The Chronocamera became standard in a range of sports and disciplines away from horse racing, becoming certified in in Paris by the International Automobile Federation. Stepping this up once more, just two years later Longines produced a permanent recording process of the finish line. The Contifort printed on a continuously unwinding and immediately developed film strip the position in time and space of contestants on the finish line, timed, of course, with the quartz clock advancements of the years before.
In addition, in , it became the providers of race times at the revered Ascot racecourse and then in renewed the agreement whereby it became the official partners of the course, including the globally recognised Royal Ascot meeting. And yet it does not prevent it from measuring up to 16, bits of data per second. According to Juan-Carlos Capelli, "For Longines, investing in technological advances is another step in our historic relationship with horse racing. The Longines Tracking System offers this discipline many advantages, in addition to transforming the racing industry.
It provides spectators and punters with valuable information. Our data is primarily intended for racing professionals and spectators.
As the technology is based on its own wi-fi network, all the transmitters in the area covered by the RTK base station have their information, acquired by satellite positioning, automatically corrected and retransmitted.
The Longines Tracking System takes several types of measurements. In particular, timing to a th of a second for each horse participating in the race, its speed, acceleration or deceleration measured up to 30 times per second; a ranking and average speed of each horse for every phase of the race; the maximum speed and best stretch of the race for each participant; and also the individual distance covered by each horse with a visual of its trajectory.
One has a jet black dial and shows the phases of the Moon, while the two others have elegantly sleek white mother-of-pearl dials. A galaxy of diamonds decorates the bases of two of the three models. The watches are mounted on leather straps to match the dials. Even Aishwarya herself had some trouble choosing her favourite! Throughout the world, Royal Ascot is held to be one of the most prestigious sporting events, combining tradition and performance for the last years.
Today, Royal Ascot draws over , visitors during the week. For its part, Longines has almost a century of experience in equestrian sport, gained in every corner of the world. Recommended reading. Longines inaugurates its new Boutique in the heart of Geneva Longines inaugurates its new Boutique in No cash alternatives.
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