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Did you adjust it? Most Vostok watches have small internal "thing" to adjust - worked for me (had the same problem).

I took it to two watchmakers/maintainers in London to no avail.

Though they might not know what they’re looking at.

I can't show you my mechanism as its "sealed-out", but it is tiny winder that you move between -45* and +45*, you need very tiny screwdriver to manipulate it right or left.

Also it my case i observed that i have better accuracy when NOT winding the main mechanism to the maximum.

This largely sums up the Soviet watch industry.

Low tech, low cost with virtually no design value except when it's so completely off than that in itself becomes notable.

They are still collectable, because some watches are rare, it's just that they aren't very ... exciting or interesting.

Soviet watches are sometimes rough, but if they're properly regulated they can definitely keep very good time.

I've got a Vostok Amphibia, and when I got it off ebay it was extremely slow. I took it to get regulated and now it's almost dead-on (+/-few seconds a day).