Bangkok--21 Aug-- Kick-off event at the OMEGA Pavilion, 22 August 2008, 16:00 Presentations by gymnastics legend Li Ning and top management from OMEGA and Sotheby’s Chinese Athletes such as LI Yong Bo, Yang Yang, Liu Xuan, Jin Jing also attend An event is planned at the OMEGA Pavilion on the Olympic Green to announce OMEGA’s plans to offer its Beijing 2008, Unique N? 8 Collection in cooperation with Sotheby’s, the world’s pre-eminent auction house. The proceeds of the sale will be donated to the Chinese Athletes Educational Foundation (CAEF). The OMEGA Beijing 2008, Unique N? 8 Collection, is presented in a lacquered black walnut presentation cabinet influenced by traditional Chinese Pagoda-style architecture. It includes 35 OMEGA timepieces: 32 limited edition watches in the Beijing Olympic Collection and three “Olympic Split Seconds Chronograph 1932” pocket watches. Each watch bears the auspicious limited edition number of 8.