Rare Vintage "Helvetia" Pilot Military WatchOn the 14th April 1892 the Swiss watch company Louis Brandt & Frere registered the name Helvetia as one of the brand names for their watches. Two years later in 1894 they also registered the name Omega and applied it to a new range of high quality lever movement pocket watches they had developed using cutting edge manufacturing technology. Following the founding of La Gnrale production of most of Louis Brandt & Freres lower quality cylinder watches