Omega, the extravagant watch manufacturer, is famed for its exquisite, innovative and fluent style in the world. Many influential stars, celebrities, politics wear Omega watches. To name just a few are Cindy Crawford, Michael Schumacher and the Chinese film star Zhang Ziyi. Since its founding in Switzerland in 1848 by Louis Brandt, Omega has never ceased looking for innovation and betterment.
At the beginning, Louis established the company by buying some manual winding watches from the local crafters for reference. Over years, after numerous trials and modifications, Omega step by step grew to the industry standard.
In 1903, when the company was managed by four junior entrepreneurs, with only 800 employees, 240 thousand watches were manufactured each year. Due to the daring characteristic of its possessors, the company sustains expanding. The company once rose to number one watch producer in Switzerland. In the 1960s, the company launched the Omega Speedmaster Professional Chronography and put into aviation use. It was implemented by NASA and became the first watch appearing in the moon. But the tide reversed in 1975 when the economic recession stroke. The company scrambled forward.
In the 90s, the company was reborn with its adventurous originality.In 1995, Pierce Brosnan, the famous film star, worn a Omega Seamaster Quartz Professional on the screen. And this brought in great notices for the brand.Four years later, in 1999, it mass produced a watch with co-axial escapement and gained a great deal of popularity. Ever since then, Omega is so popular among the world that it was selected to be the Olympics watches.
Omega never ends improving. Nowadays, it is offering a variety of models. Some of them could be faddish for fashionistas, while some are professional designed for the professional. I am positive that it is a ever popular brand.