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- The first wristwatches bearing the Omega name were produced in 1900 and used by British officers in South Africa’s Boer War (1899-1903).
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Marking an enormous leap forward, the Brandt brothers released a new calibre in 1894 that was to famously become the company’s namesake – the 19-ligne calibre. Produced in series using revolutionary new methods, the movement set a new standard for watchmaking.
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In 1848 a young watchmaker named Louis Brandt opened a small...
- 1948: Birth of OMEGA Seamaster Watches
Marking the brand’s centenary, OMEGA launched the now-iconic...
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In 1848 a young watchmaker named Louis Brandt opened a small workshop in the small Swiss village of La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was here, in the family villa, that the 23-year-old Brandt began the company that was to become OMEGA.
Marking the brand’s centenary, OMEGA launched the now-iconic Seamaster in 1948. Originating from OMEGA’s military prowess, it was built to withstand any challenge at any altitude, whether in the skies or below the surface of the ocean.
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Introduced in 1948, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the firm that became Omega, the Seamaster was perhaps always destined to become a mainstay of the Omega portfolio. The watch, however, bore little resemblance to the one we’re familiar with today, the model worn on the screen by James Bond. The “dive watch,” as we know it in the modern se...
The following year of 1957 proved to be a historically significant one for Omega, thanks to the launch of three specially designed “Master” tool watches, all of which owed some stylistic debt to the original Seamaster. One was the Railmaster, a watch aimed at scientists and technicians whose technical hallmark was its extreme magnetic resistance. T...
Watch manufacturers continued to push the limits of water resistance for their dive watches during the 1960s and ‘70s, and Omega was no exception. In 1970, the company partnered with COMEX, the same French commercial diving firm that collaborated with Rolex on the development of the Sea-Dweller, to produce its most “extreme” divers’ watch to date, ...
The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M, the successor to the Seamaster 300, began its march to mainstream popularity in the 1990s, when Omega signed on as the official watch of James Bond. The megapopular Bond films, the first of which was released in 1963, had featured several actors in the lead role and numerous watch brands as Agent 007’s wristwear of c...
Shortly after the turn of the millennium, and the revival of the mechanical luxury watch that accompanied it, Omega set out to expand the Seamaster family, first with the Aqua Terra in 2002, and then with the Planet Ocean in 2005. Serving as a dressier and more understated sibling to the sporty Diver models — and to some extent harkening back to th...
In today’s vintage-obsessed watch world, everything old is potentially new again, and in 2017, Omega marked the 50th anniversary of its watershed year of 1957 with the release of the Trilogy — largely period-accurate reissues of the Railmaster, the Seamaster 300, and the “pre-Moonwatch” Speedmaster, the three collectors’ classic timepieces that deb...
Omega made history (and scored a win in its ongoing battle with rival Rolex for dive-watch record supremacy) in 2019, when a prototype watch called the Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep Professional descended more than 10,928 meters (or 35,853 feet) into the Marianas Trench on an undersea expedition headed by ocean explorer Victor Vescovo. That fea...
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The story of Omega watches begins in 1848, when an ambitious 23-year-old named Louis Brandt opened a small workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Driven by dreams of creating fine pocket watches, Brandt built a reputation for remarkably precise and exquisitely crafted timepieces, laying the foundations for a watchmaking empire. After Louis ...
Nov 9, 2021 · As a museum display case makes clear, Omega’s modern era begins in 1957 with the “holy trinity” of tool watches: the updated Seamaster (300), the Speedmaster and the Railmaster.
In the early 1980s, OMEGA introduced its first quartz-powered Seamaster models, which offered unparalleled accuracy and reliability. These watches featured a sleek, modern design, with slim cases and minimalist dials that reflected the era's aesthetic preferences.
