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Northrop Grumman to build its OmegA rocket at NASA’s VAB as first commercial tenant

NASA is celebrating alongside Northrop Grumman at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as the latter becomes the first commercial partner to make use of the Vehicle Assembly Building on-site at the base.

Swiss watchmaker Omega joins the ecommerce bandwagon

Swiss watchmakers have long resisted the siren call of ecommerce. While many of their products sold online – you can find everything from Swatch to Breguet on the “grey market” &#821

Omega Announces Its Own Watch Certification System To Add Science To Your Wrist

Why should you, a tech person, care about Omega creating something called the Master Chronometer Certification? Well, first let me tell you what’s up. So nice watches are usually Contrôle Offic

Omega Releases An Anti-Magnetic Mechanical Watch That You Can Wear In Your Supercollider

Whether you're polishing your magnetic death ray or powering up your Stargate, the effects of magnetic fields on your watch can be quite destructive. Back in the old days when scientists wore suits an

Weekly Wrist Watch Round Up

For the 2011 holiday season<a href="http://www.ablogtoread.com/the-grand-holiday-watch-giveaway-for-2011/" target="_blank"> aBlogtoRead.com is giving away a total of ten watches</a>. Winners will be c

Review: The Speedmaster Moonwatch Co-Axial Chronograph Speeds Into My Heart

In the pantheon of mechanical wristwatches, the Speedmaster holds a high place. Originally built in 1957 as a reaction to the first wrist-worn chronographs coming out of competing houses, the iconic d

How Omega Uses Liquidmetal In Watches

<img src="http://cdn.ablogtoread.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Omega-PO-Liquidmetal-9.jpg" alt="" />The modern arms race with watches isn’t about gears and pinions, but rather materials. It may app

New Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Watches For 2011

<img src="http://cdn.ablogtoread.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Omega-Seamaster-2011-8.jpg">In addition to the new for 2011 Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronograph Automatic watch, Omega offers a new Planet

New Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronograph Watch

<img src="http://cdn.ablogtoread.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Omega-Speedmaster-9300-8.jpg">Wow, this is the Omega Speedmaster watch that I want... really want. For 2011 Omega has created the perfec

James Bond's Omega Watch In 007: Blood Stone Video Game

<img src="http://ablogtoread.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/omega-in-game.jpg">While this is not exactly a surprise, it is pretty neat. James Bond has been wearing an Omega watch for a long time (sinc

Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow Co-Axial Watch For 2010

<img src="http://c1917752.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/2010/10/Omega-Speedmaster-Broad-Arrow-Co-Axial-1.jpg">Omega's game of cat and mouse with the present and past continues. The last several sp

Doodle dee doo doo doo: Omega's Quantum of Solace Bond Commercial

While Bond used to love him some Rolex, it’s all Omega for James these days. This is the latest Quantum of Solace commercial pieced together for Omega to showcase the Seamaster 007 wears in the

2006 Holiday Buyer's Guide: Geek Watches

. Therefore, I thought it fitting that I cover ten nice timepieces that you can pick up for the horolgy geek in your life. A few caveats, however. I’m a traditional watch geek, one who slobbers