Did you know that when humans look up at the moon in the night sky, they always see only half of the moon, while the other half is always hidden from human sight? Hence the term “Dark Side Of The Moon”.
From an astronomical point of view, since the moon revolves around the earth once, it also rotates once, so the same side of the moon will always face the earth, so that we on the earth can never see the other side of the moon.
This “regret” was finally made up for by the three astronauts on the Apollo 8 spacecraft in 1968, because they successfully carried out the first manned mission around the moon in human history and became the first group to see the moon with their own eyes. Human on the back. At that time, the three astronauts were all wearing Omega’s Speedmaster watches on their wrists. In order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission around the moon, Omega launched a special Speedmaster in 2018. Edition watch, the name of this watch is exactly “Dark Side Of The Moon”.
Omega launched the Speedmaster “Dark Side Of The Moon” Apollo 8 in 2018 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission around the moon.
This year, Omega has reinterpreted and released this Dark Side Of The Moon watch. It is equipped with a hand-wound 3869 movement. The main board and bridges of the movement have been blackened, and laser etching technology is used to present the texture of the lunar surface. The movement shows two faces of the moon – the surface represents the side of the moon visible from the earth, while the back side represents the dark side of the moon that can only be seen by astronauts. What is even more eye-catching is the small seconds hand located at 9 o’clock. This 3D three-dimensional second hand has a unique shape and is based on the Saturn 5 rocket developed by NASA. It aims to pay tribute to the past Apollo through this small but thoughtful detail. Tribute to the Luo Space Program.
The new 2024 version of the Omega Speedmaster Dark Side Of The Moon watch. The surface of the movement represents the side of the moon visible from Earth. The back of the movement is the dark side of the moon that only astronauts can see. The shape of the small seconds hand at 9 o’clock is taken from the Saturn 5 rocket developed by NASA.
However, when it comes to Dark Side Of The Moon, the most famous and popular one is not the Omega watch, but the classic album of the same name released by the British rock band Pink Floyd 51 years ago today (March 1). This music album “The Dark Side of the Moon” is hailed as a masterpiece by music fans, in addition to its commercial success (cumulative sales exceed 45 million copies, and it has been on the US Billboard Top 200 for more than 14 consecutive years. , this record is still unbeatable!) In addition, this album’s musical attainments, exceptional recording technology, coherent theme concepts, philosophical meanings in the lyrics, etc., all have an epoch-making influence.
Classic cover design for Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” album.
The reason why Pink Floyd used “The Dark Side of the Moon” as the name of their music album was inspired by the pain of the band’s former lead singer and guitarist Syd Barrett suffering from emotional illness. The “Dark” in the so-called Dark Side of the Moon does not refer to the physical darkness that the sun cannot reach, but the ignorance, prejudice and fear caused by the unknown. The message Pink Floyd wants to convey through this music album is a common metaphor between the dark side of the moon and the dark side of human nature.
Pink Floyd band members
Today, half a century after the release of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon,” more and more people around us are living in the shadow of emotional illness. In the face of these, what we can do is learn how to deal with them. The coexistence of negative emotions hidden in the dark side. The lyrics of “Breathe”, one of the songs from “The Dark Side of the Moon” are as follows: “Breathe, breathe in the air. Don’t be afraid to care. Leave, but don’t leave me. Look around, choose your own ground.」
Just as the bottom cover of Omega’s Dark Side of the Moon watch is engraved with the words: “We’ll See You On The Other Side (We meet on the other side)”, this famous saying is from the astronautJim Lovell’s last words to ground control before Apollo 8 flew to explore the far side of the moon and left the radio communication area. And this sentence is actually what we can say when we face emotional illness and ourselves hiding in the dark side.
The back cover of the Dark Side of the Moon watch is engraved with the words “We’ll See You On The Other Side”.
WORDS：JOEL LEUNG
PICTURES: OMEGA, Internet pictures
