Junghans nods to its sporting history with the 1972 Chronoscope Sports Edition 2025 collection
Nina Scally- The new Junghans 1972 Chronoscope Sports Edition 2025 watches follow in the footsteps of last year’s 2024 releases.
- The models boast white, blue and dark grey colourways with contrasting vertical double-striped motifs.
- Each watch is limited to just 200 pieces worldwide.
Although we tend to instantly associate the Black Forest watch manufacturer Junghans with minimalist Bauhaus-driven designs, a lesser-known piece of trivia about the brand is that it’s intrinsically linked to sports timekeeping and has been ever since the 1920s. Its first stopwatches were well utilized in many sporting fields throughout the 20th century, including skiing, athletics, rowing and car racing. However, the brand’s biggest historical highlight in sports timekeeping was becoming the Official Timekeeper for the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich (that’s right – it’s not just Omega and Longines that have timed Olympic Games!) Junghans still commemorates that special accolade today with the 1972 Chronoscope collection. The latest additions to this collection are dressed in white, blue and dark grey – each limited to 200 pieces worldwide and infused with punchy racing spirit colours.
Junghans has a fascinating heritage and, to the surprise of many, was once the world’s largest clock manufacturer. Despite facing several hardships over its 200-year-old history, it released its first quartz watch just a year before bagging the Official Timekeeper role for the Munich Games in 1972. Ever since then, the brand has been honouring this milestone with unusually-coloured sports watches like the 1972 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships edition in bright yellow. The watch was launched to celebrate Junghans’ third anniversary as Official Timekeeper for the competition, in which brand ambassador and reigning world champion Karl Geiger competed. There were last year’s Chronoscope Sports Edition 2024 models in red, silver and dark green, too, which Junghans extends upon with these new releases.
Each of the new white, blue and dark grey 1972 Chronoscope Sports Edition 2025 watches released by Junghans this year features the same cushion-shaped case as last year’s 2024 iterations and has been crafted from stainless steel. Each measures a 43.3mm diameter and sits at a height of 11.3mm on the wrist. Just as functional as they are strikingly visible, the models have a unidirectional rotating bezel and are water-resistant to 100 metres – making these even somewhat dive-friendly. Flip the case over, and you get a nice engraving of the historical Junghans logo to match the one on the dial. Junghans has come a long way since its plexiglass days: it now offers a tough, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal glass front, allowing for a clear view into the dial, rid of any undesirable glare whilst referencing the chronograph functions.
All the nostalgic ‘70s motorsport vibes are happening on the dial of the new Junghans 1972 Chronoscope models. The blue, white and dark grey displays have a bold double racing stripe cutting through from north to south in light grey, orange and gold, respectively. The vertical stripe decoration is once again joined by an oversized racing-inspired number 6 at the base of the dial. While the white and dark grey models feature a colour-coordinated number to match the double stripe motif, the blue goes against the current with a gold-coloured “6”.
Different to the elliptical sub-counters that we saw on the Junghans Bullhead model (an almost identical replica of its original 1972 watch), the modern 1972 Chronoscope 2025 models feature the same black-filled faceted cushion-shaped indicators as last year’s, revealing the 24-hour counter at 3 o’clock, balanced by the 60-minute counter at 9. The hands, finished with a tapered tip, have a generous coating of lume, as do the square-shaped markers taking up residence on the hour track. All three models have contrasting coloured sub-counter hands: red for the blue model, orange for the white dial, and gold for the dark grey. The date window at 4:30 has been kept pretty discreet, too, with black or white wheels melding into their respective dials, allowing all the focus to be on the chronograph features.
Thanks to a quartz movement, the depth of each case is relatively easy to handle, considering their broad diameters. Said movement is what Junghans calls the calibre J645.83, the same as last year’s 2024 releases. It’s an ETA-based movement that has featured throughout the brand’s minimalist Max Bill models.
As these new Junghans 1972 Chronoscope watches have been produced in a limited run of 200 pieces each, it will be lifelong Junghans enthusiasts and motorsport fans that will lap these new models up. Each comes on a perforated leather strap with black underlining and a stainless steel buckle for a secure attachment, engraved with the Junghans logo. The blue, black and white leather straps for the blue, dark grey and white models also feature quick-release mechanisms for easy strap adjustments.
Junghans 1972 Chronoscope Sports Edition 2025 prices and availability
The three Junghans 1972 Chronoscope Sports Edition 2025 models are limited editions of 200 pieces each. Price: A$1,650
| Brand | Junghans |
| Model | 1972 Chronoscope Sport Edition 2025 |
| Reference Number | 41/4577.00 (blue) 41/4578.00 (dark grey) 41/4579.00 (white) |
| Case Dimensions | 43.3mm (D) x 11.3mm (T) |
| Case Material | Stainless steel |
| Water Resistance | 100 metres |
| Crystal(s) | Sapphire |
| Dial | Blue/dark grey/white with racing stripe |
| Strap | Leather rally-style strap |
| Movement | Calibre J645.83, ETA base, quartz |
| Functions | Hours, minutes, seconds, date, timing bezel, chronograph |
| Availability | Limited edition of 200 pieces for each reference |
| Price | A$1,650 |