Omega watches were founded in 1848 by Louis Brandt. The watches were produced with the aim to surpass others in high precision timing. His two sons took over the company after his death and created their own in-house manufacturing system. They focused strongly on producing their own calibers.
After these two sons passed on in 1903, their eldest descendent Paul Emile-Brandt at age 24 took over the company. Even at that young age, he was able to turn the then 800 workers workshop to new heights. He merged the company into the SSIH group in 1930 which later took in many other brands within its umbrella.

1848

Omega watches were founded by Louis Brandt

1903

Eldest descendent Paul Emile-Brandt at age 24 took over the company.

1930

Paul Emile-Brandt merged the company into the SSIH group which later took in many other brands within its umbrella.

1965

Omega's Speedmaster Professional was declared by NASA as flight-qualified for all their manned space missions. The first walk in space by astronaut, Edward White, was wearing the very watch.

1970

Another test on the watch company was the Apollo 13 explosion of their service module. The astronauts had to fly back their craft with total power supply cut with limited oxygen supply. Their ability to re-enter earth’s atmosphere was done with the help of Speedmaster watches that helped them earn the Snoopy Award, a high honor given by astronauts to their suppliers.

1988

Omega's Seamaster 200 meters made a new record in 1988 as it was worn by the French submarine team during the Fare mission descending as deep as 4,400 meters in the Atlantic Ocean.