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I have owned two (new) Vostoks so far, and they've proven easier to adjust and tinker with than a Seiko 5 my friend has. They really nailed down mass production
by kristjank 2y ago
I have owned two (new) Vostoks so far, and they've proven easier to adjust and tinker with than a Seiko 5 my friend has. They really nailed down mass production of that soviet "Good enough, watch is fine" engineering concept. When properly adjusted (which they don't bother to do at the factory), they also keep time perfectly (+- 1s/day), provided you don't let the spring unwind completely. Some of them are ugly as sin though.
- user_7832 2y agoCould you explain how they're easier? I thought all analogue watches were very similar - pull the crown out, rotate, push it back in.
- ljf 2y agoI assume the parent means to adjust the watch internals - changing how fast or slow it runs, and completing basic servicing. I have a couple of automatic Seiko's and they keep terrible time despite (fairly expensive) servicing, and they are made for home adjustments (though that doesn't stop a lot of people having a go).
- aprilthird2021 2y agoHe means adjusting the screws / levers that regulate how much or how little of the wound spring to let out at a time. Slight changes to that tolerance can "adjust" how fast or slow your watch keeps time. You can pop the back of a mechanical watch off and adjust these parts with a tweezer and put it back together, then see if the time is kept better. There's also machines that can detect the time keeping accuracy to help you adjust a watch's timekeeping this way