Omega Chronostop 146.012 NOS

Omega’s role in the Olympic Games is not decorative branding, but functional authority. Since 1932, Omega has been entrusted with measuring performance where fractions of a second separate victory from anonymity. The Chronostop was born inside this logic: not a luxury chronograph, but a purpose-built instrument for timing a single, decisive action.

The Chronostop targets the moment that matters in a race. One press. One measurement. No clutter, no subdials, no unnecessary complication. It is designed to time a sprint, a lap, a start, or a decisive segment rather than an entire event. This clarity of intent is what makes the Chronostop fundamentally different from traditional chronographs.

The Ref. 146.012 from 1969 represents the most radical interpretation of that idea. Its oversized 41 mm case, avant-garde for its time, anticipates the language of professional sports timing. The grey dial reinforces legibility and restraint, while the Pentathlon scale references Omega’s deep involvement in multi-discipline competitive sports. This is an object shaped by function, not nostalgia.

Offered here in New Old Stock condition, this Chronostop is untouched time travel: a watch preserved exactly as it left Omega in the late 1960s. No restoration, no compromise, no reinterpretation. Pure intent, frozen in steel.