The MoonSwatch Is A Plastic Toy: 3 Real Watches You Should Buy Instead | Mars Hands On Review
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In this video we take a close up look at the Omega X Swatch MoonSwatch Speedmaster a month after release to see if it still lives up to the hype, or if you should skip it all together due to Swatch's major failure in actually selling them to consumers. We also take a look at three affordable budget chronographs you should consider picking up instead. Either way if you're in the market for a new chronograph watch this video is for you.
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00:00 - Intro
01:22 - MoonSwatch Review
05:06 - Three Alternatives
06:41 - Watch Two
08:29 - Watch Three
10:29 - Final Thoughts
11:14 - Free Pizza
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Do you still want a MoonSwatch?
I only heard about it now but 1000% yes, I want it now
I just started the video, but to answer this. No. I do not want one anymore. This was a really cool concept, but I’m sick and tired of companies expecting their customers to jump through hoops to give them money. They should be begging us to spend our money with them, but somehow they have a bizarre idea that we should feel like the luckiest duck in the world to have to drive across the country to MAYBE be able to buy one of these watches. This put me off big time.
I think initially everyone got caught in the hype but in the cold light of day it is just a plastic watch albeit with a classic design. the straps are trash though and I think it would be better to spend or put the money towards something else.
Yeah sure. I like the idea of owning a toy version of an iconic space tool. I don’t get why people get so heated over these, Swatch chronographs already cost a couple hundred bucks, so it’s not like they’re doing something insane. Plus, anybody complaining about this watch should be complaining about many things as well. “OH NO! How could they sell parents $100 astronaut costumes for their kids!? Outrageous, they should just buy the real space suit instead, what a rip-off that costume is!” and whatnot. Like damn, it’s not like everyone can find 6k under a rock, if they want the look and like the history this is the best alternative, possibly MUCH better value than underpaying a used, malfunctioning Speedmaster reduced with a billion mechanical issues that will rip another thousand out of your pocket. Why settle for the butt end of the real thing when you can temporarily settle for the top end of the “real” thing?
@@PocketUau I don't think people buying these are aspiring young astronauts though. They're hype beast Supreme wearing millennials. The market that even knows about a real Speedmaster also wanting one of these is incredibly small.
BREAKING NEWS! My local Omega boutique has a limited edition MoonSwatch with a steel case and mechanical movement - looks pretty cool
if they're selling for 260.- i am in! 😀
No way?
Fake
@@tipico809 no it’s real they have been selling them since 1970’s
NO WAY!!! Yes I spotted them too in my local Omega AD they had a lot of stock.
Solid alternatives! For people who like the Speedtimer, there's an upcoming cheaper alternative being released at the end of May, the SBPY165. This is the solar panda version, among a few other variations with really great specs for 320$ or so. I hope it's not just a JDM model.
Where can i find details on that watch?
Not sure how I missed this video, but love that you are into watches as well!
Great video. Very down to earth, and I think you did very well with your alternative choices. Keep building the channel, I love the content!
Was really excited about this thing but bummed when I couldn't buy online. No chance for a boutique buy in my part of the US so I ended up looking at sea gull 1963s again and eventually settled on a HKED ED63. Super happy with it.
Just got the same black&red seiko, now looking for a similar nato strap. Your video convinced me a few month back.
I absolutly do not regret my moonswatch !
Dude, again, love the versatility of the channel... Tech reviews, film, horology... Go for it! 🤙
Good options! For the same price as the MoonSwatch I would also add the Dan Henry 1962 that is better build quality and comes with a Seiko VK63 movement. Thanks for the suggestions!
Great review Patrick love the little clips of cassettes abd VHS in rhe background - some great alternatives aswell love the Orient
Great video. Nice recommendations for the alternatives and I definitely agree that you can get better alternatives for the money you might shell out for the Omega X Swatch.
What a great presentation. Amazing style. Looking forward to more content and for this channel to blow up.
Very well produced vid. Keep it up. Well done.
I have an earth moonswatch I’m loving it. Love the bracelet as well. It wears so comfortable.
Very informative video...I'm now interested in the Bulova, I've been a Seiko 5 fan for many years. You speak well and with great detail. Thanks for your effort. Peace!
I just got myself a Casio 5610 instead of this overpriced and hyped toy. The Casio costs less than half, is deadly accurate, certified for space travel by nasa and rugged as hell. I wanted a watch that is affordable and has its history with space travel but of course I understand why people love the moonXswatch, but I guess it would probably fall apart just thinking of space 😅
CASIO is probably the best quality ruggedized field watch money can buy.
@@rorto002 yeah military men use it. That is enough said
Saw a 30 people line, went into the watch store next to it and bought myself a Casio DW-291H
Totally get your point - i got one for travels abroad, looks stylish and if it gets lost / stolen it doesnt put as much of a dent in my bank account as the loss of my sea Dweller would.
I had the Bulova moon watch. Loved loved loved it. Kept crazy accurate time. The reason I returned it is because the face/lug ratio was way out of whack for me. With that size face, the band should've been at least 42mm. It looks great in photos and in your video, but when you get it home, you'll see what I'm talking about. IDK. Maybe I'll revisit it one day again. But after seeing several videos on this new Omega Swatch and how cheap it is, no way am I paying $600 on the secondary market for one.
I’ve had one for ages, don’t know what you’re talking about, 42 mm band? Surely your gripe is that the lug width should be 22 mm on what is a 45 mm watch? Either way I don’t see it as a problem.
After seeing the crazy resale prices I’ve decided if I come across a swatch store I’ll take a look and if I see one I like I might pick one up. Until that day I’m going to continue saving for the real moon watch.
Its a great watch, this swatch spdmstr !! In many countries you can not walk in the street with the real deal... keep it at home in great condition. Its very sympathic, you can show up anywhere with a swatch. Especially this one. Thank you for showing it...
This is one of the best videos I've seen on this subject, well done.
I was looking for a new cheap Chrono when the moonswatch was announced, and after the hype died down, I decided on a Seiko mecca-quartz instead. Still very tempted by the Orient and Lunar Pilot though 😂
Patrick I am also Patrick. I picked up the Mission to Mars Omega Swatch Moonswatch. Loving the Collaboration but Love ❤ the Watch and the Alaska Project story. Thanks for a good video.
The Orient is gorgeous, after trying a few I think it looks best on a black leather rally strap, I'd have liked it to have a tachymeter bezel for a sportier look so I picked up a Seiko panda also. Probably doesn't make a lot of sense to own two solar pandas but there's just enough difference to justify it.
Alternative: Seiko Spirit SBTR027 - it's a JDM so you may have to ferret about a bit to get one, but SO worth it!
Your video and presentation style is slick! Keep it up mate. More watch content please.
will do! thanks 🙏
I still quite fancy a MoonSwatch (the Mission to Mars as it happens), but I'll get one used when the hype dies away. I had a Bulova Lunar Pilot, but it's an oddly proportioned watch that wears big for its size. I really wanted to love it, but it just looked wrong on me (and I have plenty of big watches that don't).
If you buy one used, won't it fail shortly? Its lifespan is evidently short.
Have to agree with the Orient, i bought the neo panda a few years back and still to this day its one of my favorites in my collection, i have it on a brown leather strap and it just looks and feels more premium than it is. Such a great watch
been thinking about putting it on a leather too. glad you're enjoying it!
Love to see more affordable unique watch ! Great job
thanks!
When it just came out I decided to buy it instead of that octagonal g shock as a casual everyday watch. But after seeing the reviews, the g shock seems better in every way.
Buy yourself a GW-M5610 and call it a day. I’ve owned one for years as my “tool” watch or beater, looks brand new still. Atomic time no less… incredible value.
Your video quality is really great, such a shame you only have sub 5k subscribers. I'm doing my part to bump the number.
this is my second channel. my main has 100k. thanks for stopping by.
I still think the moonswatches look cool, but definitely happy with my Seagull chronograph for now. Maybe down the line I’ll get one of these, but the current supply shortage is so disappointing.
Another alternative - Dan Henry! I owned a 1964 and it was one of my favourite watches, costing only $300 CAD despite owning $10k+ watches. I forgot the reference but they have one that looks like a Speedy too.
As someone who doesn't know anything about watches this video was super interesting. I would definitely like to see more of this!
thanks Flip!
I and my lunar Bulova watch appreciate your video and we 100% agree with your criteria and arguments. Cheers!
cheers!
I’ve got a Bulova moon watch , and I just love it, I highly recommend getting this one …..
As worn by Dave Scott when his Speedmaster failed him on Apollo 15 .
The Moon Swatch is a bit of fun if you can obtain one because they are always sold out ….
Alternatively save up and get an Omega Speedmaster instead…..
This is a bit of expensive fun
I have one too and I agree - a fantastic watch!
Nice review, good job thanks!
Hey Patrick! Really enjoyed this video! I came for the watch coz I've been wanting to get one too, but man, your video is always, always, always such a visual treat! really on a different level! thanks for making this! :)
cheers Justin! good luck with the moonswatch.
@@sloppysteaks thank you! btw, love that you have the bambino! I've been a fan of orient ever since "I got into the hobby", I bought myself a Gen2 V1 bambino for my wedding day! 😍
Happy owner of the Bulova Lunar Pilot. You get so much *real* watch for such a reasonable price
Thank you, I just ordered the Bulova that you recommend.
Great Video, my first time here. Good down to earth commentary. I'm still in love with my Seiko Series 5 green dial military watch. I lost my first one because the band broke off, so I bought a new one and just got a green NATO strap for safety !
i have a few Seiko 5’s. love em. enjoy the watch!
Your alternative choices there are ideal❤️👍
Wow I would have never expected this type of video from you! Great job and keep expanding out the different types of content.
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I was initially intrigued. Now, I don’t think I would pay even MSRP for one. I see about $99 as fair. But that’s just me. I’m happy an analogue wristwatch has caused such excitement.
I might eventually get one if it's available online for a reasonable price, but I already have a Bulova Lunar Pilot which scratches the Moon Watch need
it would be 99$ or less if it just had swatch, you are paying for the omega logo
@@DHD10000 exactly
I mean for a plastic quartz watch $70 should be good
@@reflexyy Yeah I’d give them another 30% just for brand recognition and buzz. That would be fine. But $260? Nahhh…..
Do more watch reviews please! Very informative.
Agreed! Three very appealing, better alternatives! Great picks!
Love your comment that the Moon Swatch could be a Happy Meal toy. I am living and working in Europe and virtually no one is flocking to the stores to buy the Moon Swatch.
man please upload more often your videos are therapy
Have to admit I first thought I wouldn’t even consider. I started to come around to the idea of grabbing one, but as the complaints, quality and realizing the price, and what I could get for that which isn’t bioceramic. I’ve passed. Still a neat release, also read it’s helped the og speedmaster sales, props omega/swatch
Great content. Best of luck
Nice review keep it going
Good job, mate. Keep it coming 😉
Great you spoke out in the video. I feel the same from excitment three months ago has turned to totally disappointment. I visited swatch store many times but no salesperson can tell when is the next shipment. I lose the passion and I found other swiss made watch more attractive with value of money that I recently bought a really nice watch of other brand. Thank you swatch!
Nice video. I totally agree with the watches you picked up as alternatives. Ive got panda and I love them so much. Bulova is so nice too and the history behind the watch is really cool. The only thing I don't like is the size. They're too big for my wrist, I am used to wearing 42mm
I think it wears really well for the size and you get used to it extremely quick. its the only watch "non watch" people ever ask about. enjoy your collection!
excellent content - thank you!
Great Video, keep going! I really enjoyed it!
First i wanted the misson to moon but icant get one so i bought the PRX Tissot, and now i will not buy a moonswatch, they lost a customer
Bro great video man 👌
Got my (polished, no date) Lunar Pilot last week before seeing this video. Excellent in every way, especially for the price, which was only a little more than a moonswatch at retail, if you could even get one at retail, and scalped prices are just stupidly ridiculous. The Lunar Pilot has a cool back story, arguably *more* interesting than the dozen gov’t issue speedies that also went to the moon (yeah, blasphemy…), and is engraved with Dave Scott’s EVA details on the back. Really, an excellent choice! Currently at 350 and change on Amazon. The OCD could get it bead blasted to get closer to the historical version, but I’m liking the polished one just fine…
yeah i think the polished is a bit classier too if you need to dress it up. i only wish you could swap the nato for a bracelet.
Got two Lunar Pilots this month. Steel bracelet and the two bracelet models. Love them. Glad I passed on the plastic watch.
An honest review! 👍🏻
great video! you remind me of this other TH-camr named Patrick Tomasso
I'll google him
And another one like him might just come along and soon. :) Taking on the world from the corners.
Appreciate your work too @Canoopsy :)
An eminently sensible video very well presented. I have the SSC813 but the Orient really looks the part.
thanks for watching, Alex.
A lot of us work for a living we can’t afford an omega Speedmaster they’re pretty who wouldn’t want one however A lot of folks just cannot afford it I know omega actually makes some Quartz watches it would’ve been really nice if they could’ve made an affordable Quartz moon watch when I say Affordable I don’t mean no darn three or $4000 watch they could’ve made a real nice Quartz watch for about $1200. There’s always the Bulova lunar pilot the other moon watch and very nice for the money and all your other choices for alternative watches are ideal very nice watches for the money👍❤️👍
That Bulova is sick. Thanks for the recommendation!
cheers!
I got lucky and got 2 of these in Zermatt Switzerland while on vacation. Otherwise, it's impossible to get one here in the U.S. It's a fun watch, it's not meant to be a luxury watch to show off. It's now my daily watch.
could you maybe make a video about that Bulova watch and its history? It would be really interesting.
The moonswatch was the push I needed; It ended my doubts about buying a PD 1701... I immediately bought 2: Alaska and the classic (black dial and white hands and indexes).
Where did you buy the black strap for thhe swatch omega?
Excellent video, great content, great recommendations, great editing… watch out Teddy and TGV.
I was going to say, he’s a young Teddy or TGV, but I can’t tell if you’re 16 or 30.
Either way, well done.
Keep up the great work.
either one could be exactly right hahah
Solid video!
Can you also please tell me about the Chinese music you have used in your video? Thank you!
There’s no Chinese music in this video.
I got one for my birthday ( mission to pluto ), not everyone likes it, i get that. But i love it, i personally like the fact it is light, makes it feel more natural when it is on my wrist and i have been told the colours on it suit me very well😂.
Solid alternatives for sure. Question about the Bulova regarding size. Many reviews mention the size as a turn-off (that’s what she said). What are your thoughts and also what’s your wrist size? I picture it on a leather NATO and I think I’m in love.
I love that it's big. my wrist is about 7 inches.
Thanks, I wasn't aware of that Orient! It just went to the top of my list. I love the Bulova but am concerned it's just too big.
its so nice - bulova is big but I love it. I get the most "woah what watch is that" compliments with that one. probably because it's big. LOL
@@sloppysteaks I may be tempted yet! I've heard amazon puts it at half price during prime day lol
Good video man!!
Bro, love getting this other side of yourself. Great vid. Makes me want to get a dope watch.
Great video 👍..I've got 3 bulovas..they realy are amazing quality for the price..16 beats per second ❤
Yes they are!
Hey Patrick I got your first choice, a Seiko SSB 031
Purchased in May 2020 for only AUD $247 dollars .It was reduced from $550.
Greetings from Australia.
I wonder why the price of them went up so much. It was only $150 Canadian when I bought it last year.
Already have a speedy, a superocean and i still want one. Once the price normalizes. And probably hundreds of others
I bought three Omega Swatch's and they are great. I do admit they were hard to get had to line up in New York to buy for me and another for the wife but when i was in Austria we just walked into a store and bought one no line nothing. Granted its 2 years later now. Anyways pretty good options for an alternative but the Speedmaster is a fantastic watch if you can swing for it. The Bulova is massive - were the dimensions listed? It would not fit most peoples wrist- just a word of warning.
May I know where can I get the black strap for the moonswatch
Came looking for the moonswatch and leave with the panda on My wishlist
You got me.., I don’t want to pay for the OMEGA and I’m looking for the bulova…. Nice video 👍👍👍👍
Check those pagani homage… they worth the money too
Hey, what is the replacement band on the MoonSwatch? It looks great and I want one!
Just some cheap rubber one from Amazon
I was looking forward to owning a Swatch X Omega MoonSwatch, but they look so cheap and plastic. When I read about how some are falling apart for some owners. I gave it a miss. But I think the concept was awesome.
I was actually, really hyped to buy one at retail, but I can't even get a call back from the DA in my area, so my interest is waning daily. I really like the 70's Neo Panda and may just buy that instead!!
it’s the better watch for sure!
The Swatch version of the Speedmaster is a regular type tachometer type quartz watch. I myself are wearing an authentic Speedmaster Mark II that I bought back in 1974. I was in my early 20s when I bought this watch. I kept this watch well maintained. It has been cleaned and maintained about every 4 to 5 years by an Omega service center. I am still wearing this watch. It can keep to within a few seconds per day average. I also have an Omega Planet Ocean. These are great watches.
I kinda gave up and decided on better and cheaper watches from my favorite brand Tissot, still under the Swatch Group so I guess I’m still indirectly giving Swatch my money
That alaska project looks CRAZY
rumours a company might 3d print a case for the moonswatch. i'd cop that immediately.
What could have been a huge watch release was quickly turned into a Replica sought after watch. Some of the replicas are a quarter of the price and have things even the originals don’t have, like an actual crystal glass.
What strap do you have on your Lunar Pilot?
Orient Bambino FTW!!
Good video you should make more watch content 👍🏼
The Chinese clone of this watch is only $30 on Alibaba and has a stainless steel case with a sapphire crystal. It also has a swooping chronograph movement.
Props for mentioning the Bulova Lunar Pilot. Get the bracelet, if you can, it's beautiful.
i’m not a fan of it and you can’t put the bracelet on the polished anyways
@@sloppysteaks I think the way it works is that I can get a strap for my bracelet version, but it's tough to get a bracelet for the strap version, which is why I went that way.
@@johngalt5205 I just cant stand the logo on the bracelet version. makes the watch look dated or from a walmart display case. I would have put a nato on the brushed one anyways but I finally tracked down a polished.
A google google of that lovely looking Seiko resulted in next to nothing, shame it's hard to get now!
yeah its so weird I swear not even 3-4 months ago a buddy of mine grabbed it. I can only find them on eBay now.
Man, I love this watch!! Every day watch without getting killed over in Albuquerque 😂🤣
I love the Moonswatch design. But $300 bucks for a watch with that low quality... I can't do it.
I would like an alternative for Venus or the Uranus (light blue).... I go to the Shop everytime I'm in town but I can't find it.
I bought the bulova lunar pilot last year. I wear it on a black and grey (James bond) nato and it is superb. It has increasingly become my daily wearer. I wanted to buy all 11 moonswatch variants but swatch have made it almost impossible for me to get them and I will not pay over retail. The final nail in the coffin for moonswatch came earlier this week when I found out that the plastic crystal is non replaceable and fused to the body of the watch making it a throwaway item if you damage it more than polishing can cure.
yeah i don’t care much about the durability or service of a watch under $500. it’s just that you can’t even find them at all that’s annoying.
@@sloppysteaks my nearest swatch AD which sells these is over 200 miles away. You have no way to know when they are in stock and even if you did they will not hold one for you. I don’t fancy a more than 400 mile round trip to get nothing.
@@StevenMRSenior exactly and i live 10 min from a swatch store. i still don’t even bother to try to get another one.
Which strap do you use on the Seiko, cause this combination looks too dope to be not rocked on my own
It's a parachute nato but unfortunately I dont recall where I got it from. thanks for watching!
Great video. Make more videos about watches.