Omega watches are closely associated with world renowned celebrities like John F Canady, Prince Williams, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Cindy Crawford, James Bond and many others. They have a wide range of collection for the both men and women. These watches are characterized by unique designs perfect accuracy, technology and superior quality. Omega was declared as the official time keeping device for the Vancouver winter Olympics 2010. Neil Armstrong wore the Omega watch on the moon. Omega is the leader of both wrist watches and pocket watches.
Louis Brandit was the founder of Omega watches, who produced some lovely watches and are well known even today. Omega produced special designed and crafted watches for armed forces during World War II. His follower continued to follow his path. But due economic crises in 1980 they had to merge with another large company ASUAG and make a new company ASUAG-SSIH. It did not work for them and taken by another group SMH.
Their 5 popular brands are:
- Omega Constellation Chronometer
- Omega Deville
- Omega Planet Ocean Chronograph
- Rail Master
- Omega Seamster
Omega has never compromised on quality and has always delivered the best there could be in precision movement, this quality of Omega has always made it the collector’s brand and there is not one person who doesn’t wish to have an omega on his wrist. They are high priced and are produced in very limited editions.
Due to their high quality and price it’s not in the range of an ordinary person. Replicas are serving as a good substitute for these high priced watches. Many Japanese and Swiss companies are offering their replicas. Now anyone can fulfill his dream to wear them at very affordable price. He can enjoy the status symbol and self recognition at very nominal cost. Although they are made with cheap material yet they are similar to the original ones. These watches are manufactured with every detail. it is very difficult to spot that which one is real or replica.