Overview
- Omega revealed the Constellation Observatory on Thursday, with boutique sales starting Friday at $10,900 to $59,100.
- The line becomes the first hours-and-minutes watch to earn Master Chronometer status, a certification that normally requires a seconds hand.
- Omega’s Laboratoire de Précision enabled this by running each watch through 25 days of continuous acoustic monitoring that listens to every tick and tracks temperature, position, and air pressure.
- The lab operates as an independent, METAS-certified and SAS-accredited testing body open to other brands, a move that could reshape how Swiss makers verify precision.
- Nine references with two new movements arrive in precious metals and O-Megasteel with revived Constellation cues like the pie-pan dial and observatory medallion, though WIRED notes some buyers may see second-by-second accuracy as overkill for a dress watch.