Today we take for granted how accurate our timekeeping can be with the advent of electronic components and digital displays. But it was good time-keeping that allowed sailors to calculate longitude correctly, avoiding shipwrecks and ultimately winning wars all with superior instruments of mechanical precision. Omega watches have a long and detailed history of precision and reliability; trait that has been crucial throughout history.
The value of an accurate timepiece is well-known to observatories in the decades leading up to the great space race. And in 1952, just as science-fiction was rapidly coming into vogue, Omega released the first Constellation, an automatic chronometer wrist-watch. The backs of the cases of these slim watches were emblazoned with an emblem if the night sky complete with 8 bright stars. It became the leading model for Omega and stayed popular for a very long time.
In 2009, Omega revealed that their new collection is a modern re-edition of their famous Omega Constellation range; a collection of watches that have been hugely popular as vintage models in recent years because the elegant design looks like the perfect image of a classic vintage watch. And now this new collection has had another two models added to it due to its popularity.
You’ll be pleased to know that the whole collection has worked hard to maintain the key elements of the vintage aesthetic that made their predecessor so popular among collectors. Plus the new Omega Constellation Quartz Watch is available in both male and female styles to suit every collector of fine precision watches. The Omega Constellation is a watch that captured the hearts and minds of a previous generation in love with the romantic notion of outer space. Now they’re returned to earth to do the very same thing to a new generation of adventurous horologists and watch-lovers.