(BEIJING, Oct. 31) -- Swiss watchmaker Omega on Tuesday presented a pocket
watch of the limited edition 1932 to the Beijing Municipality.
The 1932 edition made for
Beijing. [BOCOG]
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At a press conference in the Beijing
Capital Museum, Kong Fanzhi, director of the Beijing Cultural Relics Protection
Bureau received the watch from Stephen Urquhart, president of Omega.
The Omega company supplied 30 pocket chronographs for use at the 1932 Olympic
Games in Los Angeles. Since then it has served as official timekeeper at 22
Olympic Games. To commemorate the achievement, Omega created 300 pieces of the
Limited Edition Pocket Watch 1932.
The gold watch presented to Beijing is intentionally numbered 88,
representing the opening date of the Beijing Olympic Games -- 8 August, 2008. It
also bears an inscription of the Games' Emblem. The Capital Museum is expected
to keep the watch for permanent collection.
Wang Wei, executive vice president and secretary-general of the Beijing
Organizing Committee of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) attended the
press conference.
He said Omega, a Worldwide Olympic Partner, has plaid an enormous role in the
process of the Olympic Movement and it is now actively involved in the
preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games. The pocket watch, he said, demonstrates
good and lasting cooperation between the Beijing Municipality and Omega, as well
as their best wishes for the 2008 Games.
