Talking about the origins of Omega and the Olympic Games, the two have long been associated with each other and become legends of each other. Since 1932, Omega has served as the official timekeeper for the 26th Olympic Games. In this long history, the Olympic Games has influenced the progress of the world watch industry, and the timekeeping of watches has also made the glory of sports events.

When I met the Rio Olympics in a hundred years

    The 2016 Rio Fire in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games has been ignited. This is the first time that South America has hosted a world-wide and well-known comprehensive sports event, which is bound to become an unprecedented sporting event. Omega will continue to be the official timekeeper of this prosperous world, once again taking on a glorious mission, the brand will continue to perform its due responsibilities with its immortal commitment and eternal enthusiasm, and continue the glory of the brand.

    Omega is the official timing brand of the Olympic Games. This responsibility is huge. It means that it is not only a sponsor, but also a huge carrier that records more than one million data. Omega will provide 335 special sports scoreboards, 450 tons of timing equipment, 480 on-site professional timekeepers and so on for the Rio Olympics. Of course, Omega is not only concerned with the schedule of just a few weeks, but also more focused on research, development and mastering the technology of recording accurate timing every second.

    From the runway to the pool, Omega is fully demonstrating its amazing magic. In the track and field, Omega has created many well-known precision sports timing devices, including light-sensing end-point cameras, starting blocks, running monitoring technology and high-speed camera systems. In the swimming project, Omega developed a game that made the results incomparable. The suspected timing system, which includes the well-known touchpads, is mounted on both ends of the lane, allowing athletes to stop timing with their hands and completely eradicate human timing errors. Therefore, for all athletes who will fight hard at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Omega will continue to provide accurate and reliable timing services for each participant with its extremely rich experience in the event.

In 1932, it was just the beginning...

     In 1932, Omega was assigned a heavy responsibility at the Los Angeles Olympics, becoming the company that used the former home to serve as the designated timekeeper for the Olympic Games. Since then, Omega has started a long-term partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). At the beginning of the cooperation, Omega provided a timekeeper and 30 high-precision chronographs certified by the Neuchâtel Observatory in Switzerland. The result was accurate to nearly 1/10 seconds. This action not only won the competition. The praise of the Olympic Organizing Committee also helped the Olympic Games establish 17 new world records.

   In 1948, Omega introduced a greater timekeeping invention to the London Olympics, the first end-point camera. The follow-up products of this design are still used on the track and field track, and bring an ultra-precise timing experience to the event. The end-point camera can assist the timekeeper to accurately determine the time when the competitor crosses the finish line, and can accurately distinguish the subtle difference between the athletes. The result of the event is no longer controversial. Today's stadium uses a light-sensing endpoint camera that captures 10,000 digital images per second. It is a combination of distance measurement, time recording and photo recording, with minimal differences on the image.

    The nuances of the game are extremely difficult to distinguish between the winners and the naked eye. In the men’s 100m freestyle competition of the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, the referee made a serious disagreement when the judges belonged to the ruling. This incident made Omega feel once again. The importance of precise timing. To this end, Omega introduced an automatic touchpad installed in the pool terminal, allowing swimmers to stop timing with their own hands, to ensure the correct calculation of the game time, and the fairness and fairness of the results. This design was first used in the 1967 Winnipeg Pan American Games and achieved great success.

    With the continuous development of the Olympic Games, Omega is constantly exploring and innovating in the field of timing. At the 1968 Mexico Olympics, Omega provided 45 timekeepers and equipped with up to 8 tons of timing equipment, including the Omega Terminal Photography Printer, a new device used to capture images of athletes crossing the finish line for a moment. Within one minute of the end of the game, the referee will be available to determine the correct result of the match.

    Time went to 1984, and Omega made a major breakthrough in Olympic timing, introducing a more accurate violation monitoring device. This device is extremely sensitive. Its operating principle is to measure the pressure exerted by athletes on the starting blocks. To judge whether it is running. When the pressure applied to the starting device by the athlete during the start-up reaches 29 kg (27 kg for female athletes), the device will start recording their reaction time. Omega can be accurately monitored with a short physiological response time of 100 ms. To a slight run.

    Over the next 30 years, Omega has developed and formed a brand with a highly sophisticated professional timing system. Today, Omega's new starting blocks, swimming ranking indicators, high-precision quantum timers, and opto-electronic sound-emitting guns can be seen on the field. The aforementioned light-sensing endpoint cameras, etc., each precise timing tool is the product of Omega's time race.

Summary: Under the gaze of Omega's precise timing, the Olympic record is constantly being created and broken, and miracles are constantly being created. This is a great timepiece and an Olympic spirit that travels through time. (Figure / text watch home Fu Liyan)