The Omega x Swatch Moonswatch: The Full Nick Shabazz Review

[@markharmon6942]

What? No size comparison to the Spyderco Delica?

[@martintanz9098]

If the Ali Express brands can make a moonwatch homage with a decent metal bracelet and sapphire crystal for $120 or so, Swatch can at least do something a little better for $260.

[@vickersjd27]

"We should not carry bugs forward in the name of 'History.'" - preach, Nick. Preach.

[@HonoluluBlue81]

This is something that should be sold in the NASA gift shop for $50 after you take a tour. It’s a cheap plastic toy, not a watch.

[@PINKFL0YD-s2h]

Totally agree with you about this

[@rabadabadoo491]

Couldn't agree more. I don't mean to diss the folks that got excited for them at the time but I never thought they looked anything more than a kids souvenir watch. In fact if I was 10 I'd probably have thought it was pretty cool. But $260 !

[@thestig007]

Pretty much. You're paying for hype on this thing.

[@cjrrtt1]

Absolutely agree

[@tyarnold4088]

It doesn't have the coaxial movement?

[@adeptuslatrina]

Knives and Watches are two of my favoritest things... I'm saving up for my first Rolex now at almost 40 years old.

[@adeptuslatrina]

@@philipp8712 Oh great It'll be Microtechs all over again lol

[@thomaslorenc762]

"Hey everybody, Nick here." One of my favorite lines on youtube. Thankyou, for the review, sir!

[@nickdsnik]

I am surprised that even having the calipers in the same room didn't scratch the crystal. I winced during the measuring.

[@vladyakubets]

I’m pretty sure he uses calipers that have plastic jaws so they don’t scratch

[@gtaylor2770]

I own one of these: a surprise gift from a friend in Switzerland. It's cool, and I was delighted when it arrived. But I understand Nick's ambivalence. What no one comments on is the packaging from the Swatch Boutique. It is amazing: intricate, clever, beautiful, an elaborate exercise in origami designed by geniuses. But this is indicative. As Jody points out at JOMW, you never get elaborate packaging from Casio. What you get is amazing value for your money.

[@bloodmorel]

As a watch guy, the MoonSwatch has always given me a nervous twitch. And you're right, as a pure watch (without the Omega connection), it's not value for money.

[@herbcraven7146]

Wow! It's a watch just like the astronauts wore on the moon! Get yours free in every box of Super Sugar Crisp.

[@henryperez606]

Great comment, one would like to think that that they would have the intention of making the nicest swatch in history. But it doesn’t look like it. They just want an easy 265 bucks.

[@AriMWeinstein]

We need more of Narrator Voice Nick as heard at 23:59. 😄

[@TheSimTetuChannel]

If I could like your comment 260 times I would!

[@TriantafyllosThessaloniki]

😅😂

[@davecypress]

More watch reviews please. 👏 great post, enjoy the humor, spot on breakdown of the pros and cons. Fav comments “not exactly a tour de force of legibility”, “yeahhhh let’s makes this worse”, “we should not carry forward bugs in the name of history.”

[@starkparker16]

I played with some Swatches at LAX (pretty sure, anyway) and was instantly taken back to the Swatch store at La Cumbre in Santa Barbara cerca 1987.

[@jlg395]

I just saw a guy wearing one of these in Pasadena today. Was that you???

[@matthuck378]

Heh, I still judge plastics on Lego. Ever since I was a kid, Lego plastic felt "quality" and little else did. I look for that sharpness, solidity, and polish.

[@danielgrant9213]

Swatch Group is doing for watches what "designer" brands are doing for clothes. A person wishes they could buy a pair of Gucci horsebit loafers. But they will either never have $900 for a pair of shoes or will never be able to bring themselves to spend such a ridiculous amount of money for a pair of shoes. Then they see a $9 T shirt selling for $60 that says Gucci on it, and it doesn't seem so ridiculous so they bite (although for some reason when I priced the shirt for this example it was over $500??? For a T shirt??? WTF!? But I digress). Swatch is using the $7000 Speedy to make $260 for a watch that may as well have come out of a claw machine at an arcade look like a reasonable proposition. Personally, I'm actually offended that SWATCH thinks I'm dumb enough to pay them $260 for their disposable moonswatch when Casio will sell me a solar powered, radio controlled, 100 M water resistant, sapphire crystal, all steel Edifice chrono for the same money or less. But I'm not their target anyway (I like overpaying for Japanese rather than Swiss watches), and even though this makes me personally hate the moonswatch, I would not want to rain on anyone else's parade. If someone tries it on, loves it, and isn't bothered by the price, they should get it and enjoy. End of the day, it's all about what makes each person happy.

[@danielgrant9213]

Also, if you love the Speedmaster, hate the $7000-$8000 price and don't think we should carry bugs forward in the name of history, why not get a Speedy 40mm racing? It's got an automatic movement, sapphire crystal, and 100m of water resistance costs over $2000 less than the "Professional" Speedmaster. Does the slightly different look just not do it for you?

[@Tankman333]

he digresses I say at that price but one for each hand or wrist

[@henrybrandt1057]

It's a pedestrian Swatch movement in a over-hyped plastic case. For $200 or less, you can buy a nice looking Swatch Irony with the same movement in a better case.

[@LamarFaciane]

I'm so happy you did another watch review! I've been following you for years and really enjoy your perspective ✌🏽❤

[@davidmarshall7752]

Just picked up a Maratac Ti 39 mil with both rubber & nylon bands preowned in great shape for $215, so yeah.

[@EvilBambo0]

thanks for the review Nick late but never too late! Your video got me digging up my Mercury and upon close inspection the chrono hand wasn't even aligned properly at 12 o'clock position. Would like to hear you bashing their Blancpain Scuba Fifty if you can get your hands on one, I bought them together in one go and regreted even more. 🤑

[@Jumbo_Engineering]

Great Video But can you please dissable the Image Stabilisation? it drives me crazy

[@matthuck378]

A while back (15 years now), I got a Swatch chronograph for about $100. Seemed like it was the same quality as this one, possibly better in a few areas (like the strap, availability, etc.)...But it didn't say "Omega" on it, so yeah.

[@VoodooMike]

I find it amusing that you think that the price of a precision built mechanical watch, with hundreds of the tiniest parts working together seamlessly in all conditions (including space) is laughable. Yet when someone puts together a "high end" knife from three pieces of similar materials, plus half a dozen screws, and charges over a grand for it, that's reasonable.

[@iburley_]

I think the price seems more shocking than it is only because the Moonswatch release was big enough to get the attention of non-Swatch people. Their normal plastic chronographs that don't look like a Speedmaster are already $130-160. That's still a far cry from $260, but it's not an astronomical jump. It was also the first Swatch to use regular spring bars and be able to take any third party strap. I don't live near a Swatch boutique so I don't own one yet, but I absolutely still on plan on getting a Mission to Mars. Your only other options to get an Alaska Project design is either tens of thousands of dollars for a used Omega or a Pagani Design "homage", which frankly I just couldn't wear and feel good about.

[@CKshouta]

good point on finally being able to use normal straps. Swatch factory silicone straps are not good to begin with, having the option to use better straps is an improvement. That said, I don't know if the bioceramic case is stronger than regular swatch plastic, I would hate to see it fail at the hole like their plastic ones tend to do.

[@Staticclism]

Always love a new Nick video drop.

[@brianjohnson3743]

I chuckled every time you said something about Omega’s thoughts on the Moonswatch. It’s a Swatch product, not an Omega.

[@eric_in_florida]

Bio-ceramic sounds like bio-BS.

[@eric21881]

I think a citizen tsuyosa would be right up this channels alley

[@1SaG]

Re the water resistance: I started wearing swatch in the mid to late 80s and I've owned quite a few ... almost all of whom I treated as if they were 200 or 300m divers, because it said "30 m" on the case-back and I didn't know better. I've worn them doing things like water-skiing or snorkeling in the ocean. Weirdly enough, none of them ever suffered any sort of water damage - not even the swatch chronograph I used to own. Does that mean you should treat them like a dive-watch? Absolutely not... I'm just sayin' that - in my experience - these things aren't necessarily as fragile as one might think. :) Re the quality of the MoonSwatch: I haven't handled one myself, but what I've seen in videos looks pretty ... poor. As stated, I did own a swatch chronograph and it felt very well put together. It was also of their "irony"-line, so the case and pushers were made of steel. So swatch do know how to make these things in a more solid way - and for a lower price. They still have irony-chronos in their line-up and those cost quite bit less than the MoonSwatch, even when they come on a metal bracelet. I'm not a tin-foil-hat aficionado, but I guess a Moonswatch with a steel-case and bracelet would *probably* have been too close to the real thing for the swatch group's taste.

[@robojimtv]

These watches arent meant for classic watch collectors. They're Swatch capitalizing on the same thing that happened with sneakers like Jordans. Some people are completionist collectors who go for all the variants. Swatch watches are fun. My first watch my parents got me was an Olympics 2004 Athens themed Swatch and i loved it. It was 50€ and they didnt have to worry about it getting damaged. Now the price on the moonswatch is probably about 100 too high but its still a fun way to explore different moon watch designs without it being exorbitantly priced. And they make fun gifts for people who arent really into watches but want something that looks neat.

[@robojimtv]

Oh and the loudness on this is so much less than the basic Swatches lol

[@PhantomObserver]

I’d have to say the MoonSwatch is aimed specifically at people who have good memories of NASA and space exploration. The strap is meant to evoke memories of the hook-loop strap astronauts used to wear Speedies while in orbit or doing EVAs. As for the price, it probably would be better to compare this price to other Swatch chronographs than Casios or Citizens. Despite its reputation, Swatch really isn’t a value proposition brand. It sells fashion design watches not meant as primary use products.

[@CKshouta]

Swatch can be primary use, if you work around its nuances such as not getting anywhere close to alcohol (because of acrylic crystal ) and have polywatch paste to undo the occasional scratches. Too bad I work at a hospital where alcohol sanitizers use are very frequent.

[@ProjectSerpo90]

I can’t believe people went crazy for these. They remind me of the Armitron Looney Tunes watch i wore when i was like 6 as a kid growing up in the 1990s. It was a cheap watch with horrible plastic straps yet had an actual metal case. The only difference is those watches cost about $20, not $200+ because it says Omega on it. If you have $200 buy yourself a Seiko or if you want plastic get a G-Shock, it will last you forever and will be worth every penny.

[@takuan650]

The edge retention is questionable.

[@granitejeepc3651]

just got this as a gift....way cool...got the Moon version

[@NeilSabnani-h1q]

Bro, you make it seem like this is a cheap replacement for the Omega Moonwatch. It's not a variant at all. It's a cool fun watch.

[@bronco1199]

The pushers fall off. Its a quality piece...

[@Diazjake]

I really want to watch this vid and support you but I just don’t give a shit about that watch.

[@Ivan-Martynov]

I don’t think it’s possible to buy any quartz chronograph from Swatch for 50 USD, so 50 USD is not quite a fair price for that piece.

[@clintonlewis1261]

Cool looking watch !

[@modofatak]

Shabazz is so in his bag discussing pricing psychology. Like…dude understands that in his SOUL. Hahaha

[@olaf4318]

its pretty but id honestly rather buy an ali clone at a similar price with better specs?

[@Cohen.the.Worrier]

I know it's a space watch but you would expect it to survive the harsh conditions of Earth's atmosphere. These don't. Top review Nick.

[@carpandrei7493]

Timex caught a lot of flak because of their cheap loud movements, sold in watches at a lower price point. Swatch should not be spared that flak. At least the movement could be top notch at this price point.

[@dspserpico]

Flip the strap so that the Omega faces out and the Swatch faces in. That changed my thoughts of the strap from absolute garbage to servicable cheap substitute to the real velcro straps the astronauts used.

[@Dale_Higgins]

Price is bonkers. One of those times where it makes buying a fake one justified

[@tghartman321]

I heard about these the night before they dropped on a livestream and was initially very intigued. That is untill i saw the horribly cheap build quality. Im no watch snob, I own a few cheap plastic Casios, but they were all well under $50. At least give us a well finshed stainless steel case and a decent strap if your going to charge over $200 for a quartz watch. Personally, I cant see why anyone would pay $260 (or even more on the ridiculously over inflated secondary market) when you can get a really well done Chinese homage to the Speedmaster for under $100. I bought the Pagani Design PD1701 for $64 . It has a sapphire bezel and domed crystal. Seiko mecha-quartz movement, a decent (but not spectacular) stainless steel bracelet and really nice fit and finish on the case. If homage watches aren't your thing, I'd much rather spend the extra $100 and get the Bulova Lunar Pilot. Unlike the Moonswatch, it has an actual moon heritage, and bragging rights as to how it saved the day when an astronaut's Omega failed.

[@tkindschi]

If one is NOT enamored with the "moon watch" esthetic, the buying decision becomes very easy. Just keep walking....

[@NicholasCFranklin]

Wait. Omega went to the moon? I’m confused.

[@twowheels833]

"Bye now." or "Buy now!"? 😇

[@914Rocky]

If it doesn’t say Omega, it is not a counterfeit. It’s not a fake. It’s not tacky buying a Pagani Design. It’s smart. Charging $8,000 is an abomination. There is nothing about the materials and the manufacturing that justifies the price. Heck, if you want to spend $8,000 just to have a “real” Omega, go for it. But I’m happy being “tacky” with a real Pagani Design. I’m not pretending that it is an Omega. I’m proudly wearing a Pagani Design.

[@NickShabazz]

Glad you love yours, and different grinds for different kinds!

[@914Rocky]

@@NickShabazz True that. Love your videos btw.

[@leviathan4454]

I love my Pagani Design despite its flaws. And I would never buy the Swatch anyway (if I want a plastic watch, I can get another Casio lol). I could be persuaded to get the Omega second hand in the future, but at the current price tag probably not.

[@unknownartist47]

From here it looks like hello kitty! ✌️

[@PINKFL0YD-s2h]

No offence but they are total junk. A Pagani is way better

[@modofatak]

Knowing you, you’ve thought about it, but you ever considered a podcast? That would undermine your attempt at privacy (although everyone on here knows what you do for a living AND the city in which you live, so Batman mask MIGHT just be inadequate subterfuge)…but I think you’d be a gem-like interviewer (as long as you could stop talking ;-))

[@RogerRozellCharbonneau]

20:17 😂😂😂

[@d3xmeister]

“This is not a homepage” Yes, yes it is. It is just a poor homage made by a brand that has nothing in common with Omega except they are owned by the same huge corporation. Frankly if you love the Moonwatch, you’re better off buying one of the higher end homages, some of them cost as much as this toy and they are superb quality. There’s absolutely zero cool factor difference between that and a Swatch made homage. Both are homages made by different companies. Swatch is not Omega

[@SkinkKing14]

They should make a knife and call it The Swatchblade.

[@The_Great_Whodini]

I still think a casio f108wh is a better pick because I can wash my hands and not think about it. When I am looking at watches, I have to say is this worth however many f108wh I could buy for the same price point. This is not worth 17.3 casio f108wh ILLUMINATORs in my opinion.

[@TheRealAlPhil]

Nick, I got into watches

[@arcadely]

Oh boy, I cannot believe you've gone and got yourself one of these. I haven't even watched your review yet, but I predict an absolute bloodbath. I was desperate to get one myself until I saw them in the flesh (which wasn't easy for some months after their release) and realised I was looking at an absolute POS. It was a huge disappointment. I don't hate Swatch either - I own a couple of them - but... no. Just no. EDIT: "I hope that joke gave you a little buzz." I see what you did there. Somewhat as expected you came to the same conclusion. It's just such poor value for money and feels so crappy relative to other watches at a similar price point.

[@georgetown8986]

Talk about watering down a brand name. "High end" car makers have done it as well. Ruined what once were prestigious and somewhat rare brand marques.

[@void1984]

No comparison with the real Omega?

[@eric21881]

Too late Nick I’m into watches and it’s at least half your fault

[@sreilly688]

You’re paying for the omega name for that price.

[@thestig007]

Would be a fun watch for a child, but not at this price!

[@TheSimTetuChannel]

Ceci est une Swatch avec une pomme...and not an Apple Watch. 😉

[@914Rocky]

Plastic junk. An abomination. A $50 watch, tops.

[@RobertSmith-up9rz]

Nice watch, but the wristband… pass.

[@douglasmstewart]

These watches blow

[@chillthineself4841]

Glad you talked about how loud this watch ticks. It's my VERY LEAST favorite thing about it. I keep mine in a foam box so i don't hear it in storage. Because I don't wear it.

[@pauljosephbuggle3722]

A watch with poor water resistance is never worth it. On the rest of it, it's a joke. A cheap Casio would be better.

[@elimcewen1607]

Hi

[@clintonlewis1261]

Kinda looks like a 30 dollar watch.

[@Thomas-dz4eg]

no!!!! l can’t watch this. Dam u Nick lol

[@ANiCKiN]

Schwatz

[@Knivesarelife]

plastic junk its just a clone of the real thing so everyone wont get a clone knife but this is fine ya right not the real movement but what do i know i have all of them i got a problem lol

[@914Rocky]

There is no good in the price for this plastic watch.

[@HaonProductions]

Does anybody really care about this anymore? It was a fad if I've ever seen one.

[@the1beard]

they really are garbage

[@laserjay]

Hey, Nick can do the Doug DeMuro voice! But speaking of the watch: when you think about it, for 260$ you can get a CASIO LCW-M100TSE with titanium case and bracelet, saphire crystal, solar, atomic time keeping, etc.

[@Famcia]

Im waiting for Roleswatch 😂😂