The Return of ’90s Watches to the Wrist

They contrast, too, with the rather less appetizing ’80s models that — with the exception of Chopard’s recent reworking of its glamorous mid-1980s ski bunny, St Moritz, as the Alpine Eagle — didn’t produce many highlights.

Back in the ’90s, having survived the quartz crisis, which saw affordable electronic watches from Japan decimate the market for mechanical watchmaking, the Swiss watch industry was back on its feet. And no brand more so than Omega, which became a leading…

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