[irawayne]

Hello, I inherited a vintage Wostok 2605 watch and I would be grateful if you could answer me three questions. I have done some research on the internet, but all I have found out so far, is that this watch could be made between 1950 and 1989. Sorry for its dirtiness, but watch services in my country aren't any good as they told me to get myself a new watch and the crack is a result of my relative's hard work. Can you please tell me the exact year or an approximation of when it was made? I have found only one watch with the same logo - WOSTOK on the internet, different model though, but all legit watches called Wostok seem to have a line above them; is this a real Wostok watch, if so, is it considered rare? Date field seems to get stuck everyday it changes, so it displays me half of the actual date and little from the day before, unless I wind it in the morning to 10 pm and back - then it works normally, but only for a day; how can I fix this? Thank you in advance.

http://imageshack.com/a/img838/8080/3b1q.jpg Front
http://imageshack.com/a/img841/138/ki140.jpg Back

 

[AbslomRob]

If you were going to fake a watch, you'd probably pick a better name name "wostock"...I believe this is probably a Russian movement from the 70's or 80's, but we'd need to see inside the caseback to be sure.

 

[vpn]

Hi Wayne, the Vostok is original. The Wostok logo was used on the models for the export market (mostly Eastern Block countries and some other ones that imported them), while the ones made for the USSR domestic market and the other countries that used the Cyrillic alphabet, the logo was "Boctok". I guess the watch might be from the '60s, since a later variant of the latin "Wostok" logo adopted a styling similar to its Cyrillic counterpart. The reason why the date wheel gets stuck is because the watch needs a service, you should take it to a watchmaker for a cleanup and a relubrication of the movement. After all it's been unused for a long time, so it needs to be serviced before being used, a bit like when you find an old '60s car resting in a barn: you can't pretend to drive it without restoring it and repair the broken parts. ;-)

The watch per se isn't rare, however is uncommon with the Latin logo, as I've always seen it with the Chaika and cyrillic Vostok brand, instead of the Latin version.

 

[irawayne]

Thank you for your prompt responses. After I opened my quartz watch, its case has been involuntarily opening and I don't want to go through the same hassle again. But I do appreciate that it's real and uncommon, as well as its age. I'll try and find myself some old watchmaker.