Restoring Neglected 1980s Dive Watch — Vintage Soviet Vostok Amphibia

In this video I will take you through a full restoration of a neglected Vostok Amphibia, a Soviet dive watch from the late 1980s. It appears the watch hasn't been serviced for decades with caked up dirt, deep crystal scratches, and heavily worn case on the outside.

The watch had a broken mainspring and a cracked irreparable bezel, these were the only replacements. I decided to polish the deeply scratched crystal instead of replacing it to preserve originality and factory 200m water resistance.

The watch was presumably never opened, so the watchface was extremely well preserved and the dirty dry movement was never messed with. This granted an incredible transformation as the layers of dirt and scratches were dealt with. Kick back and enjoy this relaxing ASMR video.

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