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Visit at H. Moser & Cie: 5 years later (Part 2)

Visit at H. Moser & Cie: 5 years later (Part 2)

The Watches.

This is not a systematic review of the H. Moser collection.  Their catalogues and their website will do a much better job in presenting what is on offer. This is just a cross section of pieces presented by my hosts Mr. Meylan and Mr. Gruenenwald.

Endeavour Perpetual  White Gold with Funky Blue Dial and kudu leather strap  - very attractive indeed! The Endeavour Perpetual features a 40.8 mm case.

Endeavour Perpetual  White Gold with Black Dial

Rose Gold version with Fumé Dial

White gold version with brown fumé dial and Kudu strap. Another nice combination.

The  movement side of the Endeavour Perpetual.  The calibre 341 is still one of the most attractive movements out there, IMO. 34 mm, 5.8 mm thick, beating with a frequency of 18’000 /h. double barrel and 7 days power reserve.

An Endeavour Concept Centre Seconds with funky blue dial (not the final version).  This is the watch worn by Mr. Meylan . Look at the strap – extra cool. The watch is 40.8 mm in size.

Movement side of the Endeavour Concept showing the calibre HMC 343: Same dimensions and similar technical features as the Perpetual Calendar movement: 34 mm diameter , 5.8 mm thick, double barrel and 7 days power reserve.

Venturer small second in white gold with white lacquer dial and roman numerals. The case is 38.8 mm in diameter.

Movement HMC 327, 32 mm diameter, 4.4 mm thick, 3 day power reserve. Please note that this is a pre-production movement and does not have the final finish (as you can see on the power reserve sector)

Looking good on the wrist. However personally I prefer the typical H. Moser dials with indices

Venturer small seconds as Bucherer Edition in white gold featuring a very, very nice blue fumé dial. The blue dial is very hard to capture with the camera.

Venturer small seconds in WG with ardoise (grey)  fumé dial.

Red gold and blue dial version of the Venturer small seconds.

Red gold with brown fumé dial

Another very nice combination: red gold with ardoise (grey) fumé dial.

And finally a Venturer small seconds in red gold with argenté  (silver) dial .

In my opinion, Moser offers a very nice selection of dial and case combinations, demonstrated on the Venturer small seconds. Which version do you prefer? Personally I most fond to ardoise and blue dials, especially in combination with a white gold case. The ardoise dial with the red gold case looks phantastic too.

 The Venturer actually comes with a curved dial. You can’t really see it on the photos, but from certain angles it is clearly visible. Here are two pictures I took on another occasion:

(Here a Venturer Big Date)

The convex dial adds to the attraction of the face and speaks for the attention that goes into the details.

The Pioneer features a nine-part 43 mm case which allows for various material combinations.  The version on the photo is made of red gold and titanium. A centre seconds version has been introduced as well.

You might notice that there is no picture of the now-famous Swiss Alp Watch – the one with the Apple watch case design. The 40 pcs series is sold out and there was not even one Alp watch left in the manufacture!  In the meanwhile, Moser announced an unlimited version of the Alp Watch – the Swiss Alp Watch S.

I would like to thank Mr. Meylan and Mr. Gruenenwald for their hospitality.  It was great seeing the manufacture again and I wish the team continued good success!

Best

Stefan

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