Need extra insider watch protection? Get Field + Papers, GQ’s publication dedicated to the watch world, despatched to your inbox each Friday. Enroll right here to get it free.
The final time human beings landed on the floor of the Moon was December 11, 1972. However for the primary time in over half a century people are set to land on the lunar floor as a part of the Artemis missions in 2026. Whereas the astronauts little doubt be sporting their trusty NASA-issued Speedmasters, Massena Lab and Unimatic are envisioning a special future with their new watch.
Massena Laab and Unimatic, two of our favourite small-but-mighty watch manufacturers, got here collectively to create the brand new U1-SPG. The collaboration is a direct celebration of the Artemis missions and the aura of chance that surrounded the Apollo program throughout the childhood of name founder and famous collector William Massena. “Once I was rising up, there was an intense obsession with NASA, the launch of its Area Shuttle program, and with the way forward for house journey,” he mentioned in a press launch. “For me, the U1-SPG pays tribute to that feeling all of us had as youngsters; that the longer term was stuffed with prospects and that the promise of technological development was nearly limitless. To me, that’s what NASA is all about.”
Simone Nunziato
Certainly, all eyes are on NASA following over 50 years for the reason that final Moonwalk. Fortunately the U1-SPG will assist tide us over till then. The watch hits you right away with a spectacularly enjoyable shade of burn orange impressed by the SLS rockets. The watch is manufactured from chrome steel withan anti-corrosive, ceramic-based Cerakote coating in burnt orange. It measures 41.5 mm.
A very powerful element on the watch is the unmissable NASA emblem at 6 o’clock—placing the piece in nice firm with different manufacturers who’ve discovered inspiration among the many stars. G-Shock has created many variations of its hard-wearing watches with the house program’s emblem on it, together with a fan favourite that is available in a brilliant orange to match the astronauts’ fits. There’s the Speedmaster, in fact, however do you know that within the ‘90s Timex’s Datalink, a proto-smartwatch, was accepted for house journey? There’s a lengthy historical past of watches born for or impressed by outer-atmosphere exploration and the brand new U1-SPG is a greater than strong addition to that lineage.
