Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (Russian: Восток; literally meaning "East") is a Russian men's watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and amfibiamechanical watches. It also makes clocks and watch movements for other watch brands.
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History
The Vostok Komandirskie, marked "ЗАКАЗ МО СССР", meaning "Ordered by the Ministry of Defence of the USSR"Vostok Komandirskie with manual 2414A movement.
The Vostok Watch Makers company was founded in 1942 when one of the Moscow watch-making plants of the First Moscow Watch Factory was evacuated to Chistopol, a small town located on the Kama River in Tatarstan.[3] Only defence equipment was produced during the war years, but as soon as the war was over, the company started making mechanical wristwatches. In 2006, Vostok Watch Makers began marketing another line of watches branded "Amphibia".
Despite the introduction of the new lines of Komandirskie and Amphibia, the "classic" models (mostly designed in the 1960s and 1970s) of these lines were still in production (as of 2021[4]).
List of Vostok movements
Vostok produces its own mechanical movements. The company also owns "Briolet", which specializes in producing technical ruby-jewels.
The models produced are listed in the table below. Movement codes are based on the standard Soviet-era system.
Modern Vostok Amphibia with popular "Scubadude" dial.
Code
Diameter, mm
Height, mm
Type
Jewels
BPH
Features
Used in
2403
24
3.7
Manual
17
19800
Second hand at 9 o'clock
Vostok VOT
2209
22
3.7
Manual
17
18000
Central second hand
Vostok Amphibia (first models)
2409
24
3.7
Manual
17
19800
Central second hand
Vostok Amphibia, Amphibia lady first, Junior 2409A
