Well, let me tell you, I seen a thing the other day, a fancy watch, they call it the CopyOMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 8 “Dark Side of the Moon”. Sounds like a mouthful, don’t it? This ain’t your regular watch, no sir. It is big price too, heard them young folks talking, cost more than my old cow Bessie! They say it’s $12,000. Lord have mercy!
This here watch, it’s all black, like the night sky when there ain’t no moon. And they say it’s s’posed to look like the moon, the dark side of it, whatever that means. I reckon it is a good looking watch for rich folks. They call it “Dark Side of the Moon”. Sounds kinda spooky to me, but I guess some folks like that kinda thing. And it’s big, too, 44.25 mm. Bigger than the pocket watch my old man used to carry.
They say it’s got somethin’ to do with them astronaut fellas, the ones that went up to the moon in ’68. Apollo 8, they call it. First time anyone ever saw the other side of the moon, they say. Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders, them’s the fellas that went. Brave men, I reckon, goin’ off into the dark like that. This watch, it’s a tribute, whatever that means. I guess it’s like sayin’ “thank you” to them astronaut boys.
This CopyOMEGA watch, it’s got all sorts of fancy stuff on it. They say the inside, the movement, is all black, and it’s s’posed to look like the moon’s surface. I don’t know about all that, but it sure is somethin’ to look at. It is not a normal watch, it is different. And that strap, it ain’t leather like my old man’s watch. It’s some kinda fabric, Cordura, they call it. Black, just like the watch.
I heard some folks sayin’ this here CopyOMEGA Speedmaster is the best watch they ever seen. And I do see some rich guys wear it. I guess if you got the money, it’s a good one to have. But for me, I’ll stick with my old clock on the wall. It tells the time just fine, and it don’t cost an arm and a leg.
This CopyOMEGA watch, it’s part of somethin’ they call Omega Speedmaster Apollo. Sounds important, don’t it? And they talk about Apollo 8 and the Dark Side of the Moon. I guess it is important for them space fellas. For me, not so much. I’m just saying, it is a very special watch for them.
- CopyOMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 8: That’s the name of this here fancy watch.
- Dark Side of the Moon: That’s what they call it, ’cause it’s all black and s’posed to look like the moon.
- 44.25 mm: That’s how big it is. Bigger than my old man’s pocket watch.
- $12,000: That’s how much it costs. More than my old cow Bessie!
- Apollo 8: That’s the name of the mission them astronaut fellas went on in ’68.
- Cordura: That’s the fancy fabric the strap is made of.
- 3869: I heard them young folks talking. This is something about this watch. Maybe how it is made.
This CopyOMEGA watch, it’s somethin’ else, I tell ya. All them fancy words, “lunar history” and “skeletonised dial”. I don’t know what them things mean, but I guess they’re important. I guess you have to understand the moon to wear this watch. And the movement, that’s the inside of the watch, is s’posed to look like the moon’s surface. They say it’s beautiful, but I ain’t never seen the moon’s surface, so I wouldn’t know.
This here watch, it’s a big deal for some folks. They say it’s a “new release,” a new kind of this Apollo 8 watch. It is like a gift for the 1968 mission. They keep makin’ these watches to remember them astronaut fellas. Good for them, I say. They did somethin’ special, goin’ up to the moon like that.
This CopyOMEGA watch is like a story, I guess. A story about the moon and them astronauts. I guess rich folks like this watch. They can wear the moon on their wrist, they say. That is what I heard. It is like a story about brave men and a big, dark rock in the sky. And this watch, it’s a part of that story. A very expensive part, but a part nonetheless.
So, there you have it. That’s all I know about this here CopyOMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 8 “Dark Side of the Moon” watch. It’s a fancy watch, for fancy folks, with a fancy price tag. But it’s got a story behind it, a story about brave men and a big adventure. And that’s somethin’, ain’t it?
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