The history of Omega

>supported by the British and American airmen. The conquest of space began in 1965, when NASA decided to equip astronauts with a Speedmaster chronograph. On 21 July 1969 Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin walk on the moon and Omega too! Since this particular day, the Speedmaster Professional participated in all travel in the area of ​​the Gemini and Apollo to that of the Shuttle.

Simultaneously Omega also chosen to be the Olympics. Twenty-one times a mission that will be successfully accomplished. The space, the Olympic venues and ... the sea. The Seamaster divers descended to some 500 meters deep. But the company also signed complex prestige watches such as Louis Brandt numbered series models which are manufactured in limited editions. Besides all this, the most famous success of Omega Constellation. The name of which refers to the watch brand that has walked on the moon.

Source:The Swiss La Chaux-de-Fonds to the conquest of space, the balloon to the Olympics: the Brandt family had a watch for every occasion at hand. At the end of the 19th century, the moon of the traditional firm Louis Brandt & Frere changed to Omega. In April 1970, the company \ 'Snoopy Award \ "received the highest honor bestowed by NASA will be presented.

Never before has a company so much success so quickly. In 1894 Louis and Cesar Brandt developed their first pocket watch has a 19-gauge line. At that moment they realize that is not on the first day of the 20th century, their production more than 20,000 models a year will be. An industrial production that does not detract from the quality of Omega. The sons take over the case, follow their fathers, and from 1917 to invest successfully Brandt-four (Adrien, Paul and Ernest Gustave) in aviation.

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