H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Turquoise Enamel
With the Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Turquoise Enamel, H. Moser & Cie. has taken the art of Grand Feu enamelling to its apex, bringing radical modernity to an age-old skill. Reinventing its iconic fumé aesthetic, the Manufacture has brought to life a dial of striking chromatic intensity, capturing the light with every movement of the wrist in a captivating visual interplay. This beauty sits within a 40 mm 5N red gold case housing an HMC 805 tourbillon Manufacture calibre, a perfect marriage of watchmaking technology and refined aesthetics.
Behind its apparent understatement, the Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Turquoise Enamel embodies uninhibited refinement. Far removed from convention, it focuses on absolute purity: no logo, no indices, just pure chromatic intensity; a weightless flying tourbillon, and a dial that mesmerises with its depth, in a new colour named, simply, Turquoise.
Expert craftsmen follow a meticulous process to obtain this unique shade: a white gold base is engraved with a hammered motif before being covered with several successive layers of translucent enamel, applied by hand with extreme precision. Three different pigments are used to create the famous fumé gradient effect that has become the signature of H. Moser & Cie. Each kiln firing fuses the pigments without ever altering their intensity. The result is a luminous gradient, oscillating between depth and transparency.
At the heart of this timepiece beats the calibre HMC 805, an automatic movement equipped with a oneminute flying tourbillon fitted with a double hairspring. Thanks to this pair of matched hairsprings, produced by H. Moser & Cie.'s sister company, Precision Engineering AG, the movement of the point of gravity on each spring when it expands is corrected, significantly improving accuracy and isochronism in continual pursuit of perfection. In addition, the paired hairsprings also reduce the effect of friction normally experienced with a single hairspring, improving isochronism even further.
Designed to reveal the full beauty of the watch's architecture, the HMC 805 movement plays with transparency, with openworked bridges and a sophisticated anthracite finish offering a bird's-eye view of the internal mechanics. Its skeletonised red gold rotor ensures efficient winding while allowing the entire movement to be admired.
The Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Turquoise Enamel comes with a grey ostrich leather strap, a subtle choice that enhances the richness of the dial while underlining the watch's radical minimalism.
With this creation, H. Moser & Cie. once again demonstrates that fine watchmaking is not about mechanical precision alone: it is about perception, texture, light and emotion.
Technical specifications
H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Turquoise Enamel
Reference: 1805-0400
Case
- Material: 5N red gold
- Diameter: 40.0 mm
- Height: 11.2 mm
- Sapphire crystal and see-through case-back
- Crown adorned with an "M"
Dial and hands
- Turquoise fumé "Grand Feu" enamel with hammered texture
- Leaf-shaped hour and minute hands
Movement
- HMC 805 automatic Manufacture calibre
- Diameter: 32.0 mm or 14 1/4 lignes
- Height: 5.5 mm
- Frequency: 21,600 vibrations/hour
- Automatic bi-directional pawl winding system
- Skeletonised oscillating weight in 18-carat red gold with engraved H. Moser & Cie. logo
- Power reserve: minimum 3 days
- Original double hairspring
- One-minute flying tourbillon at 6 o'clock with skeletonised bridge
- Anthracite finish with Moser double stripes
- Partially skeletonised bridges
Functions/Indications
- Hours and minutes
Strap and buckle
- Hand-stitched grey ostrich leather 5N red gold clasp, engraved with the H. Moser logo
MSRP: CHF 75'000 (excl. taxes)
For more information, please visit h-moser.com
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