Slava Sport pulsometer quartz wristwatch (head only)

Object/Artifact

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

"Slava Sport" pulsometer quartz wristwatch (head only)

Entry/Object ID

2025.11.30

Description

Round chrome-plated watch head, no strap or bracelet. Cream/off-white dial signed SLAVA over QUARTZ, with painted Arabic 1–12 hour numerals and a segmented outer minute track. Two concentric red arcs read ATTENTION and 30 BEAT COUNT; an inner pulsometer scale graduated roughly 40–130 allows a heart-rate reading by counting 30 pulse beats against the sweep seconds hand. A running-athlete pictogram in a rounded square sits at the 6–7 position. Black hour and minute hands with a red central sweep seconds hand. Knurled crown at 3. Plastic (acrylic) crystal; brushed-metal caseback.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.11

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Second Moscow Watch Factory

Time Period

1980s

Place

City

Moscow

Country

U.S.S.R.

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Notes

Maker: Second Moscow Watch Factory (Slava / Слава; "2 MChZ"), Moscow. The factory took the "Slava" name in 1964 and produced exclusively civilian watches; the quartz "Sport"/pulsometer with running pictogram is a documented model of theirs. Date: Circa mid-to-late 1980s. The quartz movement and this specific pulsometer "Sport" model are documented to the 1980s (associated quartz caliber 3056/3056A, mid-1980s).

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Dial — SLAVA / QUARTZ / ATTENTION / 30 BEAT COUNT / pulsometer numerals / MADE IN USSR (split around the 6) / running-athlete pictogram. Caseback — stamped 521 (sole caseback mark; no maker name, jewel count, or caliber visible). The meaning of "521" is unconfirmed — likely a case-model or batch reference (tentative).

Materials

Material Notes

Materials: Chrome-plated base-metal case with steel caseback; plastic (acrylic) crystal; painted metal dial. Movement (battery quartz) not examined. Technique: Mass-produced; stamped and machined case, lithographed/printed dial.

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Moscow

Country

U.S.S.R.

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Notes

production

Research Notes

Notes

Pulsometer dial intended for clinical/sporting pulse measurement — count 30 beats from a 12 or 6 o'clock start and read BPM where the seconds hand lands.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

November 6, 2025

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 14, 2026