OMEGA AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES: A LONG HISTORY OF TIMEKEEPING
With a few weeks before London 2012, Stephen Urquhart, President of Omega, explains us the special partnership between the brand and the Olympic Games. Much more than a sponsorship, Omega is the official timekeeper and selected as such since the Los Angeles Games of 1932.
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