During this
ceremony, the Baton was delivered to Her Majesty The Queen, who read her
welcome message to the athletes. This event officially opened the XX
Commonwealth Games. Over a period of 288 days, the Baton visited 71 Nations and
Territories, and covered 190,000km.
Longines is the
Official Timekeeper and Watch of the Games, that are held in Glasgow from 23
July to 3 August 2014. In addition, the Swiss watch brand is the Presenting
Partner of the Gymnastics competitions. It provides more than 190 timekeepers
and 122 tonnes of equipment to support the event.
The Official
Watch of Glasgow 2014 is a chronograph in steel from the Conquest Classic
collection, housing an exclusive mechanical column-wheel calibre. With a
diameter of 41 mm, its black dial is set with one arabic numeral and 11 applied
indices with Super-LumiNova®. It displays the hours and the minutes, a small
second at 9, a 30-minute counter at 3, a 12-hour counter at 6 as well as the
date at 4:30. Just as the entire Conquest Classic collection, this timepiece is
water-resistant to 5 bar and its screw-down case back is fitted with a sapphire
glass.
The
Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving 71 teams
of athletes from the Commonwealth of
Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years. It
features 17 sports in 11 days of competition with 261 medal events on show. The
Games play host to 4500 athletes and sell 1,000,000 tickets with the event
aided by an army of 15,000 volunteers.
Longines’
involvement in the Commonwealth Games dates back to 1962, when it was the
Timekeeper of the event in Perth, Australia.
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