Omega

Great Olympic Moments in Time Exhibition, July 11, 2008
Jul 12 2008,10:07 AM

To commemorate Omega's involvement in this coming Beijing 2008 Olympic, Omega brings the very first Olympic
Exhibition to Singapore from July 10 to 20, 2008 (10:30am to 8:30pm)  at the main atrium of Paragon Shopping Mall
showcasing various timekeeping instrument used over the past 75 years.

This round also marks Omega's 23rd partnership with the Olympics since 1932.
Omega has been committed to the development of sports with continuous technological innovation of sports 
timekeeping and measurement systems.

Omega also collaborates with Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) to sponsor 3 athletes who will represent
Team  Singapore in the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
The 3 athletes was presented an Omega timepiece of their choice, by the Minister for Defence and President of SNOC,
Mr. Teo Chee Han. 
They are badminton player Ronald Susilo , shooter Lee Wung Yew and  table tennis player Li Jia Wei.



Singapore July 11, 2008, 2:30pm at Paragon Shopping Mall Atrium



Earlybird MTF arrived at the exhibition ...







A bird's eye view of the exhibition set up...even has an virtual pool



A bird's eyes view from the entrance.

This 'Great Olympic Moments in Time' exhibition was First mentioned here. Please  click here    to read the details.

At about 2:15pm, the guests were coming in.



At the entrance, was greeted by the countdown display panel to the Beijing Olympic.






One of the Omega experts on stand-by.



Let's proceed to view the exhibits ............

(L) Anemometer to measure wind assistance before record times are ratified

(R) OMEGA Electric cell (OEC3) from 1969
 

 

OMEGA Photosprint (OPS1) from 1963 with ALPA camera and world's first zoom lens
 

OMEGA Swim-O-Matic  (OSM5) from 1977, incorporating acoustic transducers (pistol shot),  mechanical transducers (touch pads and starting blocks), optical transducers (video) and electronic data processing.

 

OMEGA Starting Block (OSB9 )from 2002 that detect starts or false starts

OMEGA (OCP) touch pads from 1967 that respond to swimmers' touch but not water splashes

 

 

 

Cyclops photocells (2005) Visitors can try to beat-the-clock by breaking the optical beams with their hands

A close look of the Cyclop photocells.

 

2:30pm, the place was about to be packed!



Now for some timepieces ..............

World's first - 5 sub-counter chronograph wrist watch including 7 days counter in additon to the usual hours - minutes - seconds elapsed and running seconds displays. Unfortunately, this is not a 7-days going mainspring !

Omega Collection Timeless.
Running with Omega automatic Cal 3888 (auspicious numbers! for Chinese ).  52 hours of power reserve.
Case diameter 44.25mm .




Omega automatic Cal 3202 .  52 hours of power reserve. Case SS, diameter 41mm.






Omega Collection Timeless.
Running with Omega automatic Cal 3888. 52 hours of power reserve. Case diameter 44.25mm .



Specialities Olympic Beijing 2008.
Cal 2500, automatic with power reserve of 48 hours. Case diameter 36.5mm.




The Olympic Collection Timeless



























Omega 'SeaMaster XVI' , 1956

 

Limited edition 1932 style rattrapante (split-seconds) stopwatches in 3 colours of gold (white/yellow/pink). Furthermore,

the pushers and crown tops are finished in the three colours of Olympic medals - gold, silver and bronze.

Olympic Pocket Watch 1932


Another beautiful Olympic Pocket Watch 1932.



Olympic Pocket Watch 1932 from another angle.

The Cal 3889A is based on the original movements found in a warehouse that were from the original 1932 Olympics watches.

A closer look of Cal. 3889A.




3:00 PM   Emcee announced the arrival of Guest of Honour,  Minister Teo Chee Hean
( Minister for Defence & President of SIngapore National Olympic Council)



Welcoming the arrival of Minister Teo Chee Han.  Maria Kong, Marketing Communication Manager of Omega (lady in black dress).



Singapore athletes -shooter Lee Wung Yew and  table tennis player Li Jia Wei sharing a light moment with
Minister Teo Chee Hean.



Welcome Speech by Mr.David Ponzo, President , Swatch Group, Singapore & Malaysia & Vice President, Omega SE Asia



The Three Team Singapore athletes,  badminton player Ronald Susilo (represented by his brother), shooter Lee Wung Yew                                            and  table tennis player Li Jia Wei, were each presented with an exclusive Olympics Omega watch.







A closer look at their choices.



A toast to success ...medal winners will be rewarded with exclusive Omega timepieces. 




About 3:30pm, the presentation ended. 
Catchup with friends of the industry........


Bernard with Genii Koh (VP, Glashutte Original) & Cindy Kwah (VP, Jaquet Droz)

Dr Bernard Cheong (PPro moderator) holding up a shiny ball

Onward to Beijing...........................................

MTF & Kong 

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thanks for the posting.
Jul 13 2008,07:03 AM

Hi MTF and Kong, thanks very much for posting, read this exhibition advertised in the newspaper, wanted to visit there during the weekend, but was busy for family activities. Must make it one of the evenings in the coming week. Cheers,

Stefan

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Thanks Stefan. If you are keen on the timing instrument, it's a must visit. [nt]
Jul 13 2008,10:16 AM

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