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Louis Brandt's workshop moved to Biel in 1880, where Omega still operates the manufacture that produces the Co-Axial Master Chronometer calibres.
Founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848 by Louis Brandt; the 'Omega' name dates from an 1894 caliber. Omega is the official Olympic timekeeper and famously flight-qualified by NASA for the Apollo program (the Speedmaster Professional was worn on the lunar surface in 1969). The brand's modern reset was the introduction of the co-axial escapement (2007, designed by George Daniels), which extended service intervals dramatically and re-established Omega as a chronometric peer of its competitors.
luxuryvintageLemania Cal. 321 -- manual-wind column-wheel chronograph, 18,000bph, 48h PR; lateral clutch, triple-hammer; same caliber used on Moonwatch NASA mission42mm1968–1988editorial
luxuryvintageLemania Cal. 321 -- manual-wind column-wheel chronograph, 18,000bph, 48h PR; lateral clutch, triple-hammer; same caliber used on Moonwatch NASA mission42mm1967–1968editorial
luxuryvintageOmega Cal. 561 -- automatic, 18,000bph, 44h PR, 24j; bumper rotor predecessor to 562; used in pie-pan Constellation from late 1950s34mm1966–1969editorial
luxurymodernOmega Cal. 3330 -- Co-Axial automatic chronograph, 28,800bph, 52h PR, 37j; column-wheel, Co-Axial escapement; used in Speedmaster Mark II re-edition42.4mm2014–2020editorial
luxurymodernLemania Cal. 321 -- manual-wind column-wheel chronograph, 18,000bph, 48h PR; lateral clutch, triple-hammer; same caliber used on Moonwatch NASA mission39.7mm2020–presenteditorial
luxurymodernOmega Cal. 8900 -- Co-Axial Master Chronometer automatic, 25,200bph, 60h PR, 30j; METAS-certified, anti-magnetic to 15,000 gauss; used in Aqua Terra and De Ville43.5mm2016–presenteditorial
luxurymodernOmega Cal. 8900 -- Co-Axial Master Chronometer automatic, 25,200bph, 60h PR, 30j; METAS-certified, anti-magnetic to 15,000 gauss; used in Aqua Terra and De Ville41mm2017–presenteditorial
luxurymodernOmega Cal. 8900 -- Co-Axial Master Chronometer automatic, 25,200bph, 60h PR, 30j; METAS-certified, anti-magnetic to 15,000 gauss; used in Aqua Terra and De Ville41mm2017–presenteditorial
luxurymodernOmega Cal. 2500C -- Co-Axial automatic, 25,200bph, 48h PR, 27j; anti-magnetic to 15,000 gauss; used in the mid-size De Ville Prestige39.5mm2014–present