Swatch

2022 - 3 - 24

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Strange reason for huge crowds at Westfield (NEWS.com.au)

Thousands of people have flooded shopping centres in Sydney and Melbourne to try and get their hands on a rare, limited-edition watch.

Have never seen anything like it, hundreds if not a couple of thousand people lining up for the new Omega Swatch watch. “Have never seen anything like it, hundreds if not a couple of thousand people lining up for the new Omega Swatch watch. There’ve been crazy scenes in Sydney and Melbourne as thousands of people woke up at the crack of dawn and queued up for hours for a new product.

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OMEGA x Swatch Watch's Chaotic Sydney Launch (DMARGE)

Australians are going totally mad for the new 'MoonSwatch', with queues for the collaborative watch in Sydney reaching insane lengths.

The bright yellow of the ‘Mission To The Sun’, the warm red of the ‘Mission To Mars’ and the pastel blue of the ‘Mission To Uranus’ are particular highlights. Yes, they have a quartz movement and the subdials are arranged differently, but it’s still clearly a Moonwatch. Breitling and Rolex’s boutiques are just across the street, too.

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Swatch pays homage to one of the world's most iconic watches (Hunger TV)

Swatch has collaborated with Swiss watch designer Omega to debut an innovative tale on the Speedmaster Moonwatch. The visionary new partnership is the first ...

Each of the models are made using the brand’s patented BIOCERAMIC, a special mix of two-thirds ceramic and one-third material derived from castor oil. The visionary new partnership is the first between the two brands and taps into a trend of collaborations between luxury and street brands. Swatch’s BIOCERAMIC MoonSwatch collection makes the famous design accessible for people everywhere and comes in rarely seen colourways.

The Omega x Swatch collab will drop exclusively at Swatch Pavilion KL tomorrow (unknown)

The Omega x Swatch collaboration introduces the 11-piece BIOCERAMIX MoonSwatch collection that reimagines Omega's iconic Speedmaster Moonwatch.

Swipe the gallery to take a look at the BIOCERAMIX MoonSwatch collection: The watches are crafted in Swatch’s patented BIOCERAMIC, an innovative sustainable blend of ceramic and bio-sourced plastic the watchmaker introduced in 2021. From the asymmetrical case to the Speedmaster subdials, the unmistakable identities of Speedmaster Moonwatch stay, reinterpreted in a curated palette inspired by the planets.

Omega and Swatch introduce affordable, Speedmaster-inspired MoonSwatch (unknown)

The first wristwatch worn on the moon has taken a new giant leap towards affordability. Omega, the Swiss watchmaker behind the Speedmaster that was selected ...

The back of each MoonSwatch features a battery cover decorated with an image of the planet or astronomical body for which the model is named. A similar strap was used to wear the Omega Speedmaster over the astronauts' spacesuits. The Omega x Swatch MoonSwatch collection includes 11 models, each named for a different body in our solar system. What really separates the MoonSwatch from its inspiration, though, is its price tag. The chronograph also forgoes Omega's precision mechanical movements for Quartz. "Omega's Moonwatch is legendary and a must-have for collectors.

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