TIMING DOWN UNDER
1956
22 November – 8 December
TIMING DOWN UNDER
To get to the Olympic Games in Melbourne on time, OMEGA sent 2,475 kg of equipment on a boat bound for Australia. Leaving in August and arriving in November, the 42 boxes were insured for CHF 1 million, and included many sophisticated technologies such as the new Swim Eight-O-Matic Timer, a semi-automatic device that could determine the closest swimming results.
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![Poster for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne](chronicle/img/template/mobile/1956/1956-poster-for-the-olympic-games-in-melbourne.jpg)
![The Olympic flame in Melbourne, 1956](chronicle/img/template/mobile/1956/1956-the-olympic-flame-in-melbourne.jpg)