This site is built to be read, not skimmed. The Journal’s five guides run from history to the buying table — take them in order and every other section here will make more sense.
Step 01A line drawn to the Moon
Start at the beginning: from the CK 2915 of 1957 to NASA qualification and the watches worn on the lunar surface.
Read the guide → Step 02The Moonwatch, reference by reference
Learn to tell the generations apart — cases, calibres, dials, and the details that separate a grail from a parts watch.
Read the guide → Step 03Reading the vintage market
How condition, originality, provenance, and venue shape value — before you look at a single listing.
Read the guide → Step 04Buy well. Preserve better.
Finding value, inspecting a candidate, and maintaining a Speedmaster without erasing its history.
Read the guide → Step 05The Watch That Never Came Home
The verified story of the missing Moonwatch — and where the surviving flown Speedmasters rest. End with the mystery.
Read the guide →Then, wander
- The Flight Archive — mission-by-mission photography of Speedmasters in space.
- The podcast — seven-minute conversations with Theo and June.
- The Glass Case — what sellers are asking right now, checked every Saturday.
- Price Trends — verified realized and asking prices across nine references, plotted over time.
- Contact — a correction, a listing worth a look, or just talking Speedmasters.