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Omega “The Making of The Last-Lap Bells” Short Film

18
Jul
Omega gives a glimpse at the making of the 2016 Olympic Games lap bell.

Not every piece of timekeeping equipment at the Olympic Games is cutting edge. Our friends at Omega’s bells, which are used to signal the final lap in multi-lap athletics races, have been virtually unchanged since the bronze-age. See how they’re made, almost entirely by hand, at a Swiss foundry in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

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