Omega
The watch on Buzz Aldrin's wrist on the Moon, now fifth in a race it used to run second in.
Big name·Global·Founded 1848·Members
At a glance
- Founded
- 1848 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, assembling key-wound pocket watches from parts made by local craftsmen.1
- Founded by
- Louis Brandt, joined by his sons Louis-Paul and César in 1877.1
- Home
- Biel/Bienne in Switzerland, where the company opened its museum in 1984.1
- Owned by
- The Swatch Group, reached by way of the 1930 merger into SSIH and the Hayek-led takeover that followed.1
- What it sells
- Watches, plus timing devices and systems.1
How it got here
1848
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Louis Brandt starts assembling key-wound precision pocket watches in La Chaux-de-Fonds from parts supplied by local craftsmen.1
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Sources for what is above
- 1Omega SAWikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- 5Royal Pop Frenzy Helps Lift Swatch Group’s H1 Sales but Net Profit Still ShrinksWWD · 21 July 2026 · wwd.com
- 6Morgan Stanley’s 2025 Top 50 Watch Brands Report: Rolex Leads Amid Rising Market PolarisationMonochrome Watches · 18 February 2026 · monochrome-watches.com
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