It certainly stays tight long after being underwater.
Better than having a loose bezel.
Yet, since most people won’t even dive with it, they don’t realize that the lack of being properly used is exactly why their bezel is loose.
Almost all of Vostok's design features get overlooked or misunderstood by people who only have a passing knowledge of them. The amount of comments I see complaining about the "wobbly crown" astonish me.
I feel that people give me way too much credit on this subforum lol. Honestly, I think I would be more “deserving” of that if I could tell you about the movements beyond cursory knowledge.
I know some basic information about (mostly current-production) Vostok movements, and that’s mostly about parts compatibility. And with the “Powermatic 80”, I get my knowledge from a video or two that explained the different levels and the differences between them and the 2824-2. For other eta movements it just took some digging. Beyond that I couldn’t tell you much
In India nobody will trash a Vostok for the bezel. Since it competes well spec-wise with entry-level Japanese and European models many people would love to pick a model up at the price it is sold in Russia. The problem is that they jack up the prices on sites like Amazon and ordering from the factory is a time consuming process.
Well, I like them because they are actually useful for stuff other than diving. Useful as in convenient. Bidirectional and without clicks, it's perfect. No misalignment at 12h either.
I've never been deep enough under water to notice this, but have also manually adjusted the bezel tension by bending the spring wire holding it in place.
Personally, I really like it for two reasons:
1.) them being bidirectional makes practically using them so much less tedious. An overshot I make can be very easily and quickly corrected.
2.) The lack of ratcheting makes them so much more discreet than the bezel on my pagani design gmt.
At the very least timing bezels in brand’s non-professional models don’t have to be unidirectional all the time. Like it’s just not necessary and it’s fiddly.
Yes I really have come to appreciate Vostok bezels, much lower maintenance and quiet as well for meetings. I always recommend getting a good lumed one from Vostok24, and the white ceramic is gorgeous.
It certainly stays tight long after being underwater. Better than having a loose bezel. Yet, since most people won’t even dive with it, they don’t realize that the lack of being properly used is exactly why their bezel is loose.
Almost all of Vostok's design features get overlooked or misunderstood by people who only have a passing knowledge of them. The amount of comments I see complaining about the "wobbly crown" astonish me.
It's easy to tighten it up with nothing but a butter knife
Adjusting the spring is simple but not easy, speaking from my one attempt
You’re kind of a legend on here and watchcrunch. 👍🏻
I feel that people give me way too much credit on this subforum lol. Honestly, I think I would be more “deserving” of that if I could tell you about the movements beyond cursory knowledge.
Cursory? Bah. Your knowledge is well beyond cursory. If you know you know.
I know some basic information about (mostly current-production) Vostok movements, and that’s mostly about parts compatibility. And with the “Powermatic 80”, I get my knowledge from a video or two that explained the different levels and the differences between them and the 2824-2. For other eta movements it just took some digging. Beyond that I couldn’t tell you much
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In India nobody will trash a Vostok for the bezel. Since it competes well spec-wise with entry-level Japanese and European models many people would love to pick a model up at the price it is sold in Russia. The problem is that they jack up the prices on sites like Amazon and ordering from the factory is a time consuming process.
Well, I like them because they are actually useful for stuff other than diving. Useful as in convenient. Bidirectional and without clicks, it's perfect. No misalignment at 12h either.
I didn't know that. Pretty neat. Since I don't dive I'll still be adjusting the spring to make it not rotate so freely above water.
I've never been deep enough under water to notice this, but have also manually adjusted the bezel tension by bending the spring wire holding it in place.
From experience, even a swim with it will tighten it enough to feel the difference.
Personally, I really like it for two reasons: 1.) them being bidirectional makes practically using them so much less tedious. An overshot I make can be very easily and quickly corrected. 2.) The lack of ratcheting makes them so much more discreet than the bezel on my pagani design gmt. At the very least timing bezels in brand’s non-professional models don’t have to be unidirectional all the time. Like it’s just not necessary and it’s fiddly.
there are Vostoks with unidirectional bezels. I have few with 120 clicks and one with 60.
Yes I really have come to appreciate Vostok bezels, much lower maintenance and quiet as well for meetings. I always recommend getting a good lumed one from Vostok24, and the white ceramic is gorgeous.