De Ville 424.17 replica

Continuing Omega’s 166-year history of innovation and its background of overcoming challenges, in 2013 Omega tackled another major watchmaking challenge to create the first truly magnetic-resistant watch movement, the Omega Master Co-Axial, a technology that the Maison is proud of and is now used in the chronographs of the Omega men’s and women’s collections, setting a new standard of quality for Swiss mechanical watchmaking.

The first mass-produced watch movement in history, we call it Omega, was so successful that OMEGA adopted its name as the name of the entire brand, and for the next 166 years, it went on to make new history in the world of fine watches, including the world’s first true diver’s watch; The Speedmaster‘s accuracy was certified by NASA in 1965, and it has been on six missions to the moon. These experiences show OMEGA‘s unwavering commitment to innovation and its endless pursuit of quality. However, this determination peaked in 1999 with the creation of the Co-Axial escapement, which defined the mechanics of 21st-century watchmaking.

The Co-Axial escapement was the first new invention of a practical watch movement in 250 years, and with the introduction of the 2500 in 1999, OMEGA‘s challenge was to mass-produce the technology. Finally, in 2007, this task was completed with the launch of the OMEGA Co-Axial Escapement 8500/8501, the brand’s first exclusive mechanical movement! In 2008, the Si14 crystal balance spring, known as the co-axial escapement, with its built-in anti-magnetic free-sprung system, became known as the Si14 balance spring, which is still an essential indicator of luxury watches.