Zenith Stratos becomes the first watch to break the speed of sound in a near space environment

Wearing the all-new El Primero Stratos Flyback Striking 10th chronograph, Zenith Ambassador, Felix Baumgartner, today transcended human limits that have existed for more than 50 years and jumped out of a capsule suspended from a balloon in the stratosphere at an altitude of over 128,100 feet / 39,045 kilometres.

Labelled Red Bull Stratos, Baumgartner’s mission to the very edge of space, nearly four times higher than passenger planes typically fly, smashed three world records: – the highest manned balloon flight – the highest free fall – breaking the sound barrier with the human body for the first time in history