OMEGA – SPEEDMASTER Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8 Black Ceramic Edition

OMEGA – SPEEDMASTER Moonwatch Chronograph "Dark Side of the Moon" Apollo 8 Black Ceramic Limited Edition

THE SPEEDMASTER 

"DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" 

APOLLO 8

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In 1968, the Apollo 8 crew became the first humans to ever see the dark side of the moon. 50 years later, OMEGA has produced this incredible chronograph in tribute to that mission.

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As well as having a skeletonised dial, this collectable watch is remarkable for its specially decorated version of the famous Moonwatch calibre 1861.

THE MOON ON YOUR WRIST
Celebrating 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission

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Presented on a perforated black leather strap with yellow rubber through the middle, this Speedmaster’s unique design remains true to Apollo 8’s pioneering spirit. The entire watch is produced in sleek black ceramic and the dial has been expertly skeletonised to reveal a blackened movement inside. Most impressively, the movement has been laser-ablated to produce realistic imagery of the lunar surface.

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“Apollo 8 orbited the moon 10 times over 20 hours during its mission. A major human achievement.”

The Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to the moon, entering lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 1968. Astronauts Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders held a live broadcast from lunar orbit, in which they showed pictures of the Earth and moon as seen from their spacecraft. They ended the broadcast with the crew taking turns reading from the book of Genesis.

THE COLOURS

The chronograph hands are varnished yellow, while the watch's tachymeter scale and crown are filled with white Super-LumiNova. The Speedmaster and Tachymetre words also appear in yellow.

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The dial-side of this watch is a light shade with a landscape full of craters to represent our view of the moon’s surface from Earth.

THE CASE

The watch is in a black ceramic case measuring 44.25 mm in diameter, Omega has again embraced its popular “Dark Side of the Moon” innovation, producing the entire watch in black zirconium oxide ceramic.

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The dial-side is a somewhat lighter shade almost graphite grey to represent our view of the moon’s surface from Earth, the chronograph hands are varnished yellow, while the tachymeter scale and crown are filled with superluminova.

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THE CASEBACK

Around the transparent caseback, the words "WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE" reference Jim Lovell’s final words spoken to ground control just before Apollo 8 travelled to the far side of the moon.

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The caseback delves into the dark side of the moon that only astronauts get to see. It’s also a perfect view of the Calibre 1869 inside.

“The Calibre 1869 is a specially decorated version of OMEGA’s famous Calibre 1861.”

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For 34 minutes there would be no way of knowing what happened. During that time the 247-second LOI (lunar orbit insertion) burn would take place that would slow down the spacecraft from 5758 to 3643 mph to enable it to latch on to the Moon’s field of gravity and go into orbit.

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If the SPS engine failed, Apollo 8 would whip around the Moon and head back for Earth on a free-return trajectory (á la Apollo 13); during one critical half minute if the engine went out the spacecraft would be sent crashing into the Moon.

Available in stores from September 2018, the watch will cost $ 9,750 USD

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Links to more details.
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Model Speedmaster Moonwatch Chronograph
"Dark Side of the Moon" Apollo 8
Black ceramic on leather strap
Ref. 311.92.44.30.01.001
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ORIS – Artix GT Chronograph Steel 44

ORIS – Artix GT Chronograph Stainless steel 44mm

Motor Sport

This year, Oris is introducing a new chronograph model to the sporty, 

irrepressibly masculine Artix GT collection. 

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The new model is distinguished by its technical-looking form, which feels sculpted and muscular, but also fluid and refined, like a modern race car. Oris’s designers have also given the watch’s 44mm stainless steel case a mix of brushed and polished finishes, creating a textured, stylish look.

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Under its grey dial is a Swiss Made mechanical automatic chronograph movement (Oris only makes watches with mechanical movements) that gives the watch three counters at 6, 9 and 12 o’clock, showing hours, small seconds and minutes respectively. Like those hour and minute counters, the chronograph’s central seconds hand has a sporty red tip.

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Available on either a stainless steel bracelet or a Louisiana croco leather strap, the new Artix GT Chronograph is a stylish, powerful piece of design that marks a new chapter in Oris’s rich motor sport watch history.

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Product Features

Model: Oris Artix GT Chronograph
Motor Sport
Ref. No.01 774 7750 4153 MB, Ø 44.00 mm

Movement
Movement Automatic winding chronograph
    Number Oris 774, base SW 500
    Dimensions Ø 30.00 mm, 13 1/4’’’
Functions 
Centre hands for hours, minutes and chronograph 1/4 seconds,
3 subsidiary dials for continuous seconds,
30 minutes and 12 hours counter, date window, date corrector,
fine timing device and stop-second
    Winding Automatic winding, with red rotor
    Power-Reserve 48 hrs
    Vibrations 28’800 A/h, 4 Hz
    Jewels 25
Case
Multi-piece stainless steel case
Size 44.00 mm, 1.732 inches
Top Glass Sapphire, domed on both sides, anti-reflective coating inside
Case Back Stainless steel, screwed, see-through mineral glass
Operating Devices Stainless steel screw-in security crown and pushers
Water Resistance 10 bar
Interhorn Width 22 mm
Dial

Material Grey dial
Luminous Material Indices and hands Superluminova BG W9

Strap
Stainless steel bracelet.
Also available with dark brown Louisiana croco leather strap
with stainless steel folding clasp

Swiss retail price: 
CHF 3,550 .

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