posted 01-16-2024 12:50 PM               

Omega adds Saturn V to new Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon watch

Omega has returned to the "dark side" of the moon with an updated version of a chronograph saluting the first astronauts to fly there.

The new Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon enhances the design of Omega's previous commemorative by adding more call backs to NASA's historic Apollo 8 mission. The 2024 watch, which retails for $14,300, retains and improves upon the function of the time-keeping tool that astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders wore while becoming the first people to orbit the moon and seeing the far side in December 1968.

posted 10-14-2025 02:36 PM               

Omega styles new 'Grey Side' Speedmaster on astronaut's view of moon

Omega, the Swiss watchmaker behind the first timepiece worn on the moon, is revisiting the "dark and grey sides" of Earth's celestial neighbor with seven new wristwatches, including a model inspired by one of the first humans to see the far side with his own eyes.

In 1968, while orbiting the moon with crewmates Frank Borman and Bill Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut Jim Lovell remarked that "the moon is essentially grey." His words have now been reprinted on the caseback of Omega's new "Speedmaster Grey Side of the Moon" watch.