Yes, absolutely. A human-executed operation, they use Bergeon tools for that.
Worth to be mentioned that « strap/bracelet fitters » only care of this operation all day long.
It is the last stop of the watch assembly chain in the workflow at Omega and you can see it during the new factory visit if one day you can make it.
Also interesting to know that this operation is the only operation in the workflow which is strap/bracelet-centric and not watch centric.
Concretely what it means is that from the very beginning of the assembly, all the parts will be fitted around a movement (a serial number) so people get a batch of movements of an identical watch model and assembly all the parts together around the movements to get the batch done. So identical operations on identical watches. At the strap/bracelet station, the worker gets a batch of identical straps or bracelets and the logistic chain will supply different watches on which those straps/bracelets have to be fitted. So identical operations on different kind of watches.
Finally the watch is heading to the final QC and then ready to go.
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