VOSTOK Komandirskie cal.2414A / Soviet Military Issue

— How the Komandirskie came about —

In 1942 the Second Moscow Watch Factory was evacuated from the fighting to Chistopol, and what would become Vostok was born.

In 1965 the firm was certified as an official supplier to the Soviet Ministry of Defence, and the Komandirskie military wristwatch was developed.

A military wristwatch born of official adoption by the Soviet Ministry of Defence in 1965. A historic legacy whose name comes from the Vostok 1 spacecraft. Fitted with the highly durable in-house Cal. Vostok 2414A, with indirect seconds drive and instantaneous date change. The aesthetics of Soviet industry, spoken through a robust design philosophy. A singular masterpiece that keeps fascinating enthusiasts worldwide as the byword for the Russian watch.

— The Soviet connection —

The company name Vostok comes from Vostok 1, the spacecraft Gagarin flew.

The watches were also a propaganda object, standing for industrial capability and military reliability under the Cold War.

— The movement: Cal. Vostok 2414A —

An in-house movement with few moving parts, low risk of failure and high serviceability.

A distinctive indirect seconds drive in which the third wheel drives seconds and minutes together.

An instantaneous date-change mechanism, operated by a cam at eight o'clock, that switches the date at midnight.