Omega Chronstop ST 396.0839

Omega Ref. ST 396.0839 A highly rare and historically important rectangular stainless steel quartz-chronograph wristwatch with 1/100 seconds, date, analogue and digital display, integrated bracelet and presentation box, presented to Astronaut Charlie Duke for the Montreal Olympics games in 1976

Manufacturer : Omega Year : 1976 Reference No : ST 396.0839 Model Name : Chrono-Quartz Material : Stainless steel Calibre : Quartz, cal. 1611 Bracelet/Strap : Stainless steel Omega bracelet, max length 190mm Clasp/Buckle : Stainless steel Omega deployant clasp stamped “1277/212 Dimensions : 46.8mm width x 34.2mm length Signed : Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed Accessories : Accompanied by Omega fitted presentation boxFrom fighter pilot to the youngest man to walk on the moon, astronaut Charles M. Duke also known as Charlie Duke was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 16. In April 1972, with a few minutes left on the Moon during their Apollo 16 mission, American astronaut Charles Duke and his commander John Young decided to do a few high-jump exercises in what they called the “Lunar Olympics” to celebrate the Munich Olympic games. Shortly after the Apollo 16 mission in 1972 came another historical event of human race, the 1976 Olympics hosted by Montréal, Canada. The first Olympics to be held in Canada, that year Japan won a total of 25 medals. Omega was proud to be the Official Timekeeper at the Olympic Games in Montreal for two record breaking weeks, the manufacture themselves also broke their record for launching the world’s first digital/analogue chronograph, the present Omega Chrono-Quartz. This is the Chrono-quartz given to Charles Duke in 1976 for his "Lunar Olympics". A well-preserved time-capsule specimen owned by an American icon, it has been 27 years since this rare bird was last offered in the market.