Joe Rogan talks aliens with Neil deGrasse Tyson, but what’s on his guest’s wrist?

Nick Kenyon

Joe Rogan, the man behind the most successful podcast on the planet, The Joe Rogan Experience, recently interviewed American astrophysicist and scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson on the show. Naturally, because Joe Rogan likes to delve into conspiracy theories whenever the chance arises, the conversation inevitably turned to UFOs. What does Neil deGrasse Tyson think about the prospect of extraterrestial life? Not much, as it turns out, but during the discussion it was impossible not to notice the gold watch on Tyson’s wrist.

What was he wearing? A pretty special watch with an important connection to his work. Tyson was wearing his Omega Speedmaster Professional Starmus watch, a very special edition that was only made for the Starmus Festival in 2017.

The Starmus Festival celebrates excellence in the scientific, artistic, and film communities, and has been supported by Omega since 2017. Winners of the festival’s Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication are given a gold Omega Speedmaster to commemorate their achievement. As a result, these watches remain very exclusive as they’re never publicly available for sale.

The Omega Speedmaster Professional Starmus watch features a caseback that shows an image of cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, as well as the Red Special guitar owned by Queen’s Brian May.

This isn’t the first time Joe Rogan has had a newsworthy Omega Speedmaster on the show, last year giving AI researcher Lex Friedman the Omega Speedmaster Moonphase Co-Axial Master Chronometer off his wrist after the show.