Last week was a treat for stargazers, with the appearance in the heavens of both a total lunar eclipse and a rare “Blood Red Supermoon.” MeisterSinger, the German watchmaker renowned for its single-handed timepieces, has recently released what may be the perfect timepiece for those so entranced by such cosmic phenomena that they could stare at one on their wrist all day long. Here is this week’s Watch to Watch, the out-of-this-world MeisterSinger Stratoscope.

MeisterSinger Stratoscope

The watch could be regarded the latest evolution of the Münster-based brand’s first notable moon-phase timepiece, 2018’s Lunascope, which drew admiration across the watch connoisseur community for its central attraction, an exceptionally large photorealistic moon disk displayed in an accordingly spacious, starry aperture that occupied the top half of the dial. The Stratoscope goes even bigger, with a steel case measuring a substantial 43 mm, 3 mm larger than the Lunascope’s 40-mm case; and more ornate in its dial treatment, with a gradient effect from jet black to shimmering shades of blue that calls to mind the aurora borealis visible in the Earth’s far northern reaches.
The luminous moon glows bright in the dark.

The photorealistic moon is coated with luminous material, as are the hallmark instrument-needle-shaped central hand that displays the time on the outer 12-hour scale. The numerals on the scale, also luminous-coated, are divided ...