Here is a Vostok 5-ChM ship clock which is a new arrival in collection.
Here is a video.
It's going to serve now as my kitchen clock, and here it is already on top of the refrigerator.
The same key opens the case and winds it.
It is on an after-market plywood stand which appears to be solid and well enough made.
Lid opened.
Now on the counter top with various glassware and possibly even liquids.
I am positive it is NIB aka new in box.
This is Vostok ship clock No. 2 but the first one USSR made.
Made in January 89.
I think it has been in conservation; in any case it has been keeping good time so far, even though I had a small problem with the seconds hand which got loose and even snagged on the minute hand but I managed to fix it.
Saw today a Vostok Ship Clock 5-ChM in the window of a souvenir shop on Arbat Street in Moscow.
Among the assorted Lenins and other stuff (including something that looks like hand grenades and a couple of swords), there is a Vostok 5-ChM Ship Cabin clock, a large wall mounted hand-wound mechanical clock.
It is very expensive there. I have and use a newer version of the Vostok 5-ChM clock.
Overall, Stary (Old) Arbat looks much as usual today -- full of baskers, street performers, old book sellers and some foreign tourists. There are also lots of (expensive) souvenir shops there.
You can take a photo on this rig supposed to represent a WWII motorcycle with a sidecar with a machine gun mounted on it meant to be operated by the sidecar passenger.
Not a watch this time but a whole wall mounted clock from my collection. And not just any clock -- a Vostok ship cabin clock!
I have had it since 2007 -- that means what -- for 6 years already? -- and it has been operating flawlessly and generally keeps a very good time. I had to move the adjusting slider at the top of the dial a bit at first but since then it has been running within single seconds per week -- better than almost all of my wristwatches.
The watch case opens and locks tightly with a key. The same key is used to wind the watch up. The case is dust- and water-proof. But some even claim that the clock is genuinely a water tight clock, they even say that such clocks have been found working and in some cases still ticking on board submerged vessels -- literally under water.
Setting time and winding.
Its technical data sheet runs like this:
Movement with 12 jewels with an anchor escapement.
Monometallic balance.
Splash-proof aluminum case with anti-corrosion coating.
At temperature 20±5°C, at humidity to 80% 6 days operation accuracy rate is ±90 sec.
Power reserve – 8 days.
Daily temperature change accuracy at the temperature range –25°C to +50°C is not over 1 sec. per 1°C.
Diameter – 210 mm.
Height – 74 mm.
Weight not exceeding 2,8 kg.
Regarding its appearance, my only complaint is the dial design, specifically the submarine picture on the dial. I would much prefer a plain white dial or a radio room type of dial. You see, the submarine picture and especially the black detail around it interferes with the hands, especially the shorter hour hand when it is between 11 and 1 o'clock -- the hand gets lost against the black circle when viewing it from certain angles -- as a result dial readability suffers. Other than that, I am satisfied with everything.
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