Omega has been the official timekeeper of the Olympics
By: lili smith
Submitted: 2012-01-10 21:44:37 | Word Count: 497
Omega is a luxury watch manufacturer based in Switzerland, whose products are recognized worldwide for their beauty and superior quality. Founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in 1848 by Louis Brandt, Omega is used by some of the most influential. Presidents, actors and popular icons are regularly seen adorning their wrists with Omega Replica Watches. Louis Brandt initially buy parts for their pocket watches key wound precision of local craftsman. After his death, however, his two sons, I felt a manufacturing process in the company could produce top quality merchandise. This would serve as the principle of primacy of Omega. It was only a short period of time after the company became an industry standard.
Brandt's two sons, Luis de Pablo and Cesar, who died in 1903 when bequeath his empire Omega four young (the oldest being 23). At this time, the 240, 000 watches are produced each year by a staff of 800. The new owners, despite their youth, continued to expand the company and the seventies, had become the third largest producer of finished watches in the world (and number one in Switzerland). Unfortunately, Omega faces serious financial problems during the economic recession between 1975 and 1980 and had to be rescued in 1981. There is talk of a possible purchase of Seiko, a manufacturer of watches in the competition, but nothing materialized. Instead, after years of financial restructuring and mergers, the Swatch Group was formed in 1998 and is now the only manufacturer of Omega and other watch brands.
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In 1999, Omega unveiled its first mass-produced watch incorporating the coaxial exhaust. Escape is a mechanism that converts rotary motion into an oscillation or rocking motion (the "tic-tac" sound produced by the clock). coaxial escape with little or no lubrication and friction using radial (as opposed to sliding) that produces a longer period of service and greater accuracy of the time.
The Omega has always been a well-made product. The "Omega Speedmaster Professional Chronography", for example, was the first watch on the moon. NASA used these watches with manual winding in the decade of 1960 - a test for the design and function of the Omega Star. Perhaps the most popular and recognizable iconography came with James Bond. In 1995, Pierce Brosnawho repeated the role of James Bond, wearing an Omega Seamaster Professional Quartz Goldeneye, and in later films, the Omega Seamaster Professional chronometer. The elegance of this accessory is a great addition to the character that made a transition from the operation of sophisticated elegance.
True to his style and functionality, Omega has been the official timekeeper of the Olympics. It began with the 1932 Olympics and was subsequently selected for the 2006 Games, 2008 and 2010 as well. It is not uncommon to see many sports Olympians Omega, as the symbol par excellence of the class.
