This here OMEGA Speedmaster Skywalker X-33, it’s somethin’ else. I seen a picture of it, and it’s got all these fancy things on it. Numbers and hands and what not. They say it tells time, three different times, even! Like, who needs to know the time in three different places? I can barely keep track of the time here!
They call it a “chronograph”. Sounds like somethin’ you’d hear on one of them science shows. It’s got a timer too. You know, for when you need to time things. Like eggs, maybe? I always just kinda knew when my eggs was done. Never needed no fancy watch for that.
This Speedmaster Skywalker X-33, I heard it’s for them astronaut folks. The ones that go up in them rockets. Goes to show, you need a special watch for up there. This one, they started from scratch to make it right. What kind of watch would you make, if you had a blank sheet of paper? Must be tough. I don’t know what they mean by “blank sheet of paper”.
I reckon it’s pretty expensive, this watch. Probably costs more than my whole house! But I guess if you’re flyin’ around in space, you need somethin’ reliable. Somethin’ that won’t break down when you’re a million miles away from the nearest watch repairman. Although i can’t imagine they have those in space.
They got all these numbers on it too. 318.90.45.79.01.001. What’s that all about? Looks like a phone number, but way too long. Maybe it’s some kind of secret code. You know, for the astronauts to talk to each other without nobody else knowin’ what they’re sayin’.
- This watch, it’s a real head-scratcher.
- All these numbers and buttons.
- I’d probably just end up pressin’ the wrong thing and messin’ it all up.
- But them astronauts, they’re smart folks.
- They can figure it out.
I seen they sell ’em online. Imagine that! You can buy anything on that there internet these days. Used cars, even! They say they got 20,327 used cars in Los Angeles. That’s a lot of cars! But this here OMEGA Speedmaster X-33, that’s what we’re talkin’ about. Not cars. Though I guess a good watch is like a good car. You want it to run right.
They even compare it to that star wars thing. I don’t really get that, I don’t really watch those movies, but I guess there’s a market for that. You can find anything you want on that Facebook thing. You can find used cars or new watches. You can find all sorts of stuff in Los Angeles. I used to go to Los Angeles to find a job but it was not for me. I’d rather stay here and not use that internet thing.
This Speedmaster, it’s been around a long time, they say. Since 1957! That’s before I was even born! They used it on them Apollo missions, the ones that went to the moon. Imagine that, a watch goin’ to the moon! They say it’s the “most complicated movement” Omega ever made. What’s a “movement”? Sounds like somethin’ my bowels do after I eat too much cabbage. This Omega Speedmaster sure is somethin’.
Guess they still use it today, for the astronauts. Makes sense. If somethin’ works, you stick with it, I always say. Like my old cast iron skillet. That thing’s been cookin’ meals for fifty years, and it’s still goin’ strong. Just like this Speedmaster Skywalker X-33, I reckon.
This whole thing makes me think, maybe I should get me one of them fancy watches. Not this one, though. Too complicated. Maybe just a simple one, with big numbers I can read without my glasses. Somethin’ that just tells the time, plain and simple. That’s all I need.
But this OMEGA Speedmaster Skywalker X-33, it sure is somethin’ to talk about. All them buttons and numbers. Goin’ to the moon and back. It’s a wonder, ain’t it? A real wonder. It’s the real deal for them that like it, I guess. I don’t need all that fuss. I just like to keep track of the time and keep on keepin’ on.
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