The “Moonwatch” is the Omega Speedmaster Professional: the manual-wind 42mm chronograph NASA flight-qualified in 1965 and the first watch worn on the lunar surface, during Apollo 11 in July 1969. The name covers the whole lineage, from the 1957 CK2915 to the current calibre 3861 references — 310.30.42.50.01.001 with Hesalite crystal and 310.30.42.50.01.002 with sapphire.
Why is it called the Moonwatch?
In the early 1960s NASA bought chronographs anonymously from retail stock and subjected them to a brutal qualification protocol: extreme heat and cold, vacuum, humidity, vibration and 40 g shocks. On 1 March 1965 the Speedmaster was declared “flight-qualified for all manned space missions” — the only chronograph tested to survive the full programme. Ed White wore his on America’s first spacewalk that June; four years later Buzz Aldrin wore ref 105.012 on the Moon, Neil Armstrong having left his own aboard the lunar module as a backup for a failed cabin timer. A Speedmaster was aboard all six crewed lunar landings, and Omega has kept the recipe — manual winding, tachymeter bezel, tri-compax layout — essentially intact ever since.
References
| Reference | Year | Key spec | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CK2915 | 1957 | Broad Arrow hands, steel tachymeter bezel | Discontinued |
| CK2998 | 1959 | First Omega in space (Sigma 7, 1962) | Discontinued |
| 105.012 | around 1964 | First “Professional” dial; worn on the Moon | Discontinued |
| 145.022 | 1968 | Calibre 861 cam-switch chronograph | Discontinued |
| 3570.50 | around 1996–2014 | Calibre 1861, Hesalite crystal | Discontinued |
| 310.30.42.50.01.001 | 2021 | Master Chronometer cal. 3861, Hesalite | In production |
Super clone availability
We stock twenty Moonwatch super clones — the deepest Speedmaster selection in the catalogue. It spans the current 42mm Professional in steel, the solid-gold reference 310.60.42.50.01.001, the two-tone silver-dial 310.20.42.50.02.001 and gold-on-strap variants such as 310.63.42.50.01.001 and 310.63.42.50.10.001, plus the 2003 Snoopy Award ref 3578.51. Prices run from £434 to £824: the entry tier carries Japanese chronograph movements, while the upper tier uses Swiss clone movements with the correct manual-wind feel.
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 310.60.42.50.01.001 42mm — £434
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch Snoopy Award 3578.51 357851 — £434
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 310.30.42.50.01.002 — £434
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch 326.30.40.50.01.002 — £434
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch 310.60.42.50.01.001 — £434
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 310.20.42.50.02.001 42mm White Dial Demi Yellow Gold — £434
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 310.63.42.50.01.001 42mm Yellow Gold — £434
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional Chronograph 310.63.42.50.01.001 42mm — £434
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 310.20.42.50.99.001 42mm Demi Rose Gold — £434
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 310.60.42.50.01.001 42mm — Swiss movement — £824
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch Snoopy Award 3578.51 357851 — Swiss movement — £824
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 310.30.42.50.01.002 — Swiss movement — £824
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch 326.30.40.50.01.002 — Swiss movement — £824
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch 310.60.42.50.01.001 — Swiss movement — £824
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 310.20.42.50.02.001 42mm White Dial Demi Yellow Gold — Swiss movement — £824
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 310.63.42.50.01.001 42mm Yellow Gold — Swiss movement — £824
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional Chronograph 310.63.42.50.01.001 42mm — Swiss movement — £824
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 42mm 310.63.42.50.10.001 Green Dial Yellow Gold — Swiss movement — £824
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 310.20.42.50.99.001 42mm Demi Rose Gold — Swiss movement — £824
- Super Clone Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 42mm 310.63.42.50.10.001 Green Dial Yellow Gold — £434