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robinhook
·This is what the Omega web site says:
"The inner decorative caseback ring, crafted from 18K Moonshine™ gold and blackened, features a partial world map of the American continent and a domed lunar meteorite inlay, representing the true proportions of the Earth and the Moon."
It specifically says it's a lunar meteorite.
Lunar meteorites are not brought from the moon or they would not be meteorites, but simply moon rocks. Lunar meteorites do fall to earth, and that is likely what has been used in this watch based on what Omega has written on their web site.
Thanks Archer! Just want to echo with the wiki explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_meteorite
Lunar meteorite is a meteorite fell onto the earth but is know to be originated from the moon.
The rocks collected in the Apollo missions are referred to as "moon rock". However this term includes both the lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon, and rocks that have been ejected naturally from the Moon's surface (and which has then landed on the Earth as meteorites). All rocks collected during the Apollo program are property of the United States government or of other nations to which the U.S. conveyed them as gifts. These cannot be obtained by Omega to make this watch. And had they done it, the watch would not be sold at CHF32K.
