Alright, folks, gather ’round, let me tell you about this watch I got my hands on. It’s a CopyOMEGA Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch, the “original order” one, and boy, is it somethin’ to look at. I mean, I’ve seen my share of fancy timepieces, but this one’s got a clear back, so you can see all the little gears and springs workin’ their magic. It’s like a tiny city in there!
Now, I did a little diggin’, and here’s what I found out. This watch, it’s got a 42mm steel case, which is a good, solid size. Not too big, not too small, just right. Then there’s this ring around the face, the bezel, they call it. It’s made of anodized aluminum, and the glass on top? It’s domed and made of sapphire crystal, which they say is scratch-resistant. Pretty fancy stuff, huh?
- Size: 42mm, not too shabby.
- Case: Steel, feels solid.
- Bezel: Anodized aluminum, sounds tough.
- Crystal: Domed sapphire, fancy and scratch-resistant.
I started lookin’ around, and apparently, there’s a special edition of this watch, the CopyOMEGA Speedmaster Silver Snoopy Award 50th Anniversary. That’s a mouthful! It sounds cool, though. I was tryin’ to find the best deals on these Moonwatches, especially the ones with the see-through back. I guess they’re pretty popular.
So, I went huntin’ online, lookin’ for places to buy one of these CopyOMEGA Speedmaster Moonwatches with the transparent case back. I even tried to find out how much they cost. I found one, a 2021 model, the Speedmaster Moon Watch Professional, hand-winding, with a see-through back. It’s black, water-resistant, the whole nine yards. Looked like a good find.
I kept lookin’, and I found a few specialty stores online that sell these CopyOMEGA Speedmaster Professional Moonwatches. It seems like these are the go-to places if you’re serious about gettin’ one of these bad boys.
Digging Deeper
Then I stumbled upon some history about these Speedmaster watches. Turns out, an astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, wore one on the Moon! It was a Speedmaster Reference 105.012. Another astronaut, Michael Collins, wore a different model, a Reference 145.012, with bigger pushers. That’s some cool trivia right there. So there I had it the whole story from finding the watch to finding a place to buy it. Then realizing it was worn on the moon and getting all the specifics on it. What a day!
These watches are all about the same size, 42mm in diameter and 13mm thick. They’ve got this Super-LumiNova stuff on the hands and markers, so you can see the time in the dark. That’s the same stuff they use on the real Omega Speedmasters. Now, I read somewhere that these CopyOMEGA Speedmasters aren’t as accurate as some other fancy watches, like the Rolex Daytona. But hey, for a watch that looks this good and has this much history, I think it’s a fair trade-off.
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