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Timing the Olympic Games

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    Omega President Stephen Urquhart on the challenges in planning for the Olympic Games and getting the precise timing for each event.

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How are things going is everything going to plan as far as I'll make us involvement is concerned.

Very much so we know this isn't -- always a big challenge should be up to up to what we have to do.

And the preparation Finland beings intensity of almost -- We're very happy up to now everything now another second to the sentiments of the would be the second be -- -- having -- It's a little stressful I would think everything hinges down to the nano second if -- -- the term but down to the milliseconds.

Now more winners vs second place for -- Mean this is seconds that's also the whole.

The hope preparation and the whole reliability -- that you have to do not having its time in seconds.

And certain events like fencing and other -- -- -- be -- -- very precise so it's -- through -- ongoing over 300 sports and you have to.

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Olympics -- make -- has been the official time keeper.

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It was the -- -- -- time keeping with the you know the technology division did you develop configurable -- authorities have room.

The -- finish and -- through -- years we've developed you know.

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The main concern was to do with the athletes needed to the most for them to reduces.

And -- and -- considerations.

So they give us the guidelines that would have to follow.

They give is -- the houses and secondly we have to do relative to time by.

So over the years -- -- develop and this kid figured there -- three new innovations that there is and you.

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It it sets -- the time so.

But certainly we're gonna put you experienced a threat and -- -- it down -- and admitted is that that's -- -- that'll -- I mean -- report about.

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India but in China to have you know in that presents them.

And in China -- the beef with the commission.

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So it's the -- -- -- strong.

Programs but they really can sort of business is tough right now local businesses -- what capacity you know -- -- going to be put to division -- -- -- that is.

Maybe it's not a necessity if it's an acute this would -- be any good you know I think it's probably good reason motion please.

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And to make you forget it's gonna have -- nothing about it.

And not just -- financial and emotional.

So you know Islamic banks have a partisan partisan will be completely out of date -- watched enough to -- India generation.

But the company that -- the smartest is the one who ends up winning especially difficult times.

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Word is because everything because meticulous in everything but no word is that they might cut supplies to other watch makers that aren't part of the -- As the decision that was taken his -- whether they humans.

News continued -- performance that's.

I think it's the right decision because there was a lot of -- done in random details.

I think that we know we're there to help those who would -- we should be held.

But you know it's as if you could just make up more than me from getting an engine and -- -- kind of -- supposed to -- -- so I think it's.

It's it's it's a good thing I think they're good friends I think it went -- and it was very well.

As we finish up and we finish on the Olympic.

Which sport.

Makes me the most anxious -- it comes to timing.

I mean obviously but -- it -- to.

Useful stuff from me and that if I was that's I mean everybody look at that and it's real movement of the one.

Keeping track and field -- -- -- objects but sorry.

But I would say that amiga themselves that's -- mean given history -- -- its on the community is we've had.

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All of our oral forward immediately be new -- is great one -- and would continue to do its him.

You know it is give it to -- an enviable time which hands so.

I think that's something we.

Thanks so.