Omega Launches The New Speedmaster Moonphase Meteorite (With A Brand New Movement)

Another year has come, and so have the Omega releases. Following up on an absolute fury of newness in 2024, Omega kicks off ‘25 with a brand new Speedmaster…truly. This is the Omega Speedmaster Moonphase Meteorite, a new take on the brand’s previous outings with the 43mm Moonphase collection.

Now, let’s bury the lede and kick things off with what’s new superficially. That would be the meteorite, a lot of meteorite. Well, to put things simply: there are two “colorways” of this collection. One with a black meteorite dial, and one with a grey meteorite dial. 

But we need to get more specific than that. Each of the meteorite dials is an iron meteorite, and the black dial is one in a black, while the grey is what Omega is calling a galvanic grey coating. So basically two iron meteorite dials atop different color-coated dial surfaces. 

Moving to the more complicated bits we get the moonphase indicator at six o’clock, featuring two cabochon Moons. These Moons are made from genuine pieces of Moon meteorite. For those keeping score at home, that means two distinct types of meteorite on one watch.

As Moons turn, they display the changing luminescence in the northern and southern hemispheres. Omega being Omega, they didn’t stop there.  The brand says that “the stars in the background are positioned exactly as they were on the night that Apollo 11 reached the Moon in 1969 - as seen from Omega’s watchmaking home in Bienne, Switzerland.” I’m going to take their word for it and just, wow. That’s serious attention to detail that I cannot wait to see in the metal.

Of course, you might now realize that Omega has never made such a complication before, and so there must be further innovation still. And you would be right. This watch features a brand new caliber, the manual-winding Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 9914. This is a METAS-certified caliber (antimagnetic to 15,000 gauss) that is visible through an exhibition caseback. Once I see this watch in person I will report back on the finer details of this one.

Both watches come affixed to Omega’s steel Speedmaster bracelet complete with the comfort adjustment system. These both come in steel only (with black ceramic bezels), and are priced at $17,100. Omega could have very easily made these in precious metals or ceramic. While this is not inexpensive, it is still a very reasonable way to get into a deeply cool movement innovation. 

Now let’s wait and see what else Omega has in store for us the rest of the year.