53- 2MWF Pocket Watch - Chronograph

Produced by the Second Moscow Watch Factory on the fourth quarter of 1955.
The watch is fitted with a 17 jewels movement, a caliber ChK-28. It is a column wheel chronograph movement with no summation function. Its only button, located at one, starts, stops and resets the chronograph. This was the first chronograph movement designed in the Soviet Union after WWII.
It has a beautiful and simple dial with no markings with the exception of the small factory identification under six.
It has two back covers both of them made of stainless steel.













The backcase. Still with its protective painting:



Movement picture (seller's pic):



The place:

47- Slava Monster

Slava watches (meaning glory in English) were produced by the 2nd Moscow Watch Factory.
Mounts a caliber 2427 a 27 jewels automatic day-date movement with quick date set.

Other transliterations: Slawa
Original name in Cyrillic: Слава





A side view:

44- Slava with 2MWF mark on dial

This is a quite rare gold plated dress watch Slava (glory) with the Second Moscow Watch Factory marking on the dial.
The watch encloses a 3.6 mm thick 17 jewels movement without second hand, caliber 1601. These movements were usually fitted in women's watches (see picture bellow).

Other transliterations: Slawa
Original name in Cyrillic: Слава










Movement picture (seller's picture)

43- Slava Rattrapante

Hand cronograph made by the 2nd Moscow Watch Factory with rattrapante (split seconds) complication.
The button on the center (hidden in the crown that hand winds the watch) starts and stop the chrono, the button on the left start and stop the split second function and the button on the right resets everything.
The watch has its original wooden box. A watch like this one has used been on space.

29- Orion "diver"

Modern Russian watch, bought it with box and papers.
A difference with the Orion Skeleton this one does mount a Russian movement. It has a Slava 27 jewels movement ticking inside.



Picture of the Slava movement:



Detailed pictures of the box and papers:

28- Slava Medical

Medical watch, to use it to measure pulse: wait for the second hand to reach the 60 or 30 second mark, then count fifteen pulses and read the pulses by minutes on the watch scale. Bought it NOS with papers.
The watch has a double winding barrel manual winding mechanism (caliber 2428).
Watches branded Slava were produced by the 2nd Moscow watch factory.

Other transliterations: Slawa
Original name in Cyrillic: Слава



The depressed button at the left of the crown is the quick date setter.





Some pictures on my pulse:



Having some fun on the streets of Trieste (Italy)

27- Slava Sporty

Chromed case with a 2427, 27 jewels, automatic movement. The movement has a day-date complication with quick date set.
As all Slava branded watches it was produced by the 2nd Moscow Watch Factory.

Other transliterations: Slawa
Original name in Cyrillic: Слава





Movement shot (seller's picture):



Some pictures on my pulse.

On a bridge in Ljubljana (Slovenia):