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European Watch Review: Vostok-Europe Bronze Energia Dive and Tritium

Posted by Craig Hester on Oct 1st 2019

European Watch Review: Vostok-Europe Bronze Energia Dive and Tritium
Hey everybody, Craig Hester here with R2Awatches.com and thank you for joining us again as we continue on our journey through all the watches that are available at R2Awatches.com today we are talking about the Energia from Vostok Europe. One of my favorite watches to talk about particularly in this execution, which is the original Marine grade bronze. If you're watching this on YouTube, you w …
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European Watch Review: Vostok-Europe Energia Bracelet Watch

Posted by Craig Hester on Sep 15th 2019

European Watch Review: Vostok-Europe Energia Bracelet Watch
Hey everybody. Craig Hester here with R2Awatches.com thank you for joining us today as we continue our journey together through the watches that are available@R2Awatches.com. If you're watching this on YouTube, be sure and hit like hymns like and subscribe. Easy for me to say. If you are watching this on Facebook you want to join the Vostok-Europe Timepieces group on Facebook. It is the most …
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Behind the Name: European Watches and Their Significant Names

Posted by Craig Hester on Jan 31st 2019

Behind the Name: European Watches and Their Significant Names
Taking a little time from watch designing and thinking about our next watch project, I was reading about the origin of the band name Toad the Wet Sprocket. That's an interesting enough story in and of itself.  Turns out it came from a 1970s Monty Python skit, where Eric Idle was trying to come up with a name so ridiculous, nobody would ever really think it could be a real band. Boy, was …
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