Does Omega Expect To Return To the Moon?

2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the Omega Speedmaster replica watches passing NASA certification. Recently, a face-to-face interview was conducted in Bern, Switzerland with Raynald Aeschlimann, Omega's global president and CEO, to discuss the legendary history of the Speedmaster's moon landing and 60 years of technological innovation, Omega's watchmaking philosophy and the vision of mankind's future return to the moon.

Q: Does Omega also look forward to realizing the plan of returning humans to the moon?

A: Returning to the moon is not only a technological breakthrough, but also a continuation of the human spirit of exploration. This requires huge investment and national strategic layout, just as President John F. Kennedy's vision back then. But more importantly, it is to gather people who truly understand the value of aerospace, which is why we always choose to cooperate with those who are deeply involved in the aerospace field.

The Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer watch, which we developed with the European Space Agency over a three-year period, has an operating manual of up to 130 pages. Although most wearers will not use all the space mission functions, users can perceive the technical accumulation behind it, which is the essential difference between aerospace equipment and ordinary consumer products. Some people use the moon landing as a commercial gimmick, but Omega has always focused on the reliability of the timing equipment on the astronauts' wrists. This focus has built a professional barrier.

Of course, reality cannot be avoided. Even today, moon landing is still full of risks. Data shows that three-quarters of the world's lunar probes have crashed in the past two years, and a component error can ruin hundreds of millions of dollars of investment. Behind the seemingly easy landing of rocket recovery is the experience accumulated from thousands of failures. Therefore, we continue to improve the overall performance of watches - after all, on the moon 380,000 kilometers away, a 0.01 second timing error will cause a positioning deviation of 78 meters, and accurate timing is the lifeline of space missions.

This technical persistence is the key difference between us and ordinary consumer products. When the moon landers wear Omega watches, they inherit the core of the aerospace spirit that spans sixty years. True exploration will always transcend commercial utilitarian calculations.