Vancouver 2010 The Countdown Has Started
Representatives of Omega, Vancouver 2010 and the Canadian government, as well as Olympic and Paralympic athletes, gathered at the intersection of Hornby and Georgia in the city centre on 12 February this year to unveil the clock marking the countdown to the Olympic Games scheduled to start on 12 February 2010 in Vancouver. A spectacular blend of technology and art, the timepiece is more than six metres tall and three metres wide and weighs more than one tonne. Two displays show the days, hours, minutes and seconds remaining before the opening ceremony.
"It is a great honour and a privilege to return to Canada as official timekeeper of the Olympic Games after Montreal in 1976 and Calgary in 1988. Omegaa€™s history abounds with important landmarks and achievements, but our roles in the Olympic movement and the conquest of space are the most significant," said Stephen Urquhart, CEO of Omega.
The clock counting down the seconds to Vancouver 2010 is the latest creation of the Biel based firm in its long history of precision timekeeping and the Olympic Games. Its pendant for Beijing 2008 meanwhile is displayed prominently in Tiananmen Square.
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