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Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (russian: Восток; literally meaning "East") is a Russian watchmaker based in
Chistopol Chistopol (russian: Чи́стополь; tt-Cyrl, Чистай, ''Çistay''; cv, Чистай, ''Çistay'') is a town in Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kuybyshev Reservoir, on the Kama River. As of the 2010 Census, its p ...
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Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...
,
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. The company produces mainly rugged military and
amfibia Amfibia (often spelled "Amphibia" or "Amphibian") is a Soviet watch that in the West would be called a Dive watch. Produced in large quantities for the Soviet and Russian military, these watches gained significant popularity worldwide. The Vost ...
mechanical watch A mechanical watch is a watch that uses a clockwork mechanism to measure the passage of time, as opposed to quartz watches which function using the vibration modes of a piezoelectric quartz tuning fork, or radio watches, which are quartz watches ...
es. It also makes clocks and watch movements for other watch brands.


History

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 Chistopol (russian: Чи́стополь; tt-Cyrl, Чистай, ''Çistay''; cv, Чистай, ''Çistay'') is a town in Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kuybyshev Reservoir, on the Kama River. As of the 2010 Census, its p ...
, a small town located on the
Kama River The Kama (russian: Ка́ма, ; tt-Cyrl, Чулман, ''Çulman''; udm, Кам) is a long«Река � ...
in
Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...
.''International Watch'' magazine, Nov. 2006, pg. 187 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).


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 standar
Soviet-era system


See also

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Amfibia Amfibia (often spelled "Amphibia" or "Amphibian") is a Soviet watch that in the West would be called a Dive watch. Produced in large quantities for the Soviet and Russian military, these watches gained significant popularity worldwide. The Vost ...
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Poljot Poljot (russian: Полёт, literally meaning "flight"), is a brand of Soviet/Russian wristwatches, produced since 1964 by the First Moscow Watch Factory (russian: Первый Московский Часовой Завод, ПМЧЗ, ''Perviy M ...
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Raketa Raketa ( rus, Ракета, p=rɐˈkʲɛtə, "Rocket") wristwatches, have been manufactured since 1961 by the Petrodvorets Watch Factory in Saint Petersburg. The Petrodvorets Watch Factory is Russia's oldest factory, founded by Peter the Great i ...
* Pobeda


Notes


Vostok history


External links

*{{official website, http://www.vostokinc.com Soviet watch brands Russian brands Watch movement manufacturers Watch manufacturing companies of the Soviet Union Watch manufacturing companies of Russia Companies based in Tatarstan