Vostok-Europe N1 Rocket Russian Automatic Watch : 2426/2204048

[JayGoliath]

For sale is a beautiful ,discontinued Vostok Automatic watch with dual time:

• Decorated automatic 2426 Vostok Russian watch movement with blued parts and 24-hours hand
• 24-hours counter disc
• Two-color day & night indicator
• 32 jewels
• Shock-resistance balance
• Dual Time function
• Central second hand, date calendar
• All surgical grade stainless steel
• 42 mm case with mineral lens (Mohr hardness of 7.1 for scratch-resistance)
• 10 ATM water resistance
• Screw-in crown
• SuperLuminova indexes on the dial and hands
• Rotating bezel with 24-hours counter
• 36-hour power reserve when fully wound
• Screw-in transparent back cover with engraved serial number
• Comes with original box and watch pillow
• Authentic leather strap
* strap has been replaced with a genuine Vostok Ostrich leather strap, restored with pure beeswax for mildew protection.


Placed to RMJ Challenge coin (not for sale) for size comparison:








Here's a video about the history of the N1 rocket:
[video=youtube;OcjBjfLwd2Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcjBjfLwd2Q[/video]

An excerpt from the review on another forum:

The bezel moves in both directions, but since it is designed to be a poor man's GMT, that's okay. The fourth hand rotates once in 24 hours, so you can always see whether it's day or night by checking it. The dial of the watch is very nicely done, with a very, very nice sunburst finish that you simply can't catch well in the supplied photo.

Lume is adequate, lasted through the night with no problems. It is applied in two intensities: heavy on the minute, hour and 24-hour hand, and less so on the 3-6-9 and hour indices inbetween, which gives it a two-layered lume effect that I like.

The movement is the 2426 from Vostok Europe, which has some rather nice detailing - geneva stripes on the rotor (real ones, not pressed ones) and chemically blued screws on numerous parts. It has been keeping very good time, but needs to break in before I can really get a feel for it.

I've got the black bracelet fairly loose on the wrist, and it really wears well for a watch of this size. I've got small wrists and the bracelet hangs very nicely from the lugs of the watch downwards so that even though the watch is pretty much as large as I would really want to wear, it doesn't feel big.-JohnF

Got this in a trade and didn't wear it much.
More like a dinner watch to me so it didn't get stained or destroyed like my Casio Bin Laden (F-91W).
Condition on this lovely watch is used with some scratches on bezel surface, lense and case.

With that i'm letting this go for 270 usd shipped with tracking number. MRSP is 400.
Paypal is good. PM me for fastest response.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the pics!

 

[JayGoliath]

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