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Historic Story: Vostok-Europe Watches Design and Construction

Posted by Craig Hester on Oct 1st 2019

Historic Story: Vostok-Europe Watches Design and Construction
The year is 1992 and a young Lithuanian physicist named Igor Zubovskij toils away at the Vilnius radio measurement equipments research Institute with three colleagues. While most of the world looked on from the outside in and as the Soviet Union rapidly collapses, Zubovskij and his team live the increasing turmoil from the inside day after day working under classified Soviet directives. The t …
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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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Why Does My Russian Movement Watch's Second Hand Stutter Sometimes

Posted by Craig Hester on Jan 3rd 2019

Why Does My Russian Movement Watch's Second Hand Stutter Sometimes
Why does the second hand on my Vostok-Europe with the Vostok automatic movement sometimes stutter?If this is your first Vostok-Europe watch with the Russian movement from Vostok, or even your 15th, you may have noticed that the second hand can stutter sometimes. This can be particularly noticeable from the 10 position before the hour until the hand passes 10 after the hour and starts moving "downw …
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