Labour Lens

On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.

Last researched 2 November 2026 · 4 sources

Swatch Group's luxury watchmaker known for the Speedmaster.

Omega makes its luxury wristwatches in its own factories in Switzerland, where legal wages are about a living wage.

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Why it's graded On Track

How grades are decided


Good requirements 5 of 7

  • Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: presumed because legal wages in Switzerland are about a living wage, not checked at the company
  • Met: Respects worker rights
  • Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
  • Not met: Shows where its earlier production stages happen, not just the final oneA "Made in" claim can cover only the final stage. Earlier stages to show: watch movements, cases and dials, and cast or set parts
  • Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
  • Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
  • Met: Conflict-free: diamonds, gems and gold traced to the mine, lab-grown, recycled or Fairmined (the Kimberley Process alone isn't enough)

Red flags 0

None found.

Stars it would earn as Good:
StarAwarded for
Open supply chain

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Where it's made

From Omega's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.

Where it's made, and conditions there
CountryWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
SwitzerlandRegular violationsAbout a living wageLow

Evidence

What we found

  • Passes the raw-material check for jewellery and watches: conflict-free diamonds, gems and gold traced to the mine, lab-grown, recycled or Fairmined (the Kimberley Process alone isn't enough).
  • Owns or runs its own production
  • Uses high-risk raw materials such as tanned leather, mica or artisanal gold.
  • Traces high-risk raw materials to the mine or farm and fixes problems found
  • "Made in Switzerland" only means the last major stage happened there: under customs and consumer law, watch movements, cases and dials, and cast or set parts can be made elsewhere. It hasn't shown where those earlier stages happen, so where it's made counts towards On Track but not Good.

Research notes Omega assembles its watches in its own factories in Biel/Bienne and Villeret, Switzerland, with movements and parts largely from other Swatch Group companies. Swatch Group says primary gold comes only from certified industrial mines (all from Australia in 2023 to 2025), origin-tested by a Swiss refinery, and its gold foundry Nivarox-FAR is RJC certified. Its supplier code bans child labour and requires independent sourcing audits of supplier sites every two years, but it publishes no supplier list, audit results or living wage commitment.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
News reporting and NGO investigationsListedWWF's 2023 watch and jewellery rating placed Omega and other Swatch Group brands in the 'upper midfield' for environmental and social practices. View

Sources and actions

Sources 4

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  1. Jewelry and Watch Brands Must Be More Transparent, Says WWF (Rapaport, 2023) · search the archive · WWF 2023 rating placed Omega and other Swatch Group brands in the upper midfield.
  2. Swatch Group - Production sites · search the archive · Omega production sites in Biel/Bienne (assembly, bracelets) and Villeret (Master Chronometer calibres), Switzerland.
  3. Swatch Group - Sourcing of materials · search the archive · Primary gold 100% from Australian industrial mines 2023-2025; origin testing; Nivarox-FAR RJC certified; supplier audits every two years.
  4. Omega SA - Wikipedia · search the archive · Biel/Bienne HQ; subsidiary of the Swatch Group; Speedmaster, Seamaster, Constellation.

Company details

Headquarters
Switzerland
Last researched
2 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Omega ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/omega, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
Method
Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What On Track means

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