H. MOSER & CIE. – ENDEAVOUR Perpetual Moon Concept Vantablack

H. MOSER & CIE. – ENDEAVOUR Perpetual Moon Concept Vantablack® Steel Limited Edition

THE SOMBRE BEAUTY OF THE MOON

Perpetual Moon Concept 

Vantablack®

H. Moser & Cie. reinterprets the moon phase in an understated way and highlights the beauty of the lunar body in an ode to its purity. Nestled at the heart of the Concept dial, which features neither logo nor indices, the moon shines through in a large window at 6 o'clock.

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Surrounding it there is only space, seemingly interplanetary space. This effect is enhanced by the dial which is made from Vantablack® for the steel model. Its ultra-black coating, regarded as the darkest substance of all, Vantablack® is used in astrophysics in telescopes and by the army as thermal camouflage.

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It is composed of carbon nanotubes that are vertically aligned next to each other and is capable of absorbing 99.965% of light. It is the darkest black dial to be produced yet. The black colour is such that it appears astral, abyss-like: An undeniable black hole at the centre of which shines the moon. The Endeavour Perpetual Moon Concept Vantablack® is an elegant, serene and refined moon phase model. A watch with a contemporary and bold design fitted in a steel case.

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This model is powered by the HMC 801 hand-wound Manufacture calibre, equipped with an interchangeable Moser escapement featuring gold screws. The PE4000 hairspring, with a Breguet end curve, was entirely produced in-house by the sister company of H. Moser & Cie., Precision Engineering AG.

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The HMC 801 calibre ensures the watch has a minimum 7-day power reserve, with an indicator on the movement side. The moon phase system is an extremely precise display that can be set, read and predicted to within a minute. The system can be easily adjusted using a push-button on the side of the case.

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On average, the moon's orbital period lasts 29.53059 days. To be more precise: 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and 2.9 seconds. The Endeavour Perpetual Moon Concept's intricate wheel train portrays this interval so precisely that the gap is a mere 0.23 seconds per 2 day, that is to say one day's deviation after 1027.30 years.

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With the Endeavour Perpetual Moon Concept Vantablack®, H. Moser & Cie. signs a piece which embodies technical complexity, is unconditionally elegant and understated and worthy of the finest watchmaking traditions.

The H. Moser Endeavour Perpetual Moon Concept embodies technical complexity, is unconditionally elegant and understated and worthy of the finest watchmaking traditions. Available in steel or red gold, the Endeavour Perpetual Moon Concept is available in a limited edition of 50 pieces for each of the two references.

The unmistakeable H. Moser style of irreverent Haute Horlogerie.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: ENDEAVOUR Perpetual Moon Concept Vantablack®,
Limited Edition to 50 exemplaires

Reference  1801-1200
Reference 1801-0400, 5N red gold model

Movement
Manual-winding mechanical
New Manufacture Calibre HMC 801
Diameter: 34.0 mm, height: 6.5 mm
Frequency: 18,000 Vib/h
28 jewels and screwed gold mounts
Power reserve: 168 h. minimum 7 days with a double barrel
Perpetual Moon: large moon-phase display
Hours and minutes
Small seconds hand and hacking seconds
AM/PM indicator – indices 12 to 6 o’clock representing AM and 7 to 11 o’clock representing PM
Engraving and blue enamel on the case flanks
Bevelled ring and Moser teeth for all wheels and pinions
Interchangeable Moser escapement
Original Straumann Hairspring® with stabilised Breguet overcoil
Gold escapement wheel and pallet fork
Large moon-phase adjuster push-button on the case flank
Power reserve indicator on movement side
See-through sapphire crystal case-back
Functions
Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Moonphase, Power reserve
AM/PM Indication
Case

• Stainless steel, three-part
• 18-carat 5N red gold

Diameter: 42 mm
Height: 12.6 mm
Curved sapphire crystal
See-through curved sapphire crystal case-back
Crown adorned with an “M”
Waterproofness  10 m
Dial
Ultra-black coating dial made from Vantablack®
Indicator – Moonphase display to 6 o’clock
Strap
Hand-stitched alligator strap
Steel or 18-carat 5N red gold pin buckle Moser logo

Limited Edition of 50 pieces

Price incl. VAT  35'000 CHF

Available in steel or red gold

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H. MOSER & CIE.
MOSER SCHAFFHAUSEN AG
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CH-8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall
Switzerland
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FAX          +41 52 674 0055
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GREUBEL FORSEY – Quadruple Tourbillon Blue Edition

GREUBEL FORSEY – Quadruple Tourbillon Blue Red Gold & Platinum Limited Edition

Four new Opuses

This year at Basel 2018, Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey are delighted to present four new variations of their leading creations.

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Quadruple Tourbillon Blue

The flagship Quadruple Tourbillon that showcases the second Fundamental Invention is today presented with a new three-dimensional blue-polished dial.

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Hand-finishing by Greubel Forsey

For this timepiece Greubel Forsey pushes the limits of Applied Art by presenting, for the first time ever, a black-polished dial.

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This hand-made finish of polished perfection has on this occasion been applied to an unusually large surface, covering the entire surface of the dial. An aweinspiring achievement. When reflecting direct light we see a blue of a depth seemingly never before attained.

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This technical challenge involved calling into question conventional methods to find solutions that could give rise to such an extraordinary result. An approach requiring great talent, infinite patience and prodigious dexterity.

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Technically, the four tourbillons offer a spectacle of astonishing elegance as they perform an ethereal, perfectly choreographed ballet. Each connected to a spherical differential, they contribute independently to obtaining a precise and reliable timing rate, especially in stable positions.

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The spherical differential transmits the average timing rate of the four tourbillons, thus improving the chronometric performance of all the regulating organs. In view of the impressive number of individual elements making up the movement, the case has been sculpted with asymmetrical forms.

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 An asymmetry that forms an aesthetic reflection of the asynchronous dynamic of the four tourbillons.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: Quadruple Tourbillon

Limited edition of 8 pieces in platinum and 8 pieces in 5N red gold
Hand-wound movement with patented tourbillon

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Quadruple Tourbillon • hours and minutes • small seconds •
4-minutes outer-tourbillons rotation • power-reserve


Movement
Movement dimensions
• Diameter : 36.40 mm
• Thickness : 9.70 mm
Number of parts
• Movement : 534 parts
• 4 tourbillon cages : 261 parts
• Total weight of the cages : 2.26 g
• Spherical differential : 28 parts
Number of jewels • 63
• Olived-domed jewels in gold chatons
Chronometric power reserve • 50 hours
Barrels • Two series-coupled fast rotating barrels
(1 turn in 3.2 hours), one of which is equipped with a slipping spring to avoid excess tension
Balance wheel • Variable-inertia with white gold mean-time screws
(10.70 mm diameter)
Frequency • 21’600 vibrations/hour
Balance spring
• Phillips terminal curve
• Geneva-style stud
Main plates
• Nickel silver, spotted with polished bevelling and countersinks, straight-grained flanks, nickel-palladium treatment
Bridges
• Nickel silver, frosted and spotted with polished bevelling and countersinks, straight-grained flanks, nickel-palladium treatment
• Gold plate engraved with the individual number
• Two steel tourbillon bridges (movement side): flat black polished with hand-polished bevelling and countersinks
• Two synthetic sapphire tourbillon bridges (dial side)
Inner tourbillons
• Inclined at a 30° angle, 1 rotation per minute
Outer tourbillons
• 1 rotation in 4 minutes
• Hand-bevelled and openworked cage pillars
• 1 gold counterweight per double cage bearing the individual number of the timepiece
Gearing
• Involute circle profile
• Conical gearing with profiled teeth
Displays

•  Hours and minutes
•  Small seconds on a sector (mean performance)
•  50-hours power reserve on a sector
•  240-seconds outer-tourbillon rotation (on one of the outer cages)

Exterior
Case
• In platinum 950 or in 18k 5N red gold with asymmetrical convex synthetic sapphire crystal
• Transparent back with asymmetrical convex synthetic sapphire crystal
• Lateral window with shaped synthetic sapphire crystal
• Three-dimensional, variable geometry-shaped lugs
• Raised polished engraving “Quadruple” and “Greubel Forsey” on a hand-punched background
• Gold security screws
• Polished bezel, caseband with hand-finished straight graining
• Hand-engraved individual number
Case dimensions
• Diameter : 43.50 mm
• Height : 16.11 mm
Water resistance of the case
• Water-resistant 3 atm - 30 m - 100 ft (standard NIHS 92-20/SN ISO 22810:2010)
Crown
• Platinum 950
• 18k 5N red gold with engraved and black-lacquered GF logo
Dial
• Multi-level in gold, blue finish (polished)
• Hand matt lapped gold indicators
Hands
• Hours and minutes in polished gold, with Super-LumiNova
• Small seconds, 240-seconds and power-reserve in polished gold
Strap and clasp
• Hand-sewn alligator
• Platinum 950 or 18k 5N red gold folding clasp, hand-engraved with the GF logo

Limited edition of 8 pieces.

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