{"id":57308,"date":"2023-11-02T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sovietwatchstore.com\/?post_type=product&p=57308"},"modified":"2024-02-04T12:09:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T10:09:06","slug":"vostok-amphibia-operation-desert-shield-with-automatic-self-winding-movement-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sovietwatchstore.com\/index.php\/product\/vostok-amphibia-operation-desert-shield-with-automatic-self-winding-movement-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vostok Amphibia OPERATION DESERT SHIELD with automatic self winding movement"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vostok Amphibia DESERT SHIELD soviet\u00a0watch<\/p>\n

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Manufactured on Chistopolsky Watch Factory “VOSTOK”<\/p>\n

The company was appointed an official supplier of watches for the Defence Department of the Soviet Union in 1965. This year also marks the creation of the well known Komandirskie (“Commander’s”) watch.<\/p>\n

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The Desert Shield Amphibia<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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One of the most historically interesting Amphibias is the “Desert Shield,” a watch celebrating the success of the Iraq War military operation of the same name. Vostok produced (allegedly) 200,000 of these specially dialled watches, across a range of models \u2013 not only Amphibias. \u00a0These watches were marketed to military personal for $99 ($149 for civilians), though apparently many were given away to troops stationed in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

The Desert Shield Vostok was the brainchild of an American import company called Timepeace Russian Watches, and is an artefact of a fascinating period of US\/Russian relations.<\/p>\n

Aside from the oddity of seeing “Made in the USSR” in the context of the jingoistic dial of these Vostoks, they are a great example of Glasnost, a policy encouraging openness and reform in the previously very closed USSR.<\/p>\n

That this watch, made in a Russian factory, commissioned by a company from Beverly Hills, was made possible by the reformist policies of Mikhail Gorbachev makes the Desert Shield Vostok a great memento of international geo-politics writ small. *source<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.<\/p>\n

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Original soviet Vostok\u00a0Amphibia\u00a0has automatic\u00a0lever movement and manual winding.<\/p>\n

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*An\u00a0automatic<\/em>\u00a0or self-winding\u00a0watch<\/em>\u00a0is a mechanical\u00a0watch<\/em>\u00a0in which the mainspring is wound automatically as a result of natural motion of the wearer\u2019s arm, to provide energy to run the\u00a0watch<\/em>, making manual winding unnecessary.<\/p>\n

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YEARS 1990s<\/p>\n

CASE SIZE 46x44mm<\/p>\n

THICKNESS 14mm<\/p>\n

LUG WIDTH 18mm<\/span><\/p>\n

TYPE \u00a0Mechanical<\/p>\n

MOVEMENT 2416\u0411<\/p>\n

FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Calendar<\/p>\n

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Watch went through a complete service by a professional watch tech and keeps good time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Comes complete with high quality 18mm canvas NATO strap![\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”56606″ img_size=”full” onclick=”zoom”][vc_column_text css_animation=”bounceInLeft”]This watch ships out from<\/strong>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine with tracking number<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”56608″ img_size=”full” onclick=”zoom”][vc_column_text]Modes of payment:<\/p>\n