VOSTOK BURAN ARCTIC AVIATION PILOT AEROFLOT WATCH RUSSIAN VINTAGE MECHANICAL
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view my other auctions below: visit my entire auction showcase Now we offering you this unique style mens timepiece VOSTOK Vostok (Russian: meaning East) . The Vostok 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. Only defense equipment was produced during the war years, but as soon as the war was over the company started making mechanical wrist watches. However, the Company did not begin using the "Vostok" brand name until the 1960s. Presumable "Vostok" brand was named after the Vostok space program, which gave the initial advancement of the USSR in the Space race (as some others soviet watch brands, named to space topics in 1960s - Poljot and Raketa). The company was appointed an official supplier of watches for the Defense Department of the Soviet Union in 1965. This year also marks the creation of the well known Komandirskie ("Commander's") watch. These watches were original produced for officers in the soviet armed forces but have since become desirable watches in their own right. Examples with the wording “by order of the Ministry of Defence of the USSR” are the most desirable as these were commissioned by the soviet government. These models were subject to rigorous quality control and
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