This is a Vostok Military Dive Watch I had purchased back in 1988 from a guy who had a suite case full of Soviet-made military watches along the streets of Itaewon, Seoul. Unlike other Vostok military watches that are flooding the market nowadays, this one was actually issued to a Soviet soldier, and has an appropriate serial number stamped on the back of the case. The guy who was selling these watches said he had bought them from a Russian sailor whose ship had docked in the port of Pusan.

I picked this one out among other Soviet military watches he had in his suite case because it did not have the date feature and there was no Red-star symbol unlike other Vostok watches. The price was quite cheap too.

It's a diver's style watch, with screw-down crown, bi-directional bezel, and heavy stainless steel case. It is water resistant to 200m and also has an anti-magnetic shielding inside the caseback. The movement was originally 17 jewels manual-wind, but I had it replaced recently with an automatic movement taken out of a KGB watch (also from Vostok).

There's Cryllic writings on the dial and also on the caseback. I only managed to deciphere the "CCCP" part, but I was clueless about what other markings were for. Over the years, though, I've managed to found out what they meant by asking people who came from Russia. They said it meant:

Vostok (Far East)
Antimagnetic
17 Jewels
CCCP
Water Resistant 200m
Amphibian
Shock-Resistant

I've worn this watch on and off for the past ten years and it has really served me well. It has been my primary beater watch and I take it along when I go white-water rafting down the river. I've yet to see another Vostok military watch with the same exact dial though.

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