Blog posts from Andy Callan
Gold Watches Fit for Gold Medal Winners
I’m sure, like us, you have all been glued to the incredible once-every-four-years spectacle that is the Olympic Games. Witnessing the greatest athletes on the planet do battle is just about as good as it gets for anyone who relishes in the pinnacle of sporting achievement. Then, of course, for those of us who proudly […]
The Watches Worn at the 2024 Olympic Games
All eyes are on Paris right now as the French capital plays host to the XXXIII Olympic Games. We’ve had the opening ceremony which was, well, it just…was, and now we can concentrate on watching the world’s greatest athletes do battle against each other, the elements and the clock. What Timepieces Do Olympic Athletes Wear? […]
Omega – The Official Timekeeper of the 2024 Olympics
Just as we have been conditioned to associate Rolex with F1 races and Grand Slam tennis events, or Hublot with the soccer World Cup and Champion’s League, so the Olympic Games and Omega are joined to an almost Pavlovian degree in our minds thanks to constant branding recognition. You will see the Swiss manufacture’s simple, […]
Watches and Motorsport
It’s a pretty obvious statement but, without accurate timekeeping there can be no racing. And of all the various forms competing can take, it is surely in motorsport where the need for split-second accuracy is most called for. The bond between the meticulously fastidious world of watchmaking and the high octane thrills, glamor and danger […]