This week Vostok-Europe announced a new watch line dedicated to the famous Expedition North Pole-1 (Ceверный полюс-1)- the first Soviet manned drifting station used for scientific hydrological and geographical research of the polar region some 75 years ago.
The new watch line is designed and constructed for extreme conditions of polar expeditions. Stainless steel 47-mm watch case has water-resistance up to 200 meters, durable 4.1 mm K1 top crystal and variety of movements, straps and colors of cases and dials.
The watch will retail in the $200 to $300 range.
A final release date has not been announced but is expected to be soon.
Selection of movements:
- NH35A SII Japanese automatic movement with manual winding and stop-second hands functions.
- 2432 VE Russian automatic movement with day/night and 24-hours indication.
- 6S21 Miyota Japanese grand-chrono quartz movement with “mechanical” hands motions and 4 years of battery life.
Selection of straps:
Every watch can be supplied with one from the following straps:
- A leather bi-color strap with rivets and a double tongue.
- A silicon strap.
- An extra-long one-piece nylon NATO strap.
- An extra-long solid stainless steel bracelet with a safety lock buckle.
Each watch line available with black PVD plating and different colors of dials.