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@hippy
Just got this off a bloke in Porto.
This watch is built like a tank and weights like one. It's an homage to the Soviet rocket lunching system Energia, the most powerful space launcher created with a capacity to get 100 metric tons on Earth's low orbit.
Dimensions: 44mm case (without crown), 50mm lug to lug, 15mm thick. The bracelet is a massive 25mm tank track (no, not really), 5mm thick with a double folding clasp (so no micro-adjustment). The whole watch weights 250g but it's more comfortable to wear than my Steinhart Ocean 1.
Movement: custom made Vostok 2441 32 jewels automatic movement. It only exists on the Vostok-Europe Energia models and it's built according to much higher standards of Vostok-Europe, so it's a much better movement than the regular Russian Vostoks.
General info: the case and bracelet have a mixture of brushed and polished areas. The crown is a pull out crown and it's a 5ATM WR watch. Lume is superluminova but it's not all that great. It's a bit like the superluminova C1 on the Steinhart Ocean 1.
Comes with everything: box, papers, extra links and hang-tag. It has 2 year warrant and it was bought by me on August this year, so plenty of warranty left.