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.

 

someone from omega s.a. must have gone secretly to the moon to pick some moonrocks and meteorites, and brought them back to earth.

 

I guess the point is, there is no "game" being played by Omega with regards to this piece as a few have suggested here. Not sure why people are so skeptical about this, except through maybe a lack of understanding what a lunar meteorite really is.

 

Why let a little bit of ignorance get in the way of a criticism eh? I can't imagine they would claim to put a bit of 'lunar meteorite' in a watch as important as this one and then skimp and save by putting something else in instead. As others have said, I think what defines lunar meteorite is well understood.

 

Interesting I just used the watch finder on the Omega site and it looks like a two-tone Speedmaster (with the exception of a 38mm) runs $11,000 - $13,000. I suspect that this is more likely a SS with extreme gold highlights at $9,800 - we should know soon.

 

I don't think anyone knows yet about what further releases there will be. Omega have kept things very tight on this front. Exciting times ahead but I wouldn't believe any of the rumours quite yet.

 

It is a golden anniversary after all so perhaps they are saving the next SS edition for the c.321 movement?

 

Lunar Meteorite can be aquired quite easily actually. There are a lot of them which were referenced and then used to make jewelry or other stuff. For example you can buy "moon dust", quite like que regolith you'll find on the moon, which is just the dust resulting in the sewing process of a lunar meteorite when you make slices with a fragment.

I actually offered a pendant to my GF for Valentine's day made with a slice of a moon meteorite from north west africa.

And you can also have a 50th anniversay pin from Apollo 11 with "moon meteorite dust" applied on it.

https://www.bsmithco.com/product/apollo-11-50th-anniversary-pin/

So yes, it's easily doable for Omega to insert "moon meteorite" into a watch.

 

I would love to know how much Kilo of Meteorite are known on earth

 

"The total mass of all known lunar meteorites is about 222 kg (489 lbs.). By comparison, the Allende and Jilin meteorites (both stony) are 2 and 4 metric tons (2000 and 4000 kg) each while several iron meteorites weigh more than 10 tons! (e.g., Hoba, Gibeon, Campo del Cielo)."

 

I'm more sceptical that the watch is made with real moonshine from a still.

 

I think that's what the designers were drinking when they came up with it...

 

Maybe that's what they serve potential buyers at the OB to persuade them to buy one.

 

It is not an indication! It never was...

 

Does your child or kidney tell the time?

 

Here is my Dar al Gani 400 Limited Edition 1 of 1 Lunar dial Speedmaster.

 

Or maybe they were just enjoying some Spotted Dick

 

But which watch was he wearing? Is there potentially a new 'moonwatch'?

 

Plus, with vertical facets for a CB case!! 105.012-66CB

 

That's a good point. The service pushers just don't look right - you need the wide, full-width "can" neck of the pushers to go along with the wide pushers on a CB.