H. Moser & Cie Debuts the Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Tiger’s Eye

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Endeavour Tourbillon Tiger's eye - H. Moser & Cie.

Apr 6, 2021

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Iridescent reflections, shimmering colours, dancing light: H. Moser & Cie. brings the Tiger’s Eye stone to life in an almost psychedelic setting, revealing its full beauty and mystery in an exclusive model available in two references. The Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Tiger’s Eye spotlights this fine natural stone in a modern yet understated and elegant interpretation. With neither logo nor indices, and an aperture at 6 o'clock to magnify the one-minute flying tourbillon, the dial of the Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Tiger’s Eye provides the stone with a blank canvas to express its aesthetic power.


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April 6, 2021 by Matt Reudink


H.Moser & Cie brings back the funk with its newly released Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Tiger’s Eye. Revealed today at Watches and Wonders and limited to just 50 pieces each, the Endeavour Tourbillon Concept harnesses the dynamic complexity of Tiger’s Eye in two striking new models that harken straight back to the 1970s. While complex guilloché dials and the myriad nature-inspired textures of Grand Seiko have seen a resurgence in popularity over the last few years, what we haven’t seen is a return to using natural materials like stone. H. Moser & Cie has decided it’s time for that to change, and if you’re looking for inspiration to integrate natural materials into dial design, there’s no better place than the 1970s. This was an era of experimentation in watch design, and the colors and textures afforded by stone dials created a nearly endless palette for watchmakers — from the inky black of onyx to the organic textures of fossil. But perhaps the most striking and dynamic material used on dials from that era was Tiger’s Eye.

A chatoyant gemstone, Tiger’s Eye gains its mesmerizing, light-shifting qualities from the parallel growth of quartz crystals and amphibole fibers that become replaced by silica over time through a process known as pseudomorphosis. Though Tiger’s Eye is typically golden or reddish-brown, H. Moser & Cie utilizes two of the less common varieties: Falcon’s Eye in a brilliant blue whose color is derived from fibrous crocidolite and silica, and Ox’s Eye in a deep blood red. Due to the challenges of sourcing stones with regular parallel lines and the difficulty of working with the material, H. Moser & Cie has limited this release to just 50 of each color. One of the beauties of working with natural materials like Tiger’s Eye is that the end result is, by definition, one of a kind.







DIVE INTO THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS​

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DIAMETRE​

40.0 mm
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POWER RESERVE​

72 hours
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WATER RESISTANCE​

3 ATM
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MOVEMENT​

The HMC 804 is an automatic tourbillon movement which counteracts the effects of gravity in two ways: the one-minute flying tourbillon, and the patented double hairspring where two identical hairsprings compensate for any positional errors.
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FUNCTIONS​

Conceived to counteract the effects of gravity on the watch’s timekeeping precision, the tourbillon is a device in which the regulating organ and escapement are placed, which constantly rotates around a central axis to eliminate any positional errors.
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HIGHLIGHT​

Along with the sunburst pattern and gradient colour effect of the fumé dial, this concept model takes a minimalistic approach by foregoing the logo and all other markings from the watch face.

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ENDEAVOUR TOURBILLON​

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CASE MATERIAL​

White Gold

STRAP MATERIAL​

Alligator
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DIAL​

Falcon's Eye

TYPE​

Concept
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MOVEMENT​

Tourbillon Automatic

CALIBRE​

HMC 804
Making the complicated appear simple, the Endeavour Tourbillon watch in white gold Falcon’s Eye stone dial combines H. Moser & Cie.’s ultra-minimalistic “concept” design – with no logo or indices – with a double hairspring flying 60-second tourbillon, boasting superlative precision and a mesmerizing kinetic spectacle for the wearer as it beats and turns against the partially open dial.
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PRICE
CHF 69 000
REFERENCE
1804-0222
LIMITED EDITION
50 pieces
VARIATIONS









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A very cool, standard size, automatic, Tourbillon, two hand, in eight superb executions, from H. Moser & Cie. :dance: Thanks Mike.:hat:
 
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