The New H. Moser & Cie Streamliner Thought Minute Repeater Tourbillon

Launched merely 4 years up to now, H. Moser & Cie‘s luxurious Streamliner sports activities actions watch debuted with a flyback chronograph and swiftly expanded its points repertoire to include perpetual calendars, tourbillons and skeletonised fashions. The most recent Streamliner ascends the problems ladder with the combination of a cultured minute repeater and flying tourbillon. Whereas Moser’s resilient Streamliner case offers a safe setting for these points, the mannequin’s Thought aesthetics – no emblem, indices or inscriptions – dictate the minimalist attraction of the Grand Feu enamel dial. Bereft of distractions, the movement of the hammers and tourbillon animate the dial whereas the chimes ring out the time on demand.

The model new Streamliner Thought Minute Repeater Tourbillon is a sequel, in a method, to the Streamliner Pandemonium. Fusing MB&F’s large, suspended stability wheel (and panda DJ) with Moser’s uncovered repeater mechanism, the distinctive piece for Solely Watch was the first to host two points inside the Streamliner family. However, the considered marrying a minute repeater to a tourbillon simply is not new to Moser and in 2019, the mannequin launched a 43mm white gold Endeavour Thought model with an inky black lacquered dial.

Taking the similar duet of points nonetheless swapping the additional classical packaging of the Endeavour for the sporty stainless-steel spirit of the Streamliner results in a further versatile and resilient watch which will take a splash because of its 50m water-resistance.

Integrating the movement inside the graceful contours of the Streamliner and exposing the problems on excessive of the dial launched its private set of challenges. For one, the case middle wanted to be widened to accommodate the movement and create a soundbox to optimise and amplify the chiming of the hours, quarters and minutes. The gongs, positioned on a single diploma and curved to avoid interfering with the flying tourbillon, add a fab Op Paintings contact that works successfully with the Nineteen Seventies helmet-shaped case of the Streamliner.

Revealing the problems on the dial, the mirror-polished hammers inside the larger left quadrant strike the gongs of the minute repeater whereas the one-minute flying tourbillon performs its elegant rotations inside the aperture at 6 o’clock. As a Moser Thought watch, there could also be nothing superfluous on the dial to distract you from the spectacle, nonetheless inside the establish of legibility, the fingers attribute Globolight inserts.

The watch has a fantastic Grand Feu enamel dial in Aqua Blue with a hammered texture identical to the smaller Endeavour Thought fashions. In keeping with the mannequin’s signature fumé dials, the enamel has a fumé or gradient impression with a lighter central area steadily intensifying to a darker, further saturated half on the periphery. 4 tones of blue are utilized to the gold hammered base to realize this impression. Each pigment is utilized individually so that the colours oxidise and fuse inside the kiln. The dial must be fired twelve events to offer the engaging translucency associated to Grand Feu enamel. Crafted by hand and subject to the unpredictable nature of working with enamel, each dial is unique.

The cushion-shaped case and built-in bracelet conform to the fluid, aerodynamic design of the Streamliner family. The chrome steel case measures 42.3mm all through and is 14.4 mm thick, along with the domed sapphire crystal (12.2mm with out). Embellished with vertical, satin-brushed finishes, the marginally recessed case middle is sandwiched between two polished bevels.

Powered by the in-house, manual-winding calibre HMC 905, the hand-finished and embellished movement is seen on the caseback. The bridges have a updated anthracite finish and signature Moser double stripes, and positive parts are skeletonised. Beating at a frequency of 21,600vph, the movement delivers an ample vitality reserve of 90 hours.

The H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Thought Minute Repeater Tourbillon is proscribed to 50 gadgets and retails for CHF 269,000 (incl. tax). For further information, please search the recommendation of h-moser.com.