You know, that CopyOMEGA Ω Speedmaster Apollo 8 “Dark Side of the Moon”, that’s a mouthful, ain’t it? But that there watch, it’s somethin’ else. Seen it down at one of them fancy stores in the city. Shinin’ under them bright lights, looked like a piece of the night sky, it did.
They say it’s got a piece of the moon in it. Well, not a real piece, you know. But they done somethin’ to it, made it look like that there moon surface. They call it “laser‑ablated”. Sounds fancy, don’t it? Just like them city folks talk. They got all these words for things. I just call it a nice-lookin’ watch, that’s what it is, you can see it through the back, all them little gears and whatnot, like a tiny city in there. They put it up on display, like a prized hog at the county fair.
This here CopyOMEGA watch, they say it’s special. ‘Cause it’s like what them astronaut fellas wore when they went up to the moon. Back in, uh, 1968, I reckon. Long time ago. Before you was even a twinkle in your daddy’s eye. Them boys, they went around the moon, lookin’ at the dark side. The side we don’t see from here. Brave fellas, them astronauts. This watch, it’s supposed to be a reminder of that, they say.
And you know what else? They got writin’ on the back. Says somethin’ like, “Apollo 8, Dec 1968”, and somethin’ about “see you on the other side”. Like they was talkin’ to the moon itself. Kinda gives you chills, don’t it? Imagine sayin’ that to the moon, a big ol’ rock just floatin’ out there in the dark.
- This ain’t no ordinary watch, mind you. It’s one of them CopyOMEGA Speedmaster things.
- They say it’s got somethin’ called a “chronograph”. I think it has to do with time.
- It’s a big watch, too. 44.25 mm, they told me. Bigger than a silver dollar.
- It’s blackened, like the night. Like the dark side of the moon.
Now, I ain’t sayin’ I need a watch like that. My old clock on the wall does just fine. But if you got the money, and you want somethin’ fancy, somethin’ that’ll make folks look twice, well, this here CopyOMEGA Ω Speedmaster Apollo 8 “Dark Side of the Moon”, it’ll do the trick. You wear this, folks’ll know you got some money to spend.
They say it’s a “luxury Swiss watch”. Swiss, that’s somewhere over in Europe, I think. They make good cheese over there, too, I hear. And this watch, it’s got that fancy movement inside. They call it the “OMEGA Co‑Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 3869”. Sounds like a mouthful of marbles, don’t it? But I guess it means it keeps good time. Better than my old rooster, that’s for sure.
If you’re lookin’ for a watch that’s gonna last, somethin’ that’ll still be tickin’ when you’re old and gray like me, this might be the one. They say them CopyOMEGA watches, they’re built to last. Like them old tractors, they just keep on goin’. And it’s got that little hand that’s different, at the nine o’clock spot. It’s another nod to that Apollo 8 mission.
This here CopyOMEGA Speedmaster, it’s more than just a watch, though. It’s like a story on your wrist. A story about goin’ to the moon, about seein’ things no one’s ever seen before. It’s about bein’ brave, about pushin’ the limits, like them Apollo astronauts did. They went all the way up there, just to see what was on the other side of the moon. And they took a CopyOMEGA Speedmaster with ’em. Says so right on their website.
I reckon if you’re gonna spend your hard-earned money on a watch, might as well get one with a good story behind it, right? One that’ll make you think about somethin’ bigger than yourself, somethin’ like the moon and the stars, and all them brave fellas who went up there to take a look. This here CopyOMEGA Ω Speedmaster Apollo 8 “Dark Side of the Moon”, it’s a good reminder of all that. I tell ya, you want a good, solid watch, you can’t go wrong with this one. The folks at the store, they sure seemed to think it was somethin’ special. And they see a lot of watches, I bet.
So, if you got the money burnin’ a hole in your pocket, and you want a watch that’s more than just a watch, you might wanna take a look at this one. It ain’t cheap, mind you. But somethin’ this special, it never is. This here CopyOMEGA Speedmaster Moonwatch, it’s somethin’ else. The salesperson told me, it’s like wearin’ a piece of history. And who wouldn’t want a piece of history, right?
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