What time is it? Watches and horology

@inchpincher was extremely kind to send me this Vostok, which neatly (and cheaply) helps my urge to get something with a blue face.

I'll give it a clean and put a grey Braided Perlon on like this:

Anyone know anything about Vostoks or can read Cyrillic? I think its an amphibian, but I cant find a similar one on image search.

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vodonepronitsayemyiy- translates as 'waterproof'

good to know!

Stauer double watch winder for sale. £35
Brown Leatherette outer quite scuffed in places but works fine. Two motion/speed settings. Continual clockwise or thirty seconds clockwise , thirty seconds anti-clockwise. 240v Mains or battery.

No dibs just pm me please. Thanks

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Loathe to cut up the hen's-teeth original strap to fit me (dad's wrists are way bigger), so got a Seiko bracelet coming in the post. Hope it fits the watch well, in the mean time fitted a new capacitor and spare grey nato.

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That is very, very cool. Good match to the pinball machine too.

Thanks. Dad had it since new, and as a child I loved the noise of the winder - used to steal it from the bedside table to wind it up a bit.

The crown was slightly bent on its stem so I straightened it a little. Must pressure test it before getting it near water since the old gasket is pretty well flattened.

as a child

I remember that coming out when I was at Uni. #criesintobeer

Was it tricky to replace the capacitor?

I remember those too, was a big fan at the time...

Kid got me up early so been reading about the kinetic movements, the premium iteration being the 9T82 38 jewelled Chrono beastie, instant hand snap back, instant date change and accurate to 0.1 second. The cases are a bit marmite, I wish they wouldn't label the fucking buttons.

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@inchpincher I'm 30 next month, with very little to show for it, so pass me that beer.

The capacitor is incredibly easy to change, just a bit fiddly with the tiny screws.

I saw that second monstrosity irl, couldn't decide who it was designed for. Would own, though.

@>>>>>> they're very dated now, but I like the nostalgia.

Off topic but that labelling crap annoys me too. And why do it? On a car gear change knob. Now. Third gear. I'll just take a look at the picture engraved on the knob. That's up one notch. Right one notch. Up one notch. Here we go. Phew. Did it. Now. Where's fourth gear?

Maybe it's for the factory workers to put the parts up the right orientation...?

Probably because dog leg shifts are still a thing, just. Maybe when there is a uniform standard of gear layouts they'll consider dropping the diagram. Can't be far away from that happening...

EDIT: Thinking about it, you'd still need an indication of where reverse is.

I wish they wouldn't label the fucI<ing buttons

Dremel

recently replaced the capacitor on my Beater Seiko AGS SUS - well worth it!

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Those seikos are a bit niche.

That's an incredibly polite way of saying something else

Too many Seikos!

Speaking of Seikos, can anyone help me find one - it sort of looked like @pdlouche's - similar lug-shapes, although smaller. Green face, day/date, black leather strap and had a rear window to view the movement - was automatic, rather than kinetic, from memory. I have been trying to replace it for years after losing it. Took it off to show someone the movement. In a cab. When drunk. You know how the story ends...

ah, but have you seen my skx007...

it's like spring tides

Something like this one?

http://www.ablogtowatch.com/seiko-recraft-automatic-watch-watch-review/

If not probably a Seiko 5, one of the billion variants?

Yeah, I think it was a Seiko 5. I don't fancy my chances ever finding the exact one again, but it will be an amazing feeling if I do.