Snoopy Does the Moonwalk (ft. Robert-Jan Broer)

THE OMEGA SPEEDMASTER is a beautiful watch. There are a lot of versions of it — the classic version is basically all black, with white hands and white markers; it comes on a steel bracelet. Last week, Omega released a new Speedy (see above), this time in white and blue. And, on the nine o’clock subdial of the watch is little drawing of Snoopy, the cartoon dog. He’s holding an oxygen tank, wearing an astronaut’s helmet, and “doing the moonwalk,” as my guest for this episode, Robert-Jan Broer, describes it. He’s the found of FratelloWatches, created the Instagram hashtag #speedytuesday (which has over 240,000 posts), and is the owner of two Speedmaster Snoopy’s. The caseback is the most stunning thing about this new Snoopy: it has this super realistic moon, an earth that rotates, and — if you trigger it — you see a little spaceship with Snoopy inside of it fly over the earth, into the stars, and back behind the moon. Why is snoopy moonwalking on the dial of This speedmaster? Well, Snoopy, Omega, and NASA have some history together. Robert and I get into that and why this watch — and Speedmasters in general — are so amazing.

Listen to this week’s episode below, and subscribe to A Podcast About Watches for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also check out the full transcript of the teaser below. For more on the new Speedmaster Snoopy, check out Robert-Jan Broer’s articles “Speedmaster Silver Snoopy Award 50th Anniversary Non-LE – The Best So Far” and“Hands-On: Omega Speedmaster Silver Snoopy Award 50th Review.” Robert-Jan Broer is the founder of FratelloWatches and the creator of Speedy Tuesday. You can learn more by going to speedytuesday.com, following @SpeedyTuesday on Instagram, or searching the hashtag #speedytuesday. He was wearing his 2015 Speedmaster Snoopy during the interview. Additional editorial support from our resident $5.00 vintage Bulova expert Whitney Jones. Art design by Victor Sanabria. Music by Remniqe. Special thanks to and to hardcore watch skeptic Jazmín Aguilera for previous editorial support. Special thanks to gold Casio superfan Karl Sluis for being a great dude. A Podcast About Watches is hosted, produced, and mixed by Alex Kapelman. During the taping, he was wearing a G-SHOCK Full Metal Gold. Follow Alex on Twitter, and A Podcast About Watches on Instagram.