Omega and the Olympics

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Waltonma

·Jan 5, 2023

Hi all,
I'm fascinated with the history of Omega as with many watch brands. I find the olympics to be a particularly cool aspect. I know they've been timing since the '32 games but didn't time all the games since. I'm curious if anyone knows what years they weren't the official timekeepers since '32 and if there is any interesting backstory. perhaps my google skills are lacking. thanks. best to all.

 

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YY77

·Jan 5, 2023

https://www.firstclasswatches.co.uk/blog/2016/06/the-history-of-timekeeping-at-the-olympic-games/

 

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gatorcpa

·Jan 5, 2023·ΩF InvestiGator

There's a list of Official Timers for the Olympics at this website:

https://www.watchesandculture.org/f...ual stopwatch,first Modern Olympics in Athens.

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Aroxx

·Jan 5, 2023

I’ve seen many sources mention that Minerva was responsible for timing the ski events at the 1936 winter games. Perhaps there could be other obscure exceptions as well.
A couple of examples…
https://www.timeandwatches.com/p/history-of-minerva-from-its-foundation.html?m=1
https://www.classicwatch.com/history-of-minerva-watches/

 

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Waltonma

·Jan 5, 2023

gatorcpa

There's a list of Official Timers for the Olympics at this website:

https://www.watchesandculture.org/forum/en/time-measurement-and-the-olympics/#:~:text=In 1896, a manual stopwatch,first Modern Olympics in Athens.

gatorcpa

This is great. Thx

 

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Waltonma

·Jan 5, 2023

Aroxx

I’ve seen many sources mention that Minerva was responsible for timing the ski events at the 1936 winter games. Perhaps there could be other obscure exceptions as well.
A couple of examples…
https://www.timeandwatches.com/p/history-of-minerva-from-its-foundation.html?m=1
https://www.classicwatch.com/history-of-minerva-watches/

Cool. Thx

 

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UWG

·Jan 6, 2023

Montral, 1976.