H. Moser celebrates its partnership with Alpine Motorsports with two Streamliner Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton Alpine Limited Editions, each a new, beautifully skeletonized tourbillon iteration of the independent watchmaker’s successful Streamliner design.
While we’ve seen at least one skeletonized version of this watch previously, the new offerings utilize a different tourbillon movement (HMC 811, with a cylindrical balance spring) and sport the colors of the race team’s two primary liveries: pink and blue.
The most recent version, with pink-hued accents, was launched as a limited edition of twenty pieces in celebration of the 2024 Miami Grand Prix earlier in May. Its pink hue is the result of H. Moser artisans use of synthetic corundum (ruby) to manufacture the small domed dial that tops the skeletonized main dial.
The watch is available exclusively on the H. Moser e-commerce website. H. Moser will make one addition pink model as a fundraiser to be sold at a charity auction to benefit the environmental foundation Aqua Pearls.
The blue-accented model, offered as a limited edition of 100 pieces, features a skeletonized main dial topped with a small translucent domed dial in blue, a color resulting from the use of synthetic spinel.
On both watches H. Moser fits its superb one-minute flying tourbillon with a blue cage bridge while the namesake cylindrical balance-spring rotates at the 6 o’clock location.
H. Moser explains that “the cylindrical hairspring – fitted with two Breguet overcoils attached at two points – reduces the friction of the pivots and improves the isochronism properties, all the more so if the hairspring is combined with a tourbillon, as is the case here.”
The indices on both models glow with SuperLuminova while the inserts above the blued hour and minute hands feature Globolight. Pink or blue molded rubber straps attach the watch to the wrist. (See full specifications below).
Prices: $98,000 (pink) and $89,000 (blue).
Specifications: H. Moser Streamliner Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton Alpine Limited Edition, Pink Livery
Reference 6811-1202, fully skeletonized steel model, small domed dial in synthetic corundum, pink rubber strap, limited edition of 20 pieces + 1 unique piece (ref. 6811-1201)
Case:
Steel topped by a slightly domed sapphire crystal
Diameter: 42.3 mm
Height without sapphire crystal: 11.0 mm
Height with sapphire crystal: 14.0 mm
Screw-in crown adorned with an engraved “M”
See-through case-back
Water-resistant to 12 ATM
Dial:
Small domed dial in deep pink synthetic corundum at 12 o’clock
Skeletonized main dial
Super-LumiNova indices
Blued hour and minute hands with Globolight inserts
Movement:
Fully skeletonized HMC 811, automatic three-dimensional Manufacture calibre
Diameter: 34.0 mm or 15 lignes/height: 5.5 mm (without hands or tourbillon)
Frequency: 21,600 Vib/h
28 jewels
171 components
Automatic bi-directional pawl winding system
Gold, fully skeletonized oscillating weight
Power reserve: minimum 74 hours
Cylindrical balance-spring with two Breguet overcoils
One-minute flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock with blue skeletonized bridge; hand-bevelled balance bridge
Diamond beveling
Main plate and bridges with anthracite finish
Functions:
Hours and minutes
Strap/bracelet:
Pink rubber strap
Steel folding clasp, engraved with the Moser logo
Price: $98,000.
Specifications: H. Moser Streamliner Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton Alpine Limited Edition, Blue Livery
Reference 6811-1200, fully skeletonized steel model, small domed dial in synthetic spinel, blue rubber strap, limited edition of 100 pieces
Case:
Steel topped by a slightly domed sapphire crystal
Diameter: 42.3 mm
Height without sapphire crystal: 11.0 mm
Height with sapphire crystal: 14.0 mm
Screw-in crown adorned with an engraved “M”
See-through case-back
Water-resistant to 12 ATM
Dial:
Small domed dial in bright blue synthetic spinel at 12 o’clock
Skeletonized main dial
Indices in Super-LumiNova
Hour and minute hands with Globolight inserts
Movement:
Fully skeletonized HMC 811, automatic three-dimensional Manufacture calibre
Diameter: 34.0 mm or 15 lignes/height: 5.5 mm (without hands or tourbillon)
Frequency: 21,600 Vib/h
28 jewels
171 components
Automatic bi-directional pawl winding system
Gold, fully skeletonized oscillating weight
Power reserve: minimum 74 hours
Cylindrical hairspring with two Breguet overcoils
One-minute flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock with skeletonized bridge; hand-bevelled balance bridge
Diamond beveling
Main plate and bridges with anthracite finish
Functions:
Hours and minutes
Strap/bracelet:
Blue rubber strap
Steel folding clasp, engraved with the Moser logo
Price: $89,000.
Smaller numerals display a 24-hour scale while a red-tipped seconds hand and red arrow next to the date (at 3 o’clock) make for instant readability.
And, for the first time, IWC will feature a watchmaker atelier at the front of the boutique. Visitors can observe the artisan skills of an IWC watchmaker working on IWC-manufactured movements. In addition, a product test lab station showcases selected steps of IWC’s various product testing procedures.
