OMEGA @ Launched London 2012 Activities Press Conference

OMEGA launched London 2012 activities with press conference at the brand’s boutique at the Westfield Stratford Mall adjacent to Olympic Park. Dr. Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, Nick Hayek, the CEO of the Swatch Group,Stephen Urquhart, the President of OMEGA and Peter Hürzeler, OMEGA Timing Boardmember addressed members of the international media and expressed their enthusiasm about the Games that will begin on Friday with a lavish Opening Ceremony.

 Dr. Rogge, Mr Hayek and Mr Urquhart had visited the Aquatics Centre in the company of Sebastian Coe, theChairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games with Peter Hürzeler. The London 2012 Olympic Games are the 25 that which OMEGA has served as Official Timekeeper since 1932. Stephen Urquhart of OMEGA pointed out that his company was also in London in the same role in1948, when the city last hosted the Olympic Games.