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<blockquote data-quote="thor447" data-source="post: 4039264" data-attributes="member: 24867">Yep, George Daniels invented it in the 60&#039;s.&nbsp; He shopped it around to several Swiss watch companies (including Patek Phillipe), but none of them decided to move forward with it until Omega.&nbsp; I&#039;ve read quite a bit of history on it&#039;s development, and boy were those companies sorry for not grabbing it when they did.Swatch does own Omega, but Omega engineered and developed a lot in-house.&nbsp; I believe you&#039;re right where now all of their movements are in-house.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even Vacheron Constantin, A. Lange &amp; Söhne, and the watchmaker&#039;s watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre are owned by owned by the Richemont Group, which another very large conglomerate like Swatch.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think that takes it takes away from the quality of a watch if it is owned by a larger parent company.&nbsp; It seems that most of those higher end brands still keep everything in house, but Patek used JLC movements for years.&nbsp; Rolex used Zenith&nbsp; movements for the Daytona up until 2000.&nbsp; ETA makes some really good stuff, so I don&#039;t think it detracts at all from the Omegas of that time.&nbsp; They are solid runners, and then Omega took those movements and did their own finish work to them, added additional complications, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thor447, post: 4039264, member: 24867"] Yep, George Daniels invented it in the 60's. He shopped it around to several Swiss watch companies (including Patek Phillipe), but none of them decided to move forward with it until Omega. I've read quite a bit of history on it's development, and boy were those companies sorry for not grabbing it when they did. Swatch does own Omega, but Omega engineered and developed a lot in-house. I believe you're right where now all of their movements are in-house. Even Vacheron Constantin, A. Lange & Söhne, and the watchmaker's watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre are owned by owned by the Richemont Group, which another very large conglomerate like Swatch. I don't think that takes it takes away from the quality of a watch if it is owned by a larger parent company. It seems that most of those higher end brands still keep everything in house, but Patek used JLC movements for years. Rolex used Zenith movements for the Daytona up until 2000. ETA makes some really good stuff, so I don't think it detracts at all from the Omegas of that time. They are solid runners, and then Omega took those movements and did their own finish work to them, added additional complications, etc. [/QUOTE]

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