The dial has been skeletonized to reveal its blackened movement, which has been laser-ablated to represent the lunar surface.
The near side can be seen through the blackened skeletonised dial & features a light shade with a landscape full of craters to represent our view of the moonâs surface from Earth.
The far side can be seen through the caseback which reprensets the dark side of the moon that only astronauts get to see.
The case back is engraved with APOLLO 8, DEC 1968 , DARK SIDE OF THE MOON & âWEâLL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDEâ which were astronaut Jim Lovellâs final words spoken to ground control just before the Apollo 8 travelled to the far side of the moon.
Brushed finished black ceramic case with polished finished beveled edges.
Polished black ceramic bezel with an engraved and luminous filled tachymeter scale.
Polished black ceramic crown with an engraved and luminous filled Omega logo.
Polished black ceramic chronograph buttons.
Skeletonized main dial.
Black dial flange and sub-dials.
Applied blackened index hour markers with luminous fill.
Fine printed minute/seconds and fractions of a second track.
Blackened hour and minute hands with luminous fill.
Small seconds sub-dial with white hand located at the 9 o'clock position.
Chronograph / stopwatch functions:
Yellow chronograph related hands
Large central seconds hand counter with luminous tip.
30 minute counter sub-dial at 3 o'clock.
12 hour counter sub-dial at 6 o'clock.
Polished black zirconium oxide ceramic tang buckle.
Omega manual winding caliber 1869:
The Calibre 1869 is a specially decorated version of OMEGAâs famous Calibre 1861.
Beats at 21,600 vph (3Hz)
Contains 19 jewels.
Has an approximate power reserve of 48 hours.
