Now THIS is what we have come to expect from British engineering. Inspriational:

[Tunney]

SEND THEM BACK for repair.

 

[Cosimo]

I for one welcome our Swiss clocking making overlords.

I wear one.

 

[Nexus]

Omega should stick to nice mechanical watches not tacky 1970s style LED clocks, that's where they went wrong

Well it's the Swatch Group as a whole to blame... they obviously put one of their more prestigious brands on it because they want to flog their watches.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Cue a massive argument about whether it's British or Swiss engineering that's to blaim.

<3 GD.

You and Jonnycoupe are banned from the discussion, I can't handle another physics debate. Not today

 

[Jonnycoupe]

Genuinely interested to know, how many of the companies making that stuff are owned by foreign investors and companies?

good question.

Rolls Royce - British - so thats the sub powerplant and the Trent engine shown.
Maclaren - British.
Airbus - EADS - French/German
BAE - For the Subs - British
JLR - Indian.

Half I guess?

 

[HamZilla]

Poundland batteries for the lose.

 

[oli356]

Lol.. a countdown already

Seriously?

 

[Firegod]

Maybes they should send a new clock to countdown the time for the repair of the countdown clock.

 

[markweatherill]

Lol.. a countdown already

Seriously?

I thought we already won the Olympics. I saw it on TV.

 

[buchtis]

Countdown to doomsday to be honest, nothing will probably go to plan at these Olympics.

 

[arknor]

its just a boring digital clock anyway and looks cack lol...
they should have had a proper mechanical 500 day countdown in transparent housing so everyone can see the clockwork bits whizzing around.

now that would be cool and old school engineering

 

[Kristoph]

It's a sign. People from the future have time traveled and sabotaged the clock. We cannot progress to 2012. It's a SIGN PEOPLE.

 

[TaKeN]

Built British is Built Best IMO!

The stuff is so darn well made though that it costs a bomb and gets sourced elsewhere

 

[[TW]Sponge]

Countdown to doomsday to be honest, nothing will probably go to plan at these Olimpics.

Not if you don't spell it right!

 

[loltim]

no mention of the humber bridge jonny?

 

[buchtis]

Not if you don't spell it right!

I'd keep it quiet unless you want to end up like that clock.

 

[jas72]

Hey who cares, it's chuffing funny

be funnier if the same thing happened in the 100m final