Description
Vostok Commander’s watch – 17 jewels
Manufactured on Chistopolsky Watch Factory “VOSTOK”.
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 “Commander’s” has mechanical lever movement and manual winding.
Admiral Kuznetsov carrier aircraft carrier is depicted on the watch dial – intimidating weapon indeed: during it’s 2016 deployment to Mediterranean the thick black smoke was giving away the russian presence long before sophisticated radars could located the ship. Two aircrafts were lost which is ironically more planes then NATO shot down in the whole history of confrontation with the alliance.
MANUFACTURED: 1991s
CASE SIZE 44x45mm
THICKNESS 11,5mm
LUG WIDTH 18mm
TYPE Mechanical
MOVEMENT 2414A
FUNCTIONS Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Calendar
Watch been through a recent service by a professional watch tech and keeps good time.
Comes complete with box, passport and grey nylon strap!
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With alternative black bezel!
About the watch factory
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
