Credits: Article and images by Katherine Arteche @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/swatch-omega-moonswatch-mission-super-blue-moonphase/
Yes, we’ve seen our fair share of MoonSwatches by now. Ever since Swatch rolled out the 11-piece Bioceramic collection in collaboration with Omega two years ago, we’ve seen 11 editions of Mission to Moonshine Gold, two monochromatic editions of Mission to the Moonphase, and three iterations of Mission on Earth. So where are we headed this time? Well, apparently into the big, blue moon — specifically the rare lunar episode that happens every 33 months.
Now if we’re getting technical, there are two kinds of Blue Moon phenomena according to NASA, but neither actually has anything to do with color. Space.com explains the differences here, and in it, the seasonal blue moon is what the latest Swatch-Omega partnership is fashioned after. To refresh our knowledge of moon phases, it typically takes 29.5 days to complete one cycle, resulting in 12 lunar cycles totaling 354 days. Consequently, approximately every 2.5 years, a 13th full moon occurs within a calendar year. And that is all set up to appear on August 19 aka the first super moon of the year.
The blue-on-blue color palette of the MoonSwatch Mission to the Super Blue Moonphase would remind ardent fans of the Neptune MoonSwatch, which inadvertently came up as the fan-favorite, a selection that may or may not have been affected by Daniel Craig’s timepiece of choice at the last 007 gala.
Credits: Article and images by Katherine Arteche @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/swatch-omega-moonswatch-mission-super-blue-moonphase/
