Has absolutely nothing to do with or about Omega. http://www.thehistoryblog.com/ Each day it will appear farther down the page.
But it does have everything to do with time keeping, mechanical timepieces and today's version we call wristwatches. This is a reminder of just how important it is to know exactly what time it is. Time pieces are so ubiquitous and cheap that I think we take time for granted. Today most of us just want to know when the big game comes on TV or are we late for dinner and a movie. Time relates to so much more, ie this computer, GPS, calendars, leap years, holidays, by extension religion, and marine navigation. Try looking into calendar reform, Julian and Gregorian calendars and when exactly is Easter. it can get to be a rather big rabbit hole. If you're interested in more on the "Longitude Problem", this is a good read that doesn't require a lot of time (ha ha). It's only 176 pages. That's Harrison on the cover. It's also good for space lovers as a solution using planetary observation was also in the running.
And he (Harrison) really fought for his work. The stargazers had the kings ear and getting the reward for solving the longitude problem was going their way for a long time. He won in the end but if I remember correctly he did not get it until it was too late. He went thru real hardship and poverty for a long time. He was right and a lot of Britains wealth during the years they ruled the seas was due to him. The reward the king and crown had put up for solving the problem with navigation, the longitude problem, was enormous. I believe it was in the region of 2 million £ in todays value. Go to Greenwich if you have the opportunity and study his chronometers. It is history and has bearing on a lot of things still. We say "rocket scientist" today if we want to say that someone is bright. It used to be "watchmaker". Dwell on that for a while...