Omega Speedmaster Grey Side of the Moon Luxury Watch Review

Watchuwant is now WatchBox! Subscribe for the best luxury watch content. Omega Speedmaster Grey Side of the Moon Review Gandalf would love this one. Launched to riotous acclaim at Baselworld 2014, the Speedmaster Grey Side of the Moon – also known as the “Lunar Dust” – remains coveted, scarce, and highly-sought by the sports watch faithful. Take everything you know about the celebrated Speedmaster “Dark Side,” and add two critical ingredients: platinum and plasma. Let's establish one guiding thought; this is no conventional Moonwatch. The 42mm, manual-wind, non-chronometer, steel and acrylic Speedmaster Professional is the historic replica of the range. This freed the designers of the Speedmaster Grey Side to create "concept watch" with no-holds-barred styling flair and contemporary technology that leaves the Moonwatch looking like a pocket watch by comparison. Start with the 44.25mm dual-finish grey ceramic case. Entirely crafted from the kiln-fired and plasma-treated material, the Speedmaster Grey Side of The Moon is scratch resistant (nearly immune, in fact) from lug-to-lug. The addition of plasma treatment transforms the fundamental ceramic structure to the extent that it can be polished to a metallic gleam. Although just as resilient as black ceramic, the “grey” ceramic perfectly emulates the luster of polished metal and the cool subtlety of a brushed metallic surface. A matching tachymeter scale and sapphire crystal - both unavailable on the Moonwatch - keep the