A History of the Omega Chronostop

A History of the Omega Chronostop

For many, the story of Omega’s chronograph production begins and ends with the Speedmaster, the NASA-approved, hand-wound tool watch introduced in 1957. Of course, the brand’s history in stopwatch technology extends much farther back than that. Having specialized in pocket watches throughout its first six decades, it manufactured an early wrist-worn chronograph in 1913 on the eve of the First World War. From there, it expanded into single- and d…