Vostok Amphibia Review – 'Zissou' displayed on wooden steering wheel.
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Vostok Amphibia Review

The Vostok Amphibia is a classic automatic diver’s watch, and a special piece of wristwatch history. It’s also my top pick for a mechanical, affordable dive watch under $100. In my review of the Amphibia I’ll show you just why that is. Many people have an almost strange fascination with …

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Wrist shot of Vostok Amphibia, with NATO strap, while kayaking.
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First dive with the Amphibia today.

Read the Full Review of the Amphibia Here I’ve been so busy leading kayak tours this summer that I hadn’t had a chance to do any actual SCUBA diving since I bought my Vostok Amphibia. Well that changed this morning! Did my first dive in way too long out at Rockaway …

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Vostok Amphibia with Life Aquatic dial
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Unboxing My Vostok Amphibia Diver

Vostok Amphibia Full Review Here I just got hired to start doing guided kayak tours in the local area, and I wasn’t going to be able to keep pulling my cell phone out of my pocket to check the time. It was time to start wearing a watch again. I …

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Guide to Dive Watches
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Dive Watches: A Quick Guide to the Basics

Just getting into watches? Be sure to reference our guide to common watch terms while reading this. What is a dive watch? At it’s most basic, a dive watch (also known as a diving watch, or a diver’s) is a watch designed for underwater diving that can withstand at a …

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Basic Watch Terminology

Just getting into watches? If you’re like me, you’re running into a lot of seemingly obscure terms and phrases.  So what do all these watch specific words mean? I’m not going to be able to cover everything you might see, but this guide will provide a good reference, so you’ll be …

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