| About OMEGA: | | | | World War would lead him to work actively from |
| Omega is another top brand that swiss made | | | | 1925 toward the union of Omega and Tissot, then |
| lexury watches.it is best choive for the carriage | | | | to their merger in 1930 within the group SSIH, |
| trade also.it representative | | | | Geneva. Under his leadership, and from 1955 that |
| rich,classic,popular,fashion,and all. | | | | of Joseph Reiser, the SSIH Group continued to |
| Omega Seamaster De Ville, an early | | | | grow and multiply, absorbing or creating some |
| "waterproof" watch, with automatic movement | | | | fifty companies. By the seventies, SSIH had |
| and date, in 14k goldThe forerunner of Omega | | | | become Switzerland's number one producer of |
| was founded at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in | | | | finished watches and number three in the |
| 1848 by 23-year-old Louis Brandt, who assembled | | | | world.Weakened by the severe monetary crisis |
| key-wound precision pocket watches from parts | | | | and recession of 1975 to 1980, SSIH was bailed |
| supplied by local craftsmen. He sold his watches | | | | out by the banks in 1981. During this period, Seiko |
| from Italy to Scandinavia by way of England, his | | | | expressed interest in acquiring Omega, but nothing |
| chief market. After Louis Brandt's death in 1879, | | | | came out of the talks. Switzerland's other |
| his two sons Louis-Paul and César, troubled by | | | | watchmaking giant Allgemeine Schweizerische |
| irregular deliveries of questionable quality, | | | | Uhrenindustrie AG (ASUAG), principal |
| abandoned the unsatisfactory assembly workshop | | | | manufacturer of ébauches (unfinished |
| system in favour of in-house manufacturing and | | | | movements produced for a range of other Swiss |
| total production control. Due to the greater supply | | | | watch assemblers) and owner of the Longines |
| of manpower, communications and energy in Biel, | | | | and Rado watch brands, was similarly saved a |
| the enterprise moved into a small factory in | | | | year later. |
| January 1880, then bought the entire building in | | | | After drastic financial cleansing and a restructuring |
| December. | | | | of the two groups' R&D and production |
| Two years later the company moved into a | | | | operations at the ETA complex in Granges, the |
| converted spinning-factory in the Gurzelen district | | | | two giants merged in 1983 to form the Holding |
| of Biel, where headquarters are still situated | | | | ASUAG-SSIH. In 1985 the holding company was |
| today. Their first series-produced calibres, | | | | taken over by a group of private investors under |
| Labrador and Gurzelen, as well as the famous | | | | the strategy and leadership of Nicolas Hayek. |
| Omega calibre of 1894, would ensure the brand's | | | | Immediately renamed SMH, Société suisse |
| marketing success.Louis-Paul and César Brandt | | | | de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie, the new |
| both died in 1903, leaving one of Switzerland's | | | | group achieved rapid growth and success to |
| largest watch companies — with 240,000 | | | | become today's top watch producer in the world. |
| watches produced annually and employing 800 | | | | Named Swatch Group in 1998, it now includes |
| people — in the hands of four young people, | | | | Blancpain and Breguet. Omega remains one of its |
| the oldest of whom, Paul-Emile Brandt, was not | | | | most prestigious brands.now,more than 10 brands |
| yet 24. Brandt was the great architect and builder | | | | replicas omega watches design,because it is on |
| of Omega. His influence would be felt over the | | | | the top of watches fashion.it become more |
| next half-century. | | | | brands copy object.i think it is the charm of |
| The economic difficulties brought on by the First | | | | omega. |