Omega
- Founded
- 1848 · La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Collections
- 5
- References
- 91
Founded by Louis Brandt in 1848, Omega took its name from the calibre that made it — the 1894 Omega movement, whose interchangeable parts meant a watch could be serviced by any watchmaker rather than only its maker. It has been the Olympic Games' official timekeeper since 1932, and NASA's flight-qualified watch since 1965. Omega's archive is unusually good, and it will issue an extract from it for individual watches.
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Older Omegas use short reference numbers (CK2915, 105.012). From the 1990s the scheme became a long dotted string — 310.30.42.50.01.001 — where each pair of digits encodes collection, case material, diameter, bracelet, dial and variant in a fixed order. It is unwieldy to read but genuinely descriptive: two Omega references that differ in one pair differ in exactly one attribute.
Before you ask.
How do Omega reference numbers work?
Older Omegas use short references such as CK2915 or 105.012. From the 1990s the scheme became a long dotted string like 310.30.42.50.01.001, where each pair of digits encodes collection, case material, diameter, bracelet, dial and variant in a fixed order, so two references that differ in one pair differ in exactly one attribute.
Can Omega confirm when my watch was made?
Omega's archive is unusually good, and the company will issue an extract from it for individual watches.
Does Watch Safe cover Omega?
Yes. Omega is catalogued in the Watch Safe reference library, and any Omega serial number can be looked up in the public registry to check for an existing record or theft flag. Authentication is performed by independent expert authenticators; Watch Safe records the result and publishes the registry entry.
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