Slava

Identity and scope

Slava is a Soviet-origin and contemporary Russian watch name associated historically with the Second Moscow Watch Factory.

This guide treats that identity as the starting point. It does not transfer line-level history to an individual watch without matching reference evidence. 1

Historical position

The current brand's official history connects Slava watches to the Second Moscow Watch Factory and post-war civilian production; an individual watch still needs factory and movement evidence.

The date and context belong to the event described, not automatically to every object bearing the name. 1

What the source establishes

The cited Slava record is the evidence anchor used here for Slava. Its documented scope is narrower than a complete corporate, calibre, or model archive.

Where the source speaks for the brand, its historical statements remain attributed rather than converted into independent verification. 1

Identify the exact watch

Record every visible dial signature, the complete case-back reference and serial markings, movement or module markings, dimensions, materials, and complications. Compare those details with a dated catalogue, manual, archive extract, or service document for the exact reference.

A shared logo or broadly similar case is an identification lead, not proof of age, originality, or authenticity. 1

Keep entities and dates separate

No specific date is established by this guide. Use only the documented context described above. Names may survive ownership changes, disappear and return, or refer to a founder, historic maker, product line, and present operator at different times.

Build an object-level chronology before making continuity claims. 1

Research a Slava watch

Start with clear photographs of the dial, case back, crown, clasp, and movement where safely accessible. Search the exact markings in primary documentation and retain the document date and page or section.

For authentication, servicing, or valuation, use a qualified specialist and preserve provenance, invoices, and prior service records. 1

Independent research update

Slava is a Soviet-origin watch mark tied historically to the Second Moscow Watch Factory and used today by a modern Russian watch operation.

The current brand states that the historic factory changed ownership in 2004, a Slava trading subsidiary began licensed production and sales in 2005, and the current group acquired the Slava mark in 2017.

Current Slava operations involve multiple related entities; registry-derived data identifies ООО «Верный ход» as proprietor of the long-running СЛАВА mark No. 25861 and as an active company whose primary registered activity is watch manufacturing.

Historic Soviet production and present-day Slava production must be separated at model level; exact factory, movement origin, assembly scope, age and authenticity require reference-specific evidence. 2435