Schaffhausen-based H. Moser & Cie. gave the watchmaking world its most elegantly minimalist perpetual calendar in 2005. That timepiece ? which won the 2006 GPHG Complicated Watch Award ? has been reimagined in several iterations in the years since, most recently in 2016’s Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Concept, a 10-piece limited edition with an even starker, more streamlined design. For the watch’s most recent evolution, as part of Moser’s sport-luxury Pioneer collection, the dial gets slightly more complex in the service of being eminently more legible.
Moser Pioneer Perpetual Calendar MD – burgundy – front
The Moser Pioneer Perpetual Calendar MD, available with either the brand’s hallmark Funky Blue dial, or an all-new Burgundy-colored face debuting on this model, is notable for its two windows at the 3 o’clock position, one for the date, one for the month. Previous versions had only one window, for the date, while the month was indicated by a subtle (perhaps too subtle for some) arrow hand pointing at the hour index that corresponded with the current month. (6 o’clock for June, for example). The month and date indications are on separate disks as per Moser’s Flash Calendar system, which allows them to jump instantly. Both dials are in the sunburst-finish “fumé” style that has long been associated with Moser, with the hour and minute indicated by the hallmark leaf-shaped hands, small seconds on a subdia...