H. Moser & Cie.: Wandering Hours and Eternal Salmon

H. Moser & Cie. presents two new products at the Geneva Watch Days 2025: The Pioneer Flying Hours and the Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Smoked Salmon. With the new Pioneer Flying Hours H. Moser & Cie. continues another chapter in the history of the "wandering hours" - a complication whose roots go back to the 17th century.

^{Pioneer Flying Hours as stainless steel model with white fumé dial}.

With the new Pioneer Flying Hours the hours are displayed on three satellite discs, each of which rotates on its own axis and orbits around a central minute disc. Unlike the first Flying Hours from 2018, the hours are now changed at lightning speed and with precision, making it much more intuitive to read.

Calibre HMC 240

The watch is powered by the automatic manufacture calibre HMC 240equipped with bidirectional winding, a power reserve of at least 72 hours and an in-house manufactured escapement with hairspring. The anthracite-coloured coated bridges and movement plates are visible through the glass back.

The tradition of "wandering hours"

The complication of the "wandering hours" dates back to the 17th century, when the Roman Campani brothers were commissioned by Pope Alexander VII to design watches that could be read quietly and intuitively. Manufacturers such as Audemars Piguet later revived the idea in the 1990s with the "Star Wheel".

The Pioneer Flying Hours is available in two versions - as a limited-edition red gold and titanium version with an aventurine dial and as a stainless steel model with a white fumé dial - and, as has often been the case with H. Moser & Cie., it features a radically minimalist staging of the orbital hour discs by dispensing with the logo and indices.

^{Pioneer Flying Hours - as a limited red gold-titanium version} ^{with aventurine dial}

And the salmon, what about it?

The new Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Smoked Salmon. The name arouses curiosity, the colour sets accents: The Smoked salmon dial with a vertical Griffé cut alternates between copper, amber and warm brown - a colour nuance that H. Moser first introduced in the Streamliner in 2023 and which has since achieved cult status.

The centrepiece is the hand-wound calibre HMC 800one of the most user-friendly perpetual calendar movements on the market. Instead of sub-dials and date discs, it offers clear readability:

Large date display at 3 o'clock with "Flash Calendar" system.

Small second at 6 o'clock.

Month display via a central pointer.

Power reserve indicator at 9 o'clock for seven-day autonomy.

The work is housed in a 42 mm white gold casecombined with a dark brown alligator leather strap.

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