Watchmaking manufacturing floor, Omega, Biel, Switzerland, watchmaking photography by Scanderbeg Sauer

Omega for Telegraph Luxury, London, UK

Omega invited us to photograph the opening of its new production building at the brand’s headquarters in Biel, a structure designed by Shigeru Ban. The assignment was a spread for Telegraph Luxury, the bi-annual magazine from Telegraph Media Group. We worked across the building’s public and production spaces. The architecture, the manufacturing floors, the detail of a facility built to the tolerances watchmaking requires.

Shigeru Ban’s building for Omega is a timber structure with daylight as part of its design. Public areas and production floors were covered in one pass, under the same rules that apply to anyone on the floor: nothing moved, no bench interrupted.

Two further Omega assignments: the space collection for Vanity Fair, and the Charlie Duke portrait.

Part of our Reportage & Landscape work.

Watchmaker assembling a movement with tweezers, Omega, Biel, Switzerland, watchmaking photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaker at a precision fitting press, Omega, Biel, Switzerland, watchmaking photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Assembling a watch by hand, Omega, Biel, Switzerland, watchmaking photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Handling finished watches on the assembly line, Omega, Biel, Switzerland, watchmaking photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Precision production machine, Omega, Biel, Switzerland, watchmaking photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watch testing machine, Omega, Biel, Switzerland, watchmaking photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watch movements in a production tray, Omega, Biel, Switzerland, watchmaking photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Reception lobby interior, Omega, Biel, Switzerland, architecture photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
Production building by Shigeru Ban, Omega, Biel, Switzerland, architecture photography by Scanderbeg Sauer
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