Celeste is the spirit and force behind Celeste Watch Company. Wanting to be a watchmaker since childhood, Celeste first became a biomedical engineer and ran her own engineering education company for 18 years. She is the author of over 20 books and booklets on engineering careers and education. In 2005 she was awarded the prestigious Norm Augustine Award from the National Academy of Engineering, given to an engineer every two years who has demonstrated the capacity for communicating the excitement and wonder of engineering.

Wong, an engineer by background, ran an engineering education business that consulted to schools looking to start an engineering program. After years of collecting vintage time pieces, then collecting watch-making tools and learning how to use them and then selling at art fairs on the weekends, Wong – at the age of 50 — sold her engineering education business and opened a retail store in Springfield, OR in February 2017. Coming on five years later, Wong has the trademark for “Celeste”, expanded to online sales and is one of only two women-owned and operated watch companies in the US.

Celeste was awarded Business Person of the Year in 2022 by the Springfield Chamber of Commerce. Having opened her store in the downtown historic district of Springfield, Oregon, Celeste Watch Company has become a destination for many visitors.

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