RARE soviet Vostok – 30th anniversary of the first space flight with Yuri Gagarin, the first Astronaut!

Soviet mechanical Wostok (Vostok) watch.

MADE IN USSR!

Writing in russian on the dial: “Yuri Gagarin: “The Earth is so blue”” and portrait of Yuri Gagarin.

Manufactured on Chistopolsky Watch Factory “VOSTOK”, USSR.

The company was appointed an official supplier of watches for the Defence Department of the Soviet Union in 1965. This year also marks the creation of the well known Komandirskie (“Commander’s”) watch.

The watch is mechanical and does not need batteries to operate.

Original soviet “Vostok” has mechanical lever movement and manual winding.

CASE SIZE 42.5x37mm

THICKNESS 9mm

LUG WIDTH 18mm

TYPE  Mechanical

MOVEMENT 2403

FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds.

Watch went through a complete service by a professional watch tech and keeps good time.

Comes complete with NAGATA black leather strap.

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Watch Factory “VOSTOK” – began as the “2nd State Watch Factory” was evacuated during World War 2 to Chistopol in 1941.
In 1943 began producing Kirovskie watch – first soviet man’s wrist watch earlier made on 1st Moscow Watch Factory. From 1949 famous “Podeba” watches were made here.
From 1962 “Commander’s” watch Vostok were made on the factory.
Since 1969 factory was official supplier of Ministry of Defence, all watches produced were branded as “Vostok”
Other brands produced: Albatros, Amphibia, Buran, Chaika, General’s, Kama, Kolos, Comandirskie, Mir, Pobeda, Saturn, Sekonda, Sputnik, Svet, Uran, Vostok