They say one of the most important traits a person can have is being able to admit when you're wrong. And there's no sham in admitting it – I was wrong about the MoonSwatch.

Bursting onto the scene back in 2022, the range garnered unprecedented acclaim. There were small-scale riots at the stores where these were being sold, as fans and resellers gathered to try and snag the few models each store had. It was, frankly, carnage.

It has since become one of the most popular watches in the world. And while I may be a few years late to the party, this definitely felt like the right variant to dip my toe in the water with.

Let's kick off with the nitty-gritty. The MoonSwatch Mission to Earthphase sits within a 42mm case. That's crafted from light grey Bioceramic, and it's that material which is key to the MoonSwatch design.

It's a fusion of zirconium oxide ceramic powder and 'biosourced material derived from castor oil', which results in a lightweight, ceramic-like material. Many wrongly refer to it as plastic, but the blend used by Swatch consists of two-thirds ceramic powder.

That case sits 13.75mm tall, and features a lug-to-lug width of 47.3mm. It's water resistant to about 30m and features a quartz movement with a chronograph, a moon phase and an earth phase indicator.