This was a good week! With some history...

So what do we have here.. I started the week with a Grand Seiko SBGM029 and in the middle of the week the three other pieces arrived.
To the left, Omega Railmaster 2914-3 from 1958, we have a Speedmaster 145.022 from 1976 and a Certina Chronolympic from 1971.

All these watches is of course great pieces but I thought I could present the Certina.

This watch was made for the Olympics in München 1972 and I assume that it was for the real time-nazis on the grandstands.
If you might recognize this watch it may be because of it's appearance in Hodinkee's Talking Watches with Alan Maleh.. 4.30min into the episode.
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It was in 1971 that Certina added the Chronolympic regatta chronograph to its chronograph range. The Chronolympic’s tremendous precision allows timing of different, highly demanding sports events. I think it was no coincidence that it was released just before the Olympic Games in 1972 in Munich, Germany. See the advertisement below!







The Certina Chronolympic Regatta is special for several reasons. First, the dial uses a truly eye-catching design. The upper right corner of the dial is sectioned in a 15-minute partition. The first five minutes are marked in a white-blue blue sequence, then five white minute markers, and finally five alternating white and blue markers. These are the regatta markers, a 15-minute countdown timer for boats to reach the finish line as well as marking the time before starting a race. The lowest part of the dial, on the other hand, has a red semicircular line. Used with the first 15-minute marker, games with 45-minute halves (like soccer) can be timed.



The Chronolympic Regatta has two other distinct design features. First, all hands use different colors—and what kinds of colors! This is the only watch I know about that has light blue hands—for normal minutes and hours. The centre chronograph hand is white, which is not very easy to read but blends well into the outer white tachymeter scale for which it is intended. In this way it does not disturb the pale red centre minute chrono hand, the hand which seems to be most important. The small hour register hand is black!



The other distinct feature of the Chronolympic Regatta would be its movement. This is the only watch that houses the Valjoux 728 movement, based on the Valjoux 72. It has the central chronograph hand feature in common with several Lemania movements—the 134x and 5012/5100/5200 line. The minute register was removed from the Valjoux 72 but the hour register is left in place. Nice. The movement has 17 jewels and is named by Certina as the Caliber 29-064. It uses Incabloc a shock protection and has a stated power reserve of 46hours.



The Certina Chronolympic Regatta has a big square case that measures 40mm wide, 44mm high, and 14mm thick. The case requires a 22mm strap.






The actual watch that I got on my wrist is the same that Hodinkee mentioned in a big article of whats selling where and below is the pictures from the auction house Kaplans in Stockholm Sweden. The condition in person is actually better then the pictures from Kaplans 😀





And some bonus pictures from today.









I'm quite stoked about how all these watches complements each other and with that said I wish you all a nice weekend! 😁
I would also like to say thanks to Robin, a fellow Swedish watch freak for selling me this great piece and for making this thread possible with great info.

Sources:
http://www.vintagecertinas.ch/
http://www.sometimeago.com/what-a-watch-chronographs-valjoux-728-certina-chronolympic-regatta/

Thank you!! First I saw your pics and was curious about the certina, then I scrolled down and bingo! Great write up!!

Great info...thanks for sharing. This is my entry into yachting 😀

Very cool Certina. Wasn't sure about that big rectangular case until I saw it on your wrist. Looks great.

Just the boat missing now 😉 Great memosail btw 😀


Thanks! I wasn't sure myself, but it turned out pretty good I must say. The thing that saves it is the height, it's quite thin for being a 70's watch with all these complications. 😀

That is one cool watch. Maybe one of the few non omegawatches I would like to have. Grattis med my klokke.

That is one cool watch. Maybe one of the few non omegawatches I would like to have. Grattis med my uren.

That is one cool watch. Maybe one of the few non omegawatches I would like to have. Grattis med my uret
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Thanks. I'm quite thrilled about it actually. Rare and so different and it just screams 70's of it 😁

That Certina just screams Munich, what a cool dial !

Quality post! Thanks! Keep them coming.
Best regards

Love that Certina! Those other 3 are fantastic too. Congrats and thanks for posting this.

Thanks guys 😀

A new thread will be coming soon.

I will probably let this go because I have to fund a new investment in my business.. Just PM me if it's of interest 😀
Have a great weekend.

Congrats, you had a fantastic week! Enjoy them 😀