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. The company produces mainly rugged military and amfibia

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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

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.''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
Vostok Amphibia Scubadude

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

History

List of Vostok movements

See also

Notes

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