In the Greek alphabet letter
OMEGA is a synonym of total perfection. In watch industry
Omega is, perhaps, one of the most known marks, a symbol of the absolute design and technology. History of Omega: Louis Brandt started researching and developing pocket watches in 1848 in La Chaux-de -Fonds, Switzerland. The quality of workmanship and attention to detail would foreshadow the watches that would later carry the
Omega name. Brandt continued making watches until 1877 when he formed Louis Brandt & Fils company with his oldest son, Louis Paul.
Louis Paul and his brother
Caesar moved the company to Bienne two years later. It remains there to this day. Innovators in every way, the Brandt brothers were the first
Swiss watchmakers to use the divided assembly line. Allowing quality watches to be mass-produced, this process also allowed the prices of the watches to be moderated as efficiency improved. The company went through several name changes through the
years: Louis Brandt & Frere (1891)
Louis Brandt and Frere-Omega Watch Co (1903) Omega, Louis Brandt & Frere (1947) Omega
Ltd in 1982 Throughout all the name changes, the pride in quality of workmanship remained
with the Omega watch.
Omega first mass-produced the pocket watch in 1894. By 1902 Omega introduced the first wrist watch.
Omega has been the official timer of 21 Olympic Games
Omega
watches were designated the
watch of American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts. Omega was the first watch to be worn on the moon. Neil Armstrong made that the case in 1969, and later by all Apollo
crews
