To appreciate new technology sometimes we must have a look into the past. The man who gave the world so many solutions to watchmaking problems was one Abraham Louis Breguet. The Breguet tradition moves the dial aside to show a link movement based on the Souscription watches Breguet made between 1798-1805. These link watches included A.L. Breguet's own link inventions of the Breguet over coil, parachute shock protection, and improvements to the Swiss lever. If you care to hear more, check out this video. link

This is officially Omega's Olympics. If you want to sponsor the link Olympics but can't keep up with all the timing necessary, well, tough luck. But that's not a problem for Omega. None of the world link records or photo finishes would be possible without the athletes, but they also wouldn't be official without Omega's timekeeping capabilities. And speaking of photo finishes, how about that 100m men's final? It link was 9.784 seconds of pure nail-biting excitement. link