In the new millennium, OMEGA continues to grow their catalog. In 1962, OMEGA made history when astronaut Wally Schirra wore a Speedmaster on his Mercury Sigma 7 mission, which led to a significant endorsement from NASA in 1965, making the Speedmaster their official chronograph for space missions. Just two years later, the brothers introduced the 19-line OMEGA caliber, which helped to establish a reputation for their work in the watch industry and eventually gave the company its name.īy 1905, OMEGA had begun serving as the official timekeeper at sporting events across Switzerland and the company solidified one of its most important timekeeping partnerships in 1932 when the Olympic Games entrusted the OMEGA brand as the single timekeeper for the summer events in Los Angeles, California. After his death, his sons took over and expanded – by 1885, they launched their first mass-produced caliber, the Labrador, and in 1892, they created the first minute-repeating timepiece. In Le Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in 1848, OMEGA's founder Louis Brandt started a small workshop to sell pocket watches.
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