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I recently bought a Vostok amphibia 420059 and wanted to know what kind of lume they used and haven’t found a good answer anywhere. Really want to know how the watch look after some years

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3 hours ago, corstjens said:

I recently bought a Vostok amphibia 420059 and wanted to know what kind of lume they used and haven’t found a good answer anywhere. Really want to know how the watch look after some years

Superlumanova 

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5 hours ago, jdrichard said:

Superlumanova 

Probably not. Super-luminova is a brand name of a Swiss made product. I would think a Russian factory would have used instead a local product in order to keep production cost lower.

 

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I recently bought a Vostok amphibia 420059

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2 hours ago, jdm said:

Probably not. Super-luminova is a brand name of a Swiss made product. I would think a Russian factory would have used instead a local product in order to keep production cost lower.

 

FYI we have a section here where it's considered polite for new members to introduce themselves first.

I have made several posts already on which you answered so.. 

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34 minutes ago, corstjens said:

I have made several posts already on which you answered so.. 

Have you made these under the same nickname? Below the information on which I based my comment, please let me know in PM if I'm wrong. 

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3 hours ago, jdm said:

Probably not. Super-luminova is a brand name of a Swiss made product. I would think a Russian factory would have used instead a local product in order to keep production cost lower.

 

FYI we have a section here where it's considered polite for new members to introduce themselves first.

It is Superlumanova, I’m sure ( I think:))

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Just now, jdrichard said:

It is Superlumanova, I’m sure ( I think:))

Please share the basis of your knowledge then, these are after all Iron Courtain watches with all the related secrecy 😎

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2 minutes ago, jdm said:

Please share the basis of your knowledge then, these are after all Iron Courtain watches with all the related secrecy 😎

At the cottage, will need to look this up. The Lume is amazing btw, better than Seiko and Hamilton and I have a lot of them….stand by.

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11 minutes ago, jdrichard said:

 

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Oh gotcha, it's because "the Internet said so" 😊

Being my input exactly of the same rank, maybe the OP can search further advice in a Russian watch collector's forum. Or wait a couple of decades and let us know here 😁

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5 hours ago, jdm said:

 

This particular Vostok GMT Reef they did not make like the rest. It has a click bezel (120 clicks), a screw down conventional diver caseback and I think this is why they used a different lume. I can charge this Lume and read a book with it an hour later.

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5 hours ago, jdm said:

Oh gotcha, it's because "the Internet said so" 😊

Being my input exactly of the same rank, maybe the OP can search further advice in a Russian watch collector's forum. Or wait a couple of decades and let us know here 😁

You know I now need to prove you wrong:)

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10 hours ago, jdrichard said:

This particular Vostok GMT Reef they did not make like the rest. 

That's all good with me but the Vostok GMT Reef (086492 costing about €250) is a different watch from the one OP is asking about, that is the Vostok Amphibia (420059, for about €80).

I rest my opinion that on a watch of very moderate cost it's unlikely that an imported, expensive component is being used.

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3 hours ago, jdm said:

That's all good with me but the Vostok GMT Reef (086492 costing about €250) is a different watch from the one OP is asking about, that is the Vostok Amphibia (420059, for about €80).

I rest my opinion than on a watch of very moderate cost it is unlikely that an imported, expensive component is being used.

All good and good little Saturday adventure.

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