OMEGA
Founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848 by Louis Brandt, Omega is one of the few Swiss houses named after a movement rather than a man: the 19-ligne Omega calibre of 1894 sold so well that the firm took its name in 1903. Official Olympic timekeeper since 1932, the brand saw its Speedmaster qualified by NASA in 1965 and worn on the Moon on 20 July 1969.
Precision as a public claim
Omega’s character is serial accuracy proven in public. Olympic timing puts its instruments in front of judges and cameras every two years, a role confirmed through Los Angeles 2028. In 1999 it was the first manufacturer to mass-produce the Co-Axial escapement devised by George Daniels, and since 2015 its movements carry the METAS Master Chronometer certification, tested against magnetic fields of 15,000 gauss.
Collections
Four families carry the name: the Speedmaster, the Moonwatch and its chronographs; the Seamaster, from the Diver 300M to the Aqua Terra and the Planet Ocean; the Constellation, the dress line since 1952; and the De Ville. Omega belongs to the Swatch Group and remains, with Rolex, the most searched Swiss watch name in the Gulf.