In 2005, H. Moser & Cie. presented the Perpetual 1, a watch that offered perpetual calendar indications in a novel and essential manner. As such, it was an apparently simple watch, and was immediately identified as the company's flagship product. This year, on the occasion of the Geneva Watch Days, the Swiss watchmaker is renewing and revisiting the famous movement that powered the Perpetual 1, with its instantaneous date change. On this occasion, the new calibre (named HMC 812) is used in the Streamliner collection presented last year. It is a hand-wound mechanical movement (diameter 34 mm, thickness 6.3 mm, 18.000 vib/h, 33 jewels, double barrel; anchor and escapement wheel in gold; balance bridge, wheel bridge, barrel bridge, escapement plate with anthracite PVD finish; plate, stop lever, centre and octave wheel bridge with laser-bead blasted finish and anthracite rhodium plating), which possesses the same strong points as the HMC 341 calibre, to which it adds the centre seconds hand. An example of simplicity and ingenuity, the HMC 812 calibre, like its predecessor, uses hour-markers to indicate the mes, thanks to a small red and white central hand, and guarantees a 168-hour power reserve (displayed on the dial at 10 o'clock). At 4 o'clock, a large window indicates the instantaneous date, which can be adjusted forwards or backwards at any time. In a constant quest for minimalism, the leap year indicator is located on the movement, visible through the sapphire crystal on the caseback. The 42.3 mm coussin steel case is water-resistant to a pressure of 12 atmospheres. The extremely intricately designed integrated steel bracelet features lines inspired by organic shapes. All the links are jointed and form a wave that alternates a vertical brushed finish with polished surfaces. The smoky grey dial with soleil decoration, which houses curved luminescent hands, is protected by a slightly curved sapphire crystal.
Price: 52,400 euro.
