The first Vostok Europe watch collection was unveiled at the BaselWorld 2004 exhibition. Each model in the collection was named after a significant technological or scientific achievement.

About the Vostok Europe
Koliz Vostok was established in August 2003 with the primary goal of creating wristwatches that combine modern design with specially modified Vostok movements, developed exclusively for Vostok Europe by the Runim company. This collaboration continued for 11 years, until 2014, when the import of movements from Russia was discontinued.
The first Vostok Europe watch collection was unveiled at the BaselWorld 2004 exhibition. Each model in the collection was named after a significant technological or scientific achievement.
From the very beginning, all VE watches were tested in real extreme conditions — in February 2005, Vostok Europe became the official timekeeper of the Murmansk-Vladivostok Race, the world’s longest winter car rally.
We moved into a new office designed specifically to support the efficient work of our watchmaking company. The first shipments of watches were sent to Germany, Poland, Greece, and the USA in August 2004, and by 2007, VE's distribution network had expanded to 30 countries across North America, Europe, and the Far East.
The beginning of creating special edition watches for NATO forces, including Underwater Demolition Units, F-16 fighter and Apache helicopter pilots, submariners, rescue divers, and many others.
A partnership with the Swiss company mb-microtec in 2009 laid the foundation for a new feature in VE watches — tritium tube illumination. This collaboration led to the launch of the Ekranoplan collection, the first VE line to feature Tritium (H3) illumination.
The Anchar collection, introduced in 2010, marked the brand’s first line of dive watches featuring tritium tubes and 300-meter water resistance. These models were also the first to be equipped with Japanese movements from SII, initiating a long-term partnership with Japanese movement manufacturers SII (later TMI), S. Epson, and Miyota.
We created our brand slogan — WATCHES FOR GOING TO EXTREMES! VE watches were chosen as the official timepieces for the Free-Diving World Championship, the Greek Football Federation, and the Greek Institute of Marine Archaeology. VE developed a unique technology featuring vertically mounted tritium reflector tubes. This construction allows full visibility of the entire tritium illumination on the watch dial — something that cannot be achieved with traditional flat, horizontally positioned tubes.
In January 2012, the VE Anchar model was field-tested for the first time during the Dakar Rally. Worn by Lithuanian racer Gintautas Igaris, it successfully endured all the challenges of the two-week race through the unforgiving terrain of South America. In July 2012, the Tritium version of the N1 Rocket collection was tested during an expedition into the world’s second deepest cave — Krubera-Voronia (2,199 m / 7,215 ft deep). The Lithuanian-Ukrainian expedition, which descended to a depth of 2 kilometers, lasted nearly two weeks.
The Lunokhod model was launched into the stratosphere, reaching an altitude of 16,680 meters—twice the height of Mount Everest! The watch withstood temperatures of -44°C, a vacuum of 88 mB, and radiation levels of 1200 µR/h without any issues.
Vostok Europe produced the world’s first watches featuring the NE88 column-wheel automatic chronograph movement from SII (Japan). These timepieces—the first automatic chronographs in VE’s history—were created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the brand’s debut on the international market.
VE began experimenting with new materials for its watch cases, successfully introducing models made of titanium and bronze.
VE trailblazed the use of S. Epson’s high-end quartz multifunctional YM series movements. The YM series combines up to five timekeeping functions in a single movement module. VE became the first brand to pair YM series movements with Swiss tritium tube illumination technology.
The first ladies' collection, “Undinė,” was launched. It blends elegance with a durable construction suitable for deep diving up to 200 meters.
In partnership with the Association of Veterans of the US Submarine Service, VE released the “SSN571 Nuclear Submarine” collection, dedicated to the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, the SSN571 Nautilus.
The company celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023 with its most unique model to date, featuring a full meteorite dial, limited to just 200 pieces. The space origin of the dial’s material was verified by the Lithuanian Center for Physical Sciences and Technologies.
Solar-powered movements from S. Epson were used for the first time in the Expedition North Pole and Expedition South Pole collections.