9 Great Moments of Replica Omega’s Olympic Timekeeping
As we all know, every edition of the Olympic Games has significant moments. Here, we are pleased to introduce 9 great movements of discount Omega replica watches in Oympic timekeeping history.
- 1932 An Olympic Legency Begins
Sports Technical Director William Henry wrote, “It is impossible to contemplate the wonderfullly successful Games without recognizing the part played by Omega in this great international event.” Then, a partnership had begun.
- 1936 Four Golds For A Legend
At the Berlin 1936 Games, Jesse Owens remarkably won 4 gold medals when athletes gug their own starting holes with small shovels. Omega copy watches timed every outstanding performance in those days.
- 1948 Birth of Modern Timing
Omega used the photoelectric cell for the first time at the 1948 Olympic Winter Games. It was at this Olympic Game that machines began to exceed human in accuracy.
- 1952 Croix du Mérite Olympique
In 1952, the electronics era arrived. The best fake Omega watches allowed results to be printed, winning Omega the prestigious Croix du Mérite Olympique. Official times were now recorded to the nearest hundredth of a second.
- 1964 Age of Electronic Timing
The Omegascope introduced the concept of real time in televised sports, superimposing numbers on the bottom of the screen; it innovatively changed timekeeping when it debuted in Innsbruck, the first fully electronic Games.
- 1968 Swimmer Stops the Clock
The hottest technology in Mexico City was the touch pad in the pool that allowed the swimmer’s own hand to stop the clock, eliminating the need for poolside timekeepers. It remains a timekeeping milestone.
- 1992 Scan-O-Vision Just in Time
At the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, speed skaters were treated to the Omega Scan-O-Vision system that digitally measured times to the nearest thousandth of a second as the skaters crossed the finish line.
- 2010 Futuristic Starting Pistol
The most noted bit of new sports timekeeping equipment In Vancouver was the Electronic Start System. A streamlined, futuristic red flash gun and a sound generation box replaced the traditional starting pistol.
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