Moser’s Latest Balances their Minimal Aesthetic with Some Serious Complicated Watchmaking
I don?t know about you, but when I hear the words ?minute repeater tourbillon? in that particular order, the next word that comes to mind is not usually ?understated.? It just seems like for a watch with these complications, going conservative or under the radar doesn?t seem like a design priority. In the crazy world of the highest end haute horlogerie, there are very few pure flexes left, so whether you?re the owner of a watch like this or you?re a brand trying to set yourself apart from other similarly equipped timepieces, it makes sense to swing for the fences. That?s what immediately sets the H. Moser Endeavour Concept Minute Repeater Tourbillon Aqua Blue apart. While I don?t think anyone can credible call a watch like this under the radar, it?s an interesting experiment on Moser?s part in designing an extremely complicated watch with their trademark stripped down design language.
Moser?s ?Concept? watch dials are distinguished by not having any hour or minute markings to speak of, and it?s a style that over the past few years and a handful of well regarded releases has become something of a trademark for the brand. It?s a strangely divisive idea to design a dial without any means to precisely read the time. Some find themselves in a camp confused and irritated by a decision like this, seemingly because of practical concerns around, you know, telling the time. Others, and I count myself in this group, are very much into this type of dial, at least in theory. F...
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