Gambit Prim - Chess set - Beech wood

The Gambit clock is a design by Chronotechna in Czechoslovakia. Chronotechna was founded after the Communists had taken power in Czechoslovakia.

Around 1960 Chronotechna produced a clock with a Bakelite case (based on the Soviet model). At the same time, that is in 1960, UMF Ruhla introduced the famous Gardé at the Chess Olympiad in Leipzig, which proved to be a success story. The development of the Gambit clock was Chronotechna's response to that. Sometimes it is said that the Gambit is an outright copy of the Gardé, but this cannot be entirely true, since the two clocks share some design similarities (especially the large rectangular case), but apart from that they are quite different from each other. For some reason, however, the Gambit clock was not as readily accepted by players as the East German Gardé.

The production of the Gambit clock began as early as the early 1960s, when the clock initially appeared under the name Chronotechna, later under the name Prim. After 1962, the name Prim was replaced by Jenger.

The clock came back into fashion after 1970, but by that time only a few specimens remained, making it a coveted collector's item that was mainly found in museums from the mid-1970s onward.

The clock measures 11 cm high, 21 cm wide, 5.5 cm deep, and it works perfectly.

The proceeds are intended to support the development of chess talent at a club.