This is the exact watch the crew on NASA’s Artemis II is wearing on their mission to the moon

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It’s been more than half a century since the world saw a manned space mission to the moon.

All that changed on Wednesday evening (April 1, 2026), when four astronauts blasted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre on NASA’s Artemis II spacecraft to embark on a major lunar voyage designed to pave the way for a landing in 2028.

This 10-day test flight, during which the crew will orbit the moon but not actually land on it, will run through all the vital systems required for a proper touchdown.

As you might imagine, precise measures and accurate timings are mission-critical, so it’s good to know that all four astronauts on board are wearing OMEGA’s Speedmaster X-33 timepiece .

Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen are each donning the space-qualified timepiece on their wrists for the trip.

Crafted from grade 2 titanium with scratch-resistant sapphire crystal shielding the display, the OMEGA is loaded with features and weighs 112g; not much of a burden down here on Earth, but even less in an anti-gravity environment.

The Speedmaster X-33 model was issued to the Artemis II crew from NASA’s inventory of qualified flight hardware.

While the exact timepiece isn’t available for the public to buy, there are plenty of other OMEGA watches to covet.

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Buy one for yourself, and you’ll be in exceptional company.

The brand has been endorsed by stars such as George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Eddie Redmayne, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who was appointed one of OMEGA’s global ambassadors in 2025.

Then again, with Father’s Day on the horizon (June 21, people), an OMEGA watch could be the gift that blows all others out of the water.

Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch First Watch On The Moon Certified By NASA
One of just two watches worn on the lunar surface, the Speedmaster has come to be known as the Moon Watch - for obvious reasons.

This Speedmaster Professional model offers wearers the same manual-winding movement that was in the model worn back in 1969.

OMEGA Seamaster Diver 300M 42mm Co-Axial Master Chronometer Automatic Men's Watch
A handsome watch for a handsome chap, this Seamaster Diver is made for the man on the go.

The steel bracelet supports a blue ceramic bezel topped with scratch-resistant sapphire glass.

It copes just as well in water as it does on land, with 300m water resistance, so you can keep it on no matter what your schedule entails.

Omega Seamaster Diver 300m 007 Edition
The name’s Seamaster, Omega Seamaster.

Yes, long the choice of the world’s most famous fictional spy, albeit issued by Q Branch with some unusual extras built in, the Seamaster is as classic a dive watch as they come.

And they come in many different styles, but for the sake of keeping the Bond theme going, here I’ve selected the model endorsed by 007 in his latest outing, No Time To Die , in which – no spoilers intended (come on, it’s been out since 2021) – Bond brushed-off the title and actually did find the time.

What we have here is a triumph of titanium-on-titanium action, with a Grade 2 titanium case and titanium mesh bracelet married to a unidirectional ‘brown tropical’ aluminium bezel and dial, making the 007 Edition look nothing less than eye-pleasingly immaculate.

Powered by the brand’s self-winding Co-Axial Master Chronometer 8806, this is a precision instrument for those who like to keep their timing tight, helped on by the silicon balance spring giving the watch resistance to troublesome magnetic fields.

Measuring 42mm in size, the 007 is a dive master, tackling 300m of the deep without issue, and featuring a screw-down crown and helium escape valve which, to simplify things massively, stop the watch suffering the clockwork version of the bends.

A power reserve of 55-hours keeps things ticking over nicely whether you’re taking it easy in St Tropez ahead of assignment, or shackled to a table in the hollowed-out volcano lair of yet another nefarious villain hell-bent on world domination, and the domed, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal glass will ensure the watch stays in good condition regardless how rough the scuffle was with the hired henchmen, ready to return to Q in one-piece, for once.

A classic wristwatch beautifully re-invented for Bond, this is a watch that gives you, ahem, All the Time in the World.