SOTC State of the Collection - Vostok Amphibia

[@WINDINGCROWNS]

Very nice Vostok collection Pete!

[@chrisr8112]

Amphibias are becoming an addiction particularly since you shared the direct factory website… just sooooo funky

[@peteduran2545]

Vostok has a variety to choose from for sure.

[@Carlos-nq7up]

Great Video! I have nine Vostok Watches in my watch collection. Loved the silver scuba dude.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Thanks dude! Surprised at how many people are digging that one!!!

[@jimmyschiel3863]

Of course I love it, I have the black dial radio room. I'm a HAM operator so I added a 12 hour bezel to monitor 2 timezones. I built 3 more just like it in the 3 available color dials, took them to a HAM swap meet and sold all 3 in 10 minutes. Got build some more of those for sure.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

That's awesome! I want all the colors for myself!

[@jodysilvia2]

Great Vostok collection really cool stuff.

[@WatchWitt]

Yes! A Vostok only SOTC! Love the Radio Room story…I had never heard that. Definitely makes that already appealing/quirky dial even cooler.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Cool story bro, now make me a sandwich...lol. Thanks man;

[@WatchWitt]

@@ChillinwitWatches Haha! Mmmmmnnnn…sandwiches.

[@SoCalWatchReviews]

Great Vostok collection my friend! I can’t wait to check out the rest of your collection!

[@edwardfletcher7790]

I've got 5 Vostoks, 2 Radio Rooms, a plain Blue dial and a couple of Komandirskies submarine and KGB. I got a few of those excellent $10 AliExpress Shark Mesh straps for them. I wear them with NATO strap's too. I've never seen that beautiful green wave dial before ! Thanks 👍

[@13Hangfire]

Great Vostok collection! Thanks for sharing:)

[@BCallum]

Thanks for showing us your collection!

[@markgrieves1307]

I love your videos. I learn things that I didn't know. You have a great eye for style and the mix and match of aftermarket parts. It's a true talent. My own effort was a teal scuba dude on a round case (number unknown to me) with a metallic pepsi bezel and a shark mesh bracelet. Not super style but I enjoyed making it as you do. Peace from England Pete.✌️ 🇬🇧

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Sounds like a sweet looking mod to me!!!

[@markgrieves1307]

@@ChillinwitWatches Thanks Pete. I got the white sailboat Vostok on order just now so I need to watch again for the white bezel. Probably Meranom. Peace from England. ✌️🇬🇧

[@djapojunior]

A cool collection, love the Orange scuba dude. 👏 Vostok are such fun watches to have and to mod.

[@hgr.7857]

That 'silver surfer'!🔥🔥🔥 Your passion for & knowledge of watches beams right through the screen. I've been trying to find a difinitive guide for Vostok cases online somewhere & here you are! Despite the comically low price, I have 💯💛 for my gold KGB Amphibian on a variety of NATOs. They just wear great, I've -gotten used to- no, grown to love the trademark quirky crown. The only problem is... Once to Vost, you can't stost. Got 3 in transit now from Ukraine. It's becoming a whole new subset collection 🤷🏼

[@grady60]

Great collection and some lovely mods, good job!

[@davidlloydjones752]

Damn!, that green wave-dial is to frickin' die for!.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Love that one too!!!

[@WesWatchRoom]

Awesome selection you've got there but my fav would be the green wave dial one. So cool.

[@steven3379]

Nice collection,I have 4 Vostoks,1 70's vintage Raketa....I just love these things! That orange one is Saweet!!

[@ChillinwitWatches]

They are super fun!

[@rctezluh42069]

upvoted!

[@billr1449]

Awesome bunch of Vostoks Pete! :-> Great mods, as you always do and have. I was going to comment on your earlier video about buying them direct from the Vostok factory, as they're cheaper than from Meranom. Extra cheaper for us Canadians, (I am legally chillin' when I watch your videos, LOL) as we get rubles into CAD dollars, not the US dollars Meranom charges. Keep your great content coming, brother, you should have far more subscribers! And your sneaker collection is pretty sick. Peace!

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Thanks Bill, appreciate the kind words!!!

[@dinner_workingsly]

Sweet! Those 150 and 160 cases are my jam…nice set Pete 👍🏼👍🏼

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Those are cool ones!!!

[@timelesssneakersandwatches]

Great collection bud 👏👏👏

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Nice! I liked the story behind the radio silence dial. Hadn’t seen that before. Would be great to see your digitals.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Cool isn't it! For sure, digitals coming up!

[@dunderhay9169]

That's a great collection, I didn't realize how compact that 160? case with the hooded lugs is! The 710 is my favourite (I fitted a silver radio room dial with blued hands 😍 ), but I have 650 Komandirskie and 670 Amphibia too. Keep up the good work 👍

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Nice set you got too!!!

[@saevans63]

I've got a few Vostoks in my collection too. They are great watches to have some fun modding. Look forward to seeing the next instalment in your SOTC videos.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Digitals, seikos, mods, keepers what should come next?

[@saevans63]

@@ChillinwitWatches Seikos?

[@watchsixto]

Nice vostok lineup 👌

[@eliakuiper4266]

Nice collection & strap work. "I just took the grinder to some 22mm end links" I wish I had the equipment, skill and inclination to do the same.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

They were like $3 end links, no big deal if it didn't work! Lol

[@cecilyau4440]

So, I have the radio room, green wave dial, and sailboat Vostoks. Great minds, perhaps? 😁 I did move them around the various cases and brushed all the lugs, though.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Indeed!!! They are fun to shuffle around!

[@cecilyau4440]

@@ChillinwitWatches Yes, but that’s the problem. I keep wanting to try out new cases (eg. buying more)!

[@choond]

Great collection! 👍

[@Ecoat65]

Radio Room dial was the result of the sinking of the Titanic I believe. Great channel, enjoy it much!

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Oh neat,I hadn't heard that before! And thanks for the kind words!

[@seanrobinson9854]

Love yer Vostok collection. I only have one, a Blue Scuba Dude (from Meranom), but also have a Vostok Scuba Dude shirt (Jody at JOMW wore one and gave me the site to get it), and a Scuba Dude Coffee Mug (Dave at Just The Watch sells them at his store)

[@ChillinwitWatches]

#allthescubadudeswag

[@LaFritePerreGoat]

Good luck for your consolidation! Just ordered a 3rd Vostok today. Not ready yet ! 😅

[@ChillinwitWatches]

I did pretty good! Feels good right after, but always creeps back up!!!

[@salam-s9y]

Im really liking the green wave dial! Looks gorgeous with its lightplay, im wondering if it will look good with a suit....

[@Andrew-J316]

Love the collection! Thanks for showing them. Have some new mod ideas! :)

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Thanks man, build em!!!

[@ronin7106]

Hi Pete. Thanks for the Vostok SOTC. Love the look on the "Restrained" 710 SE. Would be awesome if you could share the reference of the Bezel and as to where I may perhaps pick up one. Thanks

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Here ya go: meranom.com/ru/amphibian-classic/bezels/vostok-amphibia-universal-bezel-dark-grey-3d-indexes.html

[@ronin7106]

@@ChillinwitWatches Thanks for the guidance pete. Fairly new to the Vostok Game.

[@porkchopkufo]

Great vid!

[@renngretsch]

Veemaster...great name!

[@TennesseeMike]

Great sub-collection. Fun brand.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Thanks Mike! How's life?!

[@elgatto3133]

I've got my 110750 radio room amphibia in front of me and my 811783 Komandirskie on my wrist. And there's a Zakaz Mo on my wishlist too, beginning to think I may have a vostok problem.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

No such thing!!!!

[@elgatto3133]

​@@ChillinwitWatchesThey hit in the spot of the brain where they're substantial enough to be cool, but not enough where the "nah that's too expensive" part kicks in.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

@@elgatto3133 well said!

[@_guillermo]

That Vostok “Silver Surfer” is stunning. Really wish they sold that

[@ChillinwitWatches]

I'm pretty sure you can buy that watch, and add on a bezel, and they'll put it on for you, basically making that watch. At meranom.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

I really dislike that 160 case because of the horrid 18mm strap size. I'm so impressed with your bezel choices. Your black Scuba Dude looks fantastic !

[@ChillinwitWatches]

The 160 case has 22mm lugs! It's only the Komandirskie version that has 18 mm lugs, and the vintage..

[@edwardfletcher7790]

@@ChillinwitWatches I've got the Komandirskie version with the blue circle submarine. I've got a large wrist, so 18mm straps look a bit girly on me.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

@@edwardfletcher7790 totally, and 18mm looks at odds with the case size as well

[@jimmyschiel3863]

How do you like the bracelet? I don't care for the way it wears with the flat case, but it one of the best bracelets Восток makes. I prefer their OD NATO.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Which bracelet you talking bout?

[@jimmyschiel3863]

@@ChillinwitWatches the stock bracelet, the case is flat on the radio room, on my wrist it looks ridiculous. I put it on a Амфибия with turn down lugs and it was great. It has solid pins instead of cotter pins, and it seems solid.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

@@jimmyschiel3863 gotcha, my radio room came in a 110 case which I really do not like, it's a freaking dinner plate! Lol. I moved it to the 100 which I find much more wearable. And I put some cheap president bracelet on it that is quite comfy!

[@jimmyschiel3863]

@@ChillinwitWatches yeah,I like the 110 with the NATO, gives it that large and in charge military look when operating a radio room at the HAM field exercises. I'm their main electrician so I robbed an anti-magnetic caseback off a vintage Восток Амфибия.

[@ChillinwitWatches]

@@jimmyschiel3863 super cool! Definitely wrist presence, like you said it's flat, but the NATO probably helps a ton

[@butnugit]

Very cool collection, Pete! I've had my eye on one particular Vostok for a while (it would be first), but I just haven't pulled the trigger on it. I plan to use your "secret tip", but I don't know if I'm more scared of giving my credit card info to the "Russians", or getting my balls busted by my wife for yet another watch purchase. 🤣

[@ChillinwitWatches]

I've bought from vostok several times, no problems. Can't help with the wife problem! Lol

[@butnugit]

@@ChillinwitWatches Haha, good to know. I just need to do it, then. She'll get over it. 🤣

[@mrbacchus6127]

Lol they can't all be "one of my favorites"

[@ChillinwitWatches]

I felt like that was where I was headed!!! Lol

[@zillsburyy1]

hit or miss

[@Faetter-Blobs-Filmbiks]

Please get your facts straight

[@ChillinwitWatches]

Uh oh, what I get wrong?

[@Faetter-Blobs-Filmbiks]

The radio room

[@ChillinwitWatches]

@@Faetter-Blobs-Filmbiks set us straight bro, what was wrong?

[@Faetter-Blobs-Filmbiks]

@@ChillinwitWatches im not your bro