Luna-tic-Tock: Facts and Fools Behind Moon Rock Watch

"What justifies [Analog's Lunar Watch] $27,500 price tag is a housing made from a solid piece of 4.5-billion-year-old moon rock collected from our lunar neighbor back in 1974 by the Soviet's Luna probe," described the Gawker design and technology blog, citing the Philadelphia watchmaker's website. Limited to 25 watches, a high profile article like Gizmodo's could easily lead to the Analog Lunar Watch quickly selling out, were it not for one small problem: the offer was more lunatic than lun