A Russian is on the way -

[Captain Pre-Capsize]

Just ordered this one. After looking at their whole selection over the past couple of weeks this ended up being the one. I like that it does not have a black dial but not white either, kind of bronze or beige tone. The black hands provide a nice contrast for these eyes. The 40 mm diameter is the right size for my wrist and I kind of like the utilitarian Soviet look to the watch. Not quite clunky but husky and yet finished looking.

I don't get the rotating dial, partially black and some red - any tips on the purpose? I realize it is to serve as a timer of sorts but why the different colors and divided 1/3 and 2/3 the way they are.

 

[little Big feather]

It's Russian......Why do you want to know?
Who do you work for, Captain?

 

[rockviper]

My guess is that it's a submariner's watch and like a diver's watch, you set the dial to the time when you submerge. Best to surface within 5 hours or the whole crew turns red.

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

40 minutes is about max time for your first dive of a day to around 35 feet if I remember my dive books enough.

 

[chiefum]

That is a really nice looking watch.

 

[Captain Pre-Capsize]

Best to surface within 5 hours or the whole crew turns red.

But if it is a Russian watch made by a company (Vostok) that was founded during the Cold War, wouldn't the whole crew ALREADY be "red?"

 

[73mountaineer]

Don't know a lot about watches, but I know what I like, and that is one incredibly good-looking unique watch! Very nice.

 

[little Big feather]

But if it is a Russian watch made by a company (Vostok) that was founded during the Cold War, wouldn't the whole crew ALREADY be "red?"

With their history of sub failures, you better understand "Better Dead Than Red"......
Bad thing about Russian watches in the West...Even after the end of the "Cold War",You still have to get them debugged!!....

 

[global_dev]

I had a komandirski vozdushni decent cil that i got back in 99 in russia. A lot of fun to wear.

Enjoy the vostok

 

[lister]

The red dots aren't representative of a dog watch are they? ( ie two short watches to create an odd number of watches in the day and allow a proper rotation)I always thought they were from 1600-2000 hours though, but who knows what lurks in the military mind

 

[Squidma]

40 minutes is about max time for your first dive of a day to around 35 feet if I remember my dive books enough.

It depends on your surface intervals between dives and the planned depths of subsequent dives. 35 feet is a shallow dive with no decompression. If deep dives are planned you would typically try to do them first thing and move on to shallower dives subsequent to that.

 

[Argonaut]

Sweet looking watch!

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

It depends on your surface intervals between dives and the planned depths of subsequent dives. 35 feet is a shallow dive with no decompression. If deep dives are planned you would typically try to do them first thing and move on to shallower dives subsequent to that.

yeah, you can get upwards of an hour at 45 feet if you're fresh... 2 minute decompress at 10 feet, etc etc etc... so many variables before you even hit tri-mix.

but the russian books could have said something else

 

[lister]

Don't forget water temp, general conditions, etc all affect times. Also whether you start hitting nitrox or heliox...

 

[Isaac]

very nice looking watch

 

[Krona Kruiser]

Those Vostoks are a lot of bang for for your buck and there are so many configurations to choose from. The whimsical designs and hardy movements are their charm. Here's one I've been checking out:

 

[bmharold]

It will be awhile getting there. I ordered my Vostok Amphibia just like the one below from the same vendor. I think they actually walk it to the caspian sea, and then have smugglers in submarines bring it across, at which point a "homeless person" network takes the package and hitchhikes all the way to your personal address....in short...you're going to be waiting like 3 1/2 weeks.

 

[cb91710]

40 minutes is about max time for your first dive of a day to around 35 feet if I remember my dive books enough.

Nahh... 35ft you're good for much longer than you'd likely carry air for (205 minutes).
The old Navy tables were 60ft for 60 minutes.
PADI and the current NAUI tables are slightly more conservative, with 60ft being in Group-S at 47 minutes, or Group-W with a mandatory safety stop at 55 minutes.

100ft, you're good for 20 minutes, which could be the red section, but I suspect it is something completely different because old Russian designs would not follow modern dive tables, and submariners would not be concerned about recreational decompression limits anyways... commercial and military divers were always (and still are) "Bend and treat"... yank the guy out of the water to get his equipment onto another worker and stuff the guy in a chamber for the rest of his shift.

 

[Captain Pre-Capsize]

It will be awhile getting there. I ordered my Vostok Amphibia just like the one below from the same vendor. I think they actually walk it to the caspian sea, and then have smugglers in submarines bring it across, at which point a "homeless person" network takes the package and hitchhikes all the way to your personal address....in short...you're going to be waiting like 3 1/2 weeks.

Ugh, so is this a Christmas gift to me for NEXT year? I am not surprised but still, these days you would think... Nice clean face on that one you have there.

Krona - nice watch you are looking at. That blue / green face you don't often see.

 

[PhiGam]

Submariners do not worry about decompression becuse they operate at or near surface pressure, even below 300 meters.

Kind of like airplane passengers above 35,000 feet--the cabin is pressurized to surface conditions. Same in the boat.

Nahh... 35ft you're good for much longer than you'd likely carry air for (205 minutes).
The old Navy tables were 60ft for 60 minutes.
PADI and the current NAUI tables are slightly more conservative, with 60ft being in Group-S at 47 minutes, or Group-W with a mandatory safety stop at 55 minutes.

100ft, you're good for 20 minutes, which could be the red section, but I suspect it is something completely different because old Russian designs would not follow modern dive tables, and submariners would not be concerned about recreational decompression limits anyways... commercial and military divers were always (and still are) "Bend and treat"... yank the guy out of the water to get his equipment onto another worker and stuff the guy in a chamber for the rest of his shift.