Amphibian Classic
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The first Amfibia classic watches were manufactured in 1967 in the USSR on Vostok Watch-Maker Inc. Professional seamen, divers and submariners gave their preference to Amfibia because of their simplicity and reliability. Non-failure operation on depth up to 200 m in conditions of significant temperature drops, in any excited environment - mechanical watches Amfibia stood extreme overloads and impacts. Those were the requirements.
Especially under the order of the Navy of the USSR was made the military modification of Amfibia, and tests of watches had passed during exercises of fleet by the Northern Sea.
The submarine has laid on a bottom on depth of 120-130 meters, simulating failure. A brigade of the divers, who had taken part in rescue of people, was provided with new Amfibia classic watches while they were participating in rescue. Both, tests and exercises had passed successfully.
In 1975 Amfibia watches had been in the space by the spaceship Soyuz-17 and to the station Salute-4.
Amfibia watches were also tested by less exotic, but not less evident ways. They were run over the trucks, hammered, but they continued to show an exact time.
Accuracy of work of Amfibia classic watches in many respects is obliged to the Vostok movements, and reliability to the shock-proof device of balance unit is a heart of mechanical watches.
Organized in 1942, Vostok Watch-Maker Inc. continues to follow traditions - all models of movements have so-called Swiss system escape descent, steel escape wheels and forks, a support on ruby stones, a watch hour spring made of special precision alloys. Having collected all world best experience of watch manufacture, Vostok Watch-Maker Inc. makes production which can be named by right the really Russian watches.
