April 2004
First collection
The first Vostok Europe watch collection was presented at BaselWorld 2004. All models were named after major technological and scientific achievements.
2005
Extreme testing begins
Vostok Europe became the official timekeeper for the Murmansk-Vladivostok Race — the world’s longest winter car race.
2008
Special editions
The brand began creating special edition watches for NATO forces, including divers, F-16 and Apache pilots, submariners and rescue teams.
2009
Tritium illumination
A partnership with Swiss company mb-microtec laid the foundation for tritium tube illumination and led to the Ekranoplan collection.
2010
Anchar dive watches
The Anchar collection introduced the brand’s first diving watches with tritium tubes, 300-meter water resistance and Japanese SII movements.
2011
Going to extremes
The slogan “Watches for going to extremes!” was created. Vostok Europe also developed vertically mounted reflector tritium tubes for better dial visibility.
2012
Dakar and deep caves
The VE Anchar was field-tested at the Dakar Rally, while the N1 Rocket Tritium line was tested in Krubera-Voronia, one of the world’s deepest caves.
April 12, 2013
Into the stratosphere
The Lunokhod model was launched to 16,680 meters — twice the height of Mount Everest — enduring -44°C, vacuum and radiation.
2014
Automatic chronograph
Vostok Europe produced the world’s first watches with the NE88 column-wheel automatic chronograph movement from SII Japan.
2015
New case materials
The company started experiments with new materials for watch cases, successfully introducing titanium and bronze models.
2016
Advanced quartz modules
VE became the first brand to combine S.Epson YM series multifunctional quartz movements with Swiss tritium tube illumination.
2018
Undinė collection
The first ladies’ collection, Undinė, blended elegance with resilient construction suitable for deep diving up to 200 meters.
2020
SSN571 Nautilus
In partnership with the Association of Veterans of the US Submarine Service, VE released the SSN571 Nuclear Submarine collection.
2023
20th anniversary
The company celebrated with a unique model featuring a full meteorite dial, limited to 200 pieces and verified by Lithuanian scientists.
2024
Solar power and renewed identity
Solar-powered S.Epson movements were introduced in Expedition North Pole and South Pole collections, while branding was updated around the VE extremes DNA.