The prestigious Swiss brand and member of Swatch Group Ltd., the world's leading watch manufacturer, was founded in 1848. For more than 160 years the brand has been synonymous with excellence, innovation and precision, making it the only watch brand to be associated with the conquest of space, and the brand that since 1969 has produced the "Moon Watch" ­the one and only watch worn on the Moon. Faithful to its original pioneering spirit, Omega continues to make technical and watchmaking history with innovation in areas as diverse as sports timing, precision technology, and design ­innovations that led to the conquest of ocean depths and space. Most recently Omega became a partner and a technical advisor of Solar Impulse, a project to circumnavigate the Earth with a solar-powered airplane. Through numerous partnership agreements at the top level of competition, in various sporting disciplines such as golf, bobsleigh, yachting, athletics and swimming, Omega has, for many years, actively supported the ideal of perfection and precision, personified by the brand's sports ambassadors. Omega's fashion and cinema ambassadors remind us that the brand's image also extends the world over to other spheres of excellence. Since 1932 Omega has been the Official Timekeeper of 24 Olympic Games and has been called upon to time those of London 2012. Since its creation Omega's history has been replete with examples of innovation, record precision, audacious design, pioneering spirit and a tradition of excellence in watchmaking. This tradition was further demonstrated in 1999 with the launch of the revolutionary Co-Axial movement, developed with the noted British watchmaker George Daniels and constituting one of the 20th century's major innovations in watchmaking excellence. http://www.omegawatches.com/