VOSTOK-EUROPE
LIMOUSINE ALL TIMER
By Craig Hester
V
ostok-Europe, based in Vilnius, Lithuania, had one of its ago. These examples are all 45 millimeters in diameter and include
most prolific years in 2016. The company debuted 30 tritium tube technology from MB Microtech of Switzerland. Tritium
new dials across four model collections. We featured the tubes are laser sealed glass vials that use radio luminescence
Energia 2 in our last issue. This time we are bringing you the new to constantly agitate the luminous material so they will be visible
GAZ Limo collection, which is called the "All-Timer." all the time, without having to be charged up from another light
This moniker is primarily due to the YM86 models from this
line which include the date, day-of-the-week, month and perpetual
source.
It's a bit unusual to find tritium on a dressier watch like the
calendar with leap year, along with a 24-hour elapsed time chrono- GAZ, as most of the time they are used on sport watches. In this
graph and an alarm. Thus, they consider it to be cover "all times". case though, the tubes are countersunk below the dial, which does
Vostok-Europe is actually the first watch company outside of
Epson to be allowed to use these multi-function quartz movements,
give a smooth look to the execution. The watches come with K1
mineral crystals, ten atmospheres of water resistance, an integrat-
the YM26 and the YM86. The 26 is a world timer watch with two ed leather strap and dual layer dials. Prices are in the $500 to
time zones that can be set independently and has an alarm as well. $700 range.
The watch is based on the GAZ 14 Limo case, which VE has
been using since early production models now more than a decade
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Vostok-Europe is represented by the Detente Watch Group in
North America. Find out more at www.detentewatches.com.