Hello All,
a few weeks ago I discovered a thread on Vostok Amphibia modding on a German forum (http://uhrforum.de/v...modding-t172217). I'd known about Seiko modding for quite a while but wasn't aware that there is also a nascent Amphibia modding scene. I was fascinated and, being a fan of Vostoks, immediately caught the bug.
After countless hours searching around, I ordered a few bits for a mod - bezels, inlays and the like - as well as a new Amphibia from zenitar on eBay. One by one, the parts arrived and, in my excitement, I also bought another Amphibia from this forum (thanks mcb2007!) as a mod base. This morning, I was ready to start.
The first mod attempt is my 100SE that I bought from meranom around a year ago.
Here it is as bought:
Vostok Amphibia 100SE by wotsch2, on Flickr
I'd bought in a few bezels. An engraved (or etched?) one from Russia:
Vostok Amphibia Bezel by wotsch2, on Flickr
Two similar ones from the Ukraine (left) and the USA (right) to take the inlays I'd ordered from Hong Kong:
Vostok Amphibia Bezels by wotsch2, on Flickr
Also two from Germany:
Vostok Amphibia Bezels by wotsch2, on Flickr
(actually, these two don't fit a 100 case, but I'm showing them for comparison).
So, off with the original bezel on the 100SE and a photo shooting of the different options:
Vostok Amphibia 100SE Comparison by wotsch2, on Flickr
What a choice! One or two combinations were no-gos straight away, but I spent a lot of time back and forth trying to find my favourite. It turned out that my favourite was the Russian engraved bezel (far right on the above comparison pic), but I had other plans for that one that I hope to be able to post tomorrow.
After a good bit more humming and hahing and some patient advice from my better half, I finally settled on one of the above.
A bit of glue to fix the inlay to the bezel and, after a good hour and a half fiddling with the bezel wire to get the damn thing to fit properly, I was finished.
So, without further ado, I would like to present my first Vostok Amphibia mod.
(continues...)
a few weeks ago I discovered a thread on Vostok Amphibia modding on a German forum (http://uhrforum.de/v...modding-t172217). I'd known about Seiko modding for quite a while but wasn't aware that there is also a nascent Amphibia modding scene. I was fascinated and, being a fan of Vostoks, immediately caught the bug.
After countless hours searching around, I ordered a few bits for a mod - bezels, inlays and the like - as well as a new Amphibia from zenitar on eBay. One by one, the parts arrived and, in my excitement, I also bought another Amphibia from this forum (thanks mcb2007!) as a mod base. This morning, I was ready to start.
The first mod attempt is my 100SE that I bought from meranom around a year ago.
Here it is as bought:
Vostok Amphibia 100SE by wotsch2, on Flickr
I'd bought in a few bezels. An engraved (or etched?) one from Russia:
Vostok Amphibia Bezel by wotsch2, on Flickr
Two similar ones from the Ukraine (left) and the USA (right) to take the inlays I'd ordered from Hong Kong:
Vostok Amphibia Bezels by wotsch2, on Flickr
Also two from Germany:
Vostok Amphibia Bezels by wotsch2, on Flickr
(actually, these two don't fit a 100 case, but I'm showing them for comparison).
So, off with the original bezel on the 100SE and a photo shooting of the different options:
Vostok Amphibia 100SE Comparison by wotsch2, on Flickr
What a choice! One or two combinations were no-gos straight away, but I spent a lot of time back and forth trying to find my favourite. It turned out that my favourite was the Russian engraved bezel (far right on the above comparison pic), but I had other plans for that one that I hope to be able to post tomorrow.
After a good bit more humming and hahing and some patient advice from my better half, I finally settled on one of the above.
A bit of glue to fix the inlay to the bezel and, after a good hour and a half fiddling with the bezel wire to get the damn thing to fit properly, I was finished.
So, without further ado, I would like to present my first Vostok Amphibia mod.
(continues...)