, but the charm has rusted off both of them.
Yes I experienced the same. Solved it by cleaning it and using silicone grease on the crown tube, now it no longer rusts, I too was very disappointed when it first happened
Your lack of research and caring for the watch does not constitute as a waste of money or the watch being bad.
Love this soviet thing. How frequently you use it man?
It is one of my most worn watches, simply because I wear it worry free no matter what I do.
Don't care about damaging or losing it.
For a new handset (longer minute hand, way way way better lume) check out "Favinov"
They also do remlue for dials.
Thanks, but even they don't offer a stock looking minute hand that is just longer