Omega's New Speedmaster Is the Ultimate Watch for Space Nerds - Gear Patrol

Long the official watchmaker of NASA, Omega famously outfitted its many missions including those to the Moon with the likes of the Speedmaster Moonwatch, but the new Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer was made in partnership with the European Space Agency.

Yes, the X-33 is also in Omega's Speedmaster collection, but it lives within the sub-collection referred to as "Instruments." Whereas the Moonwatch is a traditional chronograph featuring a manually wound mechanical movement, the Instruments Speedmasters feel like the kind of watch a modern astronaut would wear — though they have a bit of a retro-futuristic aesthetic, with a design dating to the 1998.

Like other watches in the collection, which include multiple variations of the X-33 (as well as the Spacemaster Z-33), the Marstimer operates on a highly accurate, thermocompensated quartz movement powering an analog-digital ("anadigi") display.