OMEGA Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer: A Chronograph To Track Time On Earth And Mars

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Many see our earthy outer arsenic the adjacent frontier for quality colonization. Hence, NASA’s adjacent lunar ngo is connected everyone’s radar.

Meanwhile, determination are others who see Mars arsenic the adjacent large frontier. Hence, aft the Moonwatch, OMEGA adds different unsocial exemplary to its Speedmaster line. This is the X-33 Marstimer – a novelty yet classy timepiece.

The watchmaker notes that this Speedmaster’s improvement is with input from the European Space Agency (ESA). This collaboration ensures each constituent regarding the Red Planet is accurate. It features a people 2 titanium lawsuit that measures 45 mm x 14.9 mm with 20 mm betwixt lugs.

To showcase the concern betwixt OMEGA and the ESA, the medallion lawsuit backmost shows each respective signature.

The iconic seahorse logo engraving is dormant halfway portion the Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer is etched supra it. The bezel holds an aluminum insert, oxalic anodized successful reddish hematite.

The earthy code is disposable connected the pusher astatine 10 o’clock and arsenic a gradient shadiness to the 2nd hand. A sapphire crystal protects the achromatic dial that holds a legible LCD portion to show Earth and Mars symbols erstwhile you request to cheque the clip connected each planet.

A backlight and Super-LumiNova support the details disposable successful low-light situations. With the ESA’s help, the MTC relation tracks the sol day and clip astatine the 4th planet’s premier meridian. For a spot of trivia, its days are 2.7% longer than ours. It runs connected an OMEGA 5622 quartz movement.

The X-33 Marstimer comes with a titanium bracelet, but a peculiar NATO strap is included if you privation to swap it out. “The interior lining of the ticker rotation features a reproduction of Hebes Chasma, a unsocial steep-sided canyon connected the aboveground of Mars,” says OMEGA.

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