Greetings from Enggggurrlland!

[snowfox]

Or England rather

Nice to find this side of the forum - I feel more at ease communicating in English than Russian!

Found this forum via the Steinhart Limited Edition project with Gunter. Well I don't know much about watches, and I'm definitely not a collector! Thought it'd be fun to try and fit into this forum. I'm normally on the WUS forum.

Here is my current watch:




Aren't you impressed?

Probably not. Well I am. It's not the best watch, nor the cheapest, but it is actually made by Movado, the company who make Ebel and Concord watches. The automatic movements are very good. I like it not because of the label, but because of its design. It's probably nowhere near as good as a Valjoux 7750 but I figure it will last me 2 years with the warranty (if I don't rattle it apart).

It's the most expensive watch I've ever had which works more than a year! I'm not a collector nor a gadget frea, so I've only ever owned a handful of watches. Mostly, I use my mobile phone clock, but I suppose as I'm getting older, or rather, because of technological developments boring us to pieces with quartz chips and cheap electronics, I'm starting to appreciate proper crafted mechanical vintage watches again.

My parents gave me a Milus each when I was a kid - here's one which I restored after painstaking work (image). I couldn't get the other one fixed because it is an automatic and the parts seem broken. It's my favourite watch. I haven't seen another like it, but I intend to take care of this one. I know it's not much compared to the millions of watches you have on your photobucket albums lol. But hey - that's me

My next watch: I've been looking at the Steinhart watches or the Stowa watches. I get around riding a motorcycle, so most of my watches break within a year, usually from contact damage. I quite like the Russian Steinhart design. it seems to have a certain ... panache? about it .. which the others don't. Maybe it's the blue stripes. Anyway, I've been told I'm a foreigner on this board and I've got as much hope as a hen laying a golden egg in getting onto the reserve list.

Oh well. Maybe I need to lower my sights then. Anyone got a good Vostok Kommandirske with a big bright red star on the front dial for sale?

See you on the forum

[johnlondon]

hi mate,milus-ia a nice watch!a u restore that?
i have got old ussr watch""svet" from my grandpa..nice working condition,but need somme cleaning job done..
may be u can let me know,if u know,ofcourse.service in london about restoration?
thx

[dsea]

Your not supposed to be banging into things on the motorbike you know?

I am normally on WUS also, as t20569cald.
My wife is Russian so means we can be here too. Makes a nice change.

[snowfox]

hi mate,milus-ia a nice watch!a u restore that?
i have got old ussr watch""svet" from my grandpa..nice working condition,but need somme cleaning job done..
may be u can let me know,if u know,ofcourse.service in london about restoration?
thx

Hi there, wow. You have a Svet??!

I've only heard of these. No chance to sneak over to Moscow ever for me, so I haven't even had a basic Vostok before!

Yeah - that's my Milus, but it's my dad's. He took care of it and so did I. It needs a clean soon. Unfortunately everywhere in London was really expensive to repair/service it so I did it overseas (they charge about £80 to replace the glass and clean the winding mechanism, whereas it is about 1/3rd that usually).

The problem with the Svet' restoration, is that I doubt many watchmakers here will know these, unless it's a standard construction? I've no idea how complex it is...

[snowfox]

Your not supposed to be banging into things on the motorbike you know?

I am normally on WUS also, as t20569cald.
My wife is Russian so means we can be here too. Makes a nice change.
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Lol - I don't do it on purpose you know!

Cool to see another WuS user here! Are you a Vostok fan too?

I wish my Russian was better - you're kinda fortunate to have a better half who's fluent

[twl]

Very nice watches. Valjoux 7750 - perfect movement. Hope you'll enjoy our forum and find a lot of interesting stuff here

[johnlondon]

is my svet,
just a simple watch..i'm found some restoration service,is gonna cost around 40-60 quid..
so,its ain't bad,i hope)cose watch by itself workink fine..
u know maybe is cost just few pounds,but is to expensive 4 me like-memory
so fingers X.
if is gonna be done ,show u picture

[snowfox]

Thanks for the welcome guys


Hey Eugene - your Svet is very quaint! It looks like it is <30mm wide?

I guess you probably don't want to clean it yourself using lighter fluid to wipe the face in case the numerals come off.

I'll send you a PM of the repair guy I use. He's outside London and so is a bit cheaper ...

Of the sentimental watches I have to repair, I'm not doing very well with them. One was a hand-wind and cost £50 about 10 years ago. The automatic movement ones are harder to repair due to obsolete parts.

[laskavy]

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Anyone got a good Vostok Kommandirske with a big bright red star on the front dial for sale?

Hi snowfox,

I have one, see pics at http://forum.watch.ru/album.php?albumid=1815

[snowfox]

Sorry - been away...seconded to the other side of the world on a mission

Very nice..that strap seems to go very well too ...looks like tyre tread almost.