through the crown. 1844 : Antoine LeCoultre invents the millionometre. 1848 : Louis Brandt opens his own workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds which eventually became the Omega Watch Company. 1853 : Tissot makes the first dual time zone watch. 1860 : Heuer is founded. 1865 : Zenith founded. 1881 : Movado founded.