If not for Omega, we probably would not be in Switzerland right now. Thank you, Omega, for playing such an important role in our lives! Omega also brought so many people together, including the Omega Electronics team, which included Dad.
The friends we are seeing during our stay are all former colleagues from Omega. I can picture Dad and Mummy with them some 20+ years ago. I can definitely see how they would all form close friendships. Indeed, each of these men that Daddio has worked with reminds me of him in some way...and in different ways. I've also enjoyed guessing their Myers-Briggs types, but I'll save that discussion for another day. ;)
On our last day in Bienne (I call it Bienne as all of Daddy's colleagues are French Swiss), we had a chance to go to the Omega Museum. The audio tour was fascinating and incredibly educational. I appreciate Omega's rich and illustrious history. I took several pictures and will post a few below. One highlight was seeing all the sports timing equipment, including a camera that Francois designed! Renald said casually, "Francois designed that one you know." :) I recognized some of the equipment from Daddy's photos and book. I also saw that what I grew up thinking to be our egg timer was actually one of the hand-held chronometers used during the Olympics. ;) Again, please consider checking out Splitting the Second by Alex Cheng for tons of great stories and insights about sports timing!
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