The Moon is Essentially Grey... Grey Side of the Moon in Meteorite

JohnnyRocket · Dec 26, 2019

The beauty of the Meteorite face is you really get the Coolness benefit of truly having a Space Connection billions of years in the making. The etched pattern
On the iron meteorite is unique to that particular sample. A cosmic fingerprint
If you will. You have the pedigree of the Moon Watch combined with a sample
From deep space. Who knows where your watch face has been...and what it’s
“Seen”. I’ve collected Meteorites for about a decade...and I never tire of viewing
A sample with a great etch. Kind of like snow flakes ...never quite 2 alike.
The Grey side may yet land into my collection. Hmmm....

SpeedyPhill · Dec 27, 2019

@JohnnyRocket
3 classes of meteorites: 1. Stone 2. Iron and 3. Stony-Iron
Collecting meteorites is fun and the meteorite sample used by Omega is Gibeon, this is an Iron meteorite.
Amateur-astronomers know this has nothing to do with the Moon... as Lunar meteorites are classified under the Stone meteorites, subclass Achondrites. About 86% of Stone meteorites are Chondrites so less than 15% are Achondrites, among which the very rare lunar meteorites.
So the color might be right but the material isn't... making a dial of a lunar meteorite would be very very difficult 😉

jlam1127 · Dec 27, 2019

phooi
I’m considering a GSOTM meteorite. How is the watch wearing now?

I sold mine.... It wears light on the wrist, but hard to get myself to wear it as it never really spoke to me. I bought it on a whim at an OB and had to force myself to wear it.... to each their own. I like the idea of the meteorite, but something about it to me just seems off.....

SpeedyPhill · Dec 28, 2019

Some additional information on my post here above...
While Omega used the Gibeon iron meteorite to make a full dial, it is possible to slide a stone-achondrite lunar meteorite to make small diameter slices for the little subdials. These would be very delicate so any future watch-service should be done with the greatest care !!!
However I have not yet found out which lunar meteorite was used. 👎
Both Mars- & Lunar meteorites are classified under Stone-Achondrites with some of the well-known NWA-series definitively identified as lunar basalt. (NWA = North West Africa).

JohnnyRocket · Jan 2, 2020

SpeedyPhill
@JohnnyRocket
3 classes of meteorites: 1. Stone 2. Iron and 3. Stony-Iron
Collecting meteorites is fun and the meteorite sample used by Omega is Gibeon, this is an Iron meteorite.
Amateur-astronomers know this has nothing to do with the Moon... as Lunar meteorites are classified under the Stone meteorites, subclass Achondrites. About 86% of Stone meteorites are Chondrites so less than 15% are Achondrites, among which the very rare lunar meteorites.
So the color might be right but the material isn't... making a dial of a lunar meteorite would be very very difficult 😉

Not to mention extremely pricey! Lunar prices tended to be the highest per gram.

JohnnyRocket · Jan 2, 2020

I think too, that unless you were using a sample of say NWA 5000, probably the most beautiful lunar sample you would end up using maybe a thin sample of a lunar Gabro. These are usually lighter in color and sometimes exhibit
Shock veining. Otherwise the most common is breccia. That would be very dark with contrasting light clasts. Could be cool to look at , but a nightmare to work with. NWA 5000 would be amazing with right slice.

JohnnyRocket · Jan 2, 2020

Hey there ... It’s Cool to see other Meteorite Geeks out there. A great collector
Hobby...Even More Addicting than Omega collecting.
I know... it’s hard to imagine that one!

The Moon is Essentially Grey... Grey Side of the Moon in Meteorite

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