subject: The devolopment of the brand Omega [print this page] In 1848,Louis Brandt opened his first workshop in the northwestward of Switzerland when he was twenty-three years old.When the winter coming and snow covered the mountain,he started to produce watches in the samll factory and then sold them to Italy,Bratain and Northern Europe to market his products.Louis's two sons took over his fatory in 1879 when he died,and decidede to produce the whole elements by themsleves because the unstable accessories's quality.At the same time,they use the mechanization methods to instead of the traditional ways.In 1880,the new base of the factory be built in another ideal areas with a convinent transportation and abundant resources,which is also the headquaters of Omega until today.Replica Watches
In 1892,the first talking watch in the world be produced with the function of telling time,telling seconds and telling minites.Another change happned in 1894 when the nineteen diamonds mechanism watches with a high precision be produced by the fatory,which means the born of the brand Omega.The logo of this watch means the perfect and success.Two years later,the nineteen diamonds mechanism watch got the affirmation of the astronomical observatory in Europe which started to famous all the world.Until the year of 1903,Omega company had become the largest manufacturers in the watches industry with the employees more than eighty hundreds and the amount of production of twenty-four every year.
During the time of the world war one and the world war two,omega watches are used by the Royal Air Force.In 1932,omega watches are choosed to be the special timepieces by the Los Angeles OCOG(Organizing Committee of Olympic Games),which is also the first compnay in the history got the reputation.Form that time,Omega watches started to show his influence in the international sports events.
In 1932,The first series diving timepieces-Marine were pushed out by the compnay,later the series of Seamaster were produced again for the professional dive.The most legendary series wathes in the history of Omega is Speedmaster.In the late 60s,the NASA(national aeronautics and space administration) used two years gave a inspection for a batch of watches in the aspect of weightlessness,magnetic-field,shake,strike and temperature difference,as a result,Omega got the best marks among the competitors.Therefore,it is regraded as the appointed timepieces by NASA in1965.On July 21 of 1969,with the U.S. astronauts Armstrong the Speedmaster landed the Moon and started his space travel.
In the time of one century,Omega watches are still lead to a dominant position in the watch industry with his excellent crafts and special design.It is a represent of creation and virtuosity which be loved by thousands of people in the world.Most of his watches accepted the inspection of the Swiss official (astronomical) observatory and create a record of the most accurate timepieces in the history.Besides,the beatiful design also attracked thousands of people in the world.
Nowadays,the reputation of Omega had spread all over the world,if you are a wealthy enough,you can enjoy the excellent quality the brand brought in.