Russian watches are quite new to M'sia and my first experience was thru RAW. They have quite a few up and coming brands tho and have quite a distinct look compared to the swiss/jap/german brands. The international forums like WUS hv dedicated forums on russian watches. Google,read and learn-they hv tons of info.
I do hv a Vostok Europe N1 Rocket I bought close to 2 years ago from a local AD. Good price to value ratio, tho for the price quality of finishing ( mineral crystal,etc) as you would expect is below swiss. No major complaints tho and I think VE is good value for the $$.
For ur info, VE is based in Lithunia , an ex-Soviet republic thus why there is the word "Europe" to distinguish it from Vostok which is still made in Russia. The earlier VEs have Vostok movements in them, hence it is in a sense very much a Russian watch. From what I know,due to limited production of movements by Vostok, VE hv now started using Seiko movements including in the model u are looking at.
