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The history of Omega brand.
1848, Louis and Brandt set up a pocket watch assembly workshop in the Swiss town of La Saud.

1889 Louis Brandt &; GILS switched to beer in 1880, and became the largest watch manufacturer in Switzerland, with 600 employees and an annual output of 654.38+10,000 watches.

1894 Louis Brandt &; GILS Company invented the innovative "Omega 19 Order" movement, which was later named after Omega.

19 17- 18 During World War I, Omega was designated as a watch supplier by the British Royal Flying Army and the US Army.

1932, Omega provided time service for the Olympic Games for the first time in Los Angeles, and since then it has often been used as the official timekeeper for sports events around the world.

1936, Omega set a record of KEW- Taidington timing accuracy at Taidington Observatory.

During World War II from 65438 to 0939, Omega was selected as the designated watch supplier by the Royal Air Force for its famous 30mm watch movement.

1948 Omega introduced the first seahorse watch, which is famous for its reliable performance and durability.

1949 Omega developed the world's first advanced terminal camera device.

1952, Omega constellation series observatory appeared on the surface and instantly became the top series of the brand. In the same year, the world's first timely electronic timer OTR for sports competitions came out.

1955 launched the world's first self-winding women's watch, Omega LAKYMATIC.

1957 Omega's first motorized Altman chronograph surfaced.

1960, Omega launched the first seahorse UFO watch, and then launched the UFO series in 1967.

196 1 omega tracking recorder OMEGASCOPE came out, which can display the timing results of athletes' competitions on the screen.

1965 After rigorous testing of several watch brands by NASA, Omega Motorized Altman Professional Timekeeping Watch was finally selected as the designated watch for space mission.

KYNAMIOC watch was launched in 1968, and it is the best-selling series in Omega watch series.

On July 2, 1969165438, Omega Motorized Altman Professional Timekeeping Watch became the first watch worn by astronauts to land on the moon, which accompanied mankind to jump out of the historic first step of landing on the Earth satellite and shocked the world.

1970, Omega won the "Shi Nuobi Prize" awarded by NASA in recognition of the role of the professional chronograph of the mobile Altman in solving the crisis in the Apollo 13 space program.

1974, Omega introduced the world's first ocean observatory watch, with a monthly timing error as low as 1 s, which is ten times better than ordinary timekeeping watches.

During the historic rendezvous between Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft in 1975, American and Russian astronauts wore Omega mobile Altman professional chronograph watch, which later became the designated watch of Soviet astronauts.

The chronograph watch was launched in 1976, which is the first watch with hands and LCD digital display in the world.

198 1 year, the elegant design of the diving watch omega hippocampus series with diving depth of 120M (spiral crown and mineral glass bezel) came out. French divers Jack and Maier wore this watch in Elba 198 1+0 1.

1982

Introducing two best-selling chronograph watches:

There are four claws on the surface of the watch of Omega Constellation Observatory, which tightly fix the sapphire crystal on the case to improve the waterproof performance.

Omega seahorse quartz watch is made of titanium, which is extremely light and hard as steel, and has strong rust and wear resistance.

1984 Omega presents the world's most accurate sitting clock, which is carefully designed by talented designers Dominique and Loizeau. It is a masterpiece with great creativity, precision, exquisiteness and symbolic significance.

1985 invented the first world-class color matrix game scoreboard.

1985-1986 Nicola and Heyek conceived and implemented the reorganization plan of two watch companies, ASUAG and SSIH, for more than four years, and finally decided to merge the two companies, and jointly acquired the main equity of the new group with the Swiss investment consortium on 1985.

From 65438 to 0986, Nikolai and Heyek became the directors and CEO of the new group.

1990, the world's first mechanical watch-core diving chronograph-Haima series professional diving chronograph (300 m-1000 ft water depth waterproof function) is equipped with observatory meter certification, helium gas exhaust valve and multiple buttons, which can play a role in 300 m deep sea.

1994, the world's first self-winding watch equipped with Central tourbillon came out.

From 65438 to 0998, after consulting the professional opinions of astronauts and professional pilots, Miao developed 33 professional chronographs, which combined many most advanced technical functions and completely met the strict requirements of human beings to perform tasks in space.

In 2000, Omega Pan Fei Coaxial Series adopted the world's first industrial movement with the same escapement system, which made the watch durable and accurate, greatly reducing the time for adding lubricating oil and maintenance.

In 200 1 year, in the 2 1 century, Omega launched the mobile Altman wide arrow watch, continuing the legend of the mobile Altman series.

The name of this watch comes from the unique pointer beginning, which is the design of the first motorized Altman watch.

Wide arrow watch, and choose the latest Omega exclusive 3303 vertical wheel timing device for movement.

In 2002, the brand-new AQUA TERRA series seahorses were launched, with perspective design on both sides. The coaxial escapement, which is the first time to show the trend of collar-building technology, is the perfect combination of advanced technology and classic design.

In addition, the brand-new coaxial escapement chronograph is also equipped with Omega's exclusive vertical wheel timing device, making it the world's first coaxial escapement chronograph.

In 2003, two important new watches came out-Tieba Watch (launched by Orient Express) and Constellation Double Eagle Series. In addition, Omega also launched a brand-new advertising plan, and the advertising photos were taken by famous magazine photographers Arthur and Iger.

In 2004, Omega introduced a brand-new coaxial timepiece-Saint Moritz watch in the annual sleigh cup competition.

In 2005, Omega grandly announced the launch of three new watches-Haima Ocean Cosmos Series, RATTRAPANTE Double-Hand Chronograph and OMEGAMANIA Women's Watch.