Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon: Specs, References, Prices | Ultimate Watch

The Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon is the watch that proved a mechanical chronograph case could be carved from a single block of black ceramic and still wear like a Speedmaster. Omega launched it at Baselworld 2013, taking the name from the far side of the Moon that never faces Earth, the side Apollo crews saw but the rest of us never do. The case, dial, bezel, and pushers are all cut from zirconium oxide ceramic, a material that runs roughly nine times harder than stainless steel on the Vickers scale and will not scratch off your desk, your car door, or a decade of daily wear. Inside sits the in-house Co-Axial caliber 9300, a column-wheel automatic chronograph that reads nothing like the hand-wound Moonwatch it descends from. We buy and sell these every month on 47th Street, and the short version is this: it is the most wearable modern Speedmaster Omega has ever built, a 44.25mm watch that drinks up wrist presence without the heft steel would demand at that diameter. If you want the Moon story in a case that shrugs off scratches and hides its weight, this is the reference to know.