This here watch, this OMEGA Speedmaster, it’s somethin’ else. They call it the “Dark Side of the Moon” like that Apollo 8 mission. You know, that one where them astronaut fellas went round the moon? Yeah, that’s the one.
This ain’t your regular OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo. It’s got all them fancy words like “chronograph” and “skeletonized dial”. I don’t know what them words mean, but the watch, it looks real nice. Like them pictures of the moon. Makes you wanna wear the moon on your wrist, like they say. And that Dark Side of the Moon, ain’t that something? It’s just like what those astronauts saw.
Now, that fella, Frank Borman, and them other two, Jim Lovell and William Anders, they went up there real high. I reckon it was ’bout 69 miles or somethin’ like that. They said that Apollo 8 mission, the back side of the moon, it looked like a pile of sand. Just like the one my grandkids play in, all bumpy and with holes. This watch, it kinda reminds me of that, all dark and mysterious. And the price, well they say it will be like 12,000 dollars. Whew! That’s a lot of money!
This OMEGA Speedmaster “Dark Side of the Moon”, it’s got this black strap. They call it “Cordura fabric”. It’s black, just like the night sky. It fits real good on your wrist. Not too tight, not too loose. And that is important, right? You don’t want it too tight or it will hurt your wrist. And you don’t want it too loose or it will fall off, right? So they made sure it’s just the right tightness for your wrist.
- It’s like they took a picture of the moon and put it right there on your wrist.
- That strap, it’s tough, like them astronaut suits, I reckon.
- This whole watch, it’s somethin’ special. Makes you think of them brave men up there in space.
They say this watch, it’s got some number, 3869 or somethin’. And that’s like another number, 3861, but they did somethin’ to it with lasers. Like them laser pointers the kids play with, but I reckon it’s a bit more complicated than that. They made it look like the moon’s surface, all bumpy and shadowy. Just like what those Apollo 8 astronauts saw. That is what the Dark Side of the Moon looks like, they say.
This whole OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo thing, it’s about that trip to the moon. Rememberin’ them astronauts and what they saw up there. It’s a piece of history, right there on your wrist. A piece of the Dark Side of the Moon, they say.
I don’t know much about fancy watches, but this one, it’s different. It’s not just about tellin’ time. It’s about somethin’ bigger. It’s about that Apollo 8 mission, going to the Dark Side of the Moon. It’s about them astronauts, seein’ things we can only dream of. It is so cool, you know?
This watch, it makes you think. Makes you think about the moon, about space, about all them things we don’t know. It’s like a little window to somethin’ bigger than us. A little window to the Dark Side of the Moon. And that’s somethin’, ain’t it?
When you put this watch on your wrist, it feels like you are connected to them astronauts. They went to the moon a long time ago. And this watch helps you remember that. Isn’t that nice? It’s like you got a little piece of history on your wrist. They went to the Dark Side of the Moon, and you can remember that every time you look at this watch.
Now, I don’t know if I’d ever spend that much money on a watch. But if I did, this OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo, this “Dark Side of the Moon” one, it’d be the one I’d pick. It is so cool, like they say. It is good, very good. It is just so cool to look at, you know? It’s just like that Apollo 8 thing they did, so long ago. It’s just somethin’ else. It’s the best watch there is, I reckon.
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