OMEGA has an unparalleled history in sports timekeeping. First named Official Timekeeper at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932, OMEGA's expertise in sports timekeeping and ability to deliver precise and reliable results led to the company's appointment as Official Timekeeper for a total of twenty-one Olympic Games over the course of the 20th century. The Torino 2008 Olympic Winter Games mark the return of OMEGA to its historic role. To celebrate, OMEGA presents the OMEGA Torino 2008 Collection, a series of three Limited Edition chronographs.

The renewed relationship between OMEGA and the Olympic Games is highlighted on each of the Torino 2008 Olympic Collection chronographs by the five interlocking coloured rings that so famously represent the Olympic Games. A strikingly innovative application of nanotechnology has enabled OMEGA to integrate this historic symbol with extraordinary precision and fidelity into the watch design. The coloured rings form the counterweight of the split-seconds or central seconds hand on the three chronographs, celebrating the Olympic Games and recalling OMEGA's record of continuous innovation in both watchmaking and sports timekeeping. The role of OMEGA as Official Timekeeper to the Torino 2008 Olympic Winter Games is underscored by the "torino 2008" mark on the dial and by the Olympic rings symbol, the OMEGA name and symbol and the inscription "Official Timekeeper" stamped on the case back. An additional inscription on the case back enhances the exclusive character of the Torino 2008 Olympic Collection chronographs: "Torino 2008 Limited Edition", followed by the engraved limited series number of the piece. The number of pieces in each of the three Limited Editions highlights the year 2008 and the Torino 2008 Olympic Winter Games: 01/28, 001/208, or 0001/2008.