For decades, I've enjoyed, admired, and adored the #Omega #Speedmaster, the watch that NASA relied on, along with the Pickett N600 slide rule, on their moon missions. But it was, is, and will always be a humble, reliable "tool watch", one with a Velcro strap, a shatter-proof (cheap, but zero-gravity-safe) hesalite crystal, and a comparatively-simple, manual-wind Calibre 321/861 movement.

Now, Omega is making hyper-rare, meteorite-faced Moonwatch; steel-gold two-tone Speedster; diamond-studded jewellery; a co-axial escapement version; MoonSwatch fashion piece—all rather pointless and pretentious.