Should you’re accustomed to H. Moser & Cie.’s fashionable look, you’ll know that its watches are sometimes drenched in a single wealthy shade. From Vanta Black to Lagoon Blue and saturated bursts of purple, pink, and inexperienced in between, these usually minimalist watches love a single-tone type. However at Watches & Wonders 2025, the brand new H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Pop watch assortment affords a extra colourful palette with putting two-tone dials. And since Moser is at all times up for the surprising, these aren’t run-of-the-mill dials with a splash of shade remedy — these dials mix two treasured stones in a single fairly face. We went hands-on with choose items from the immensely diverse Endeavour Pop capsule assortment, together with Small Seconds, Tourbillon, and Minute Repeater Tourbillon fashions.
As with many Moser designs, the Endeavour Pop watches are all about distinction. However as an alternative of the same old tonal play of fumé dials and steel finishes, right here, the distinction comes from pairing vibrant pure stones — minimize, polished, and sliced like layered confections. Within the 5 fashions we dealt with, each dial supplied a definite character, from the cool calm of jade to the punchy brightness of coral.
Let’s begin with the Endeavour Small Seconds Idea Pop watches, each that includes 38mm stainless-steel instances (10.4mm thick) and fitted with matte grey ostrich leather-based straps. The Burmese jade and pink opal variant (ref. 1202-1203) is the softer of the 2, virtually delicate, with the pale inexperienced and dusty pink stones mixing right into a cool, mellow palette. In the meantime, the turquoise and coral model (ref. 1202-1200) affords a jolt of shade, with the sea-and-sun combo feeling extra enjoyable and informal. In each instances, the offset small seconds at 6 o’clock provides some delicate asymmetry — a welcome design quirk on dials which are in any other case left naked to let the stones do the speaking. No logos. No textual content. No indices. Simply shade and distinction. Traditional Moser minimalism, now in Technicolor. Beating inside is Moser’s HMC 202 computerized motion, which includes a strong gold skeletonized rotor, a minimal three-day energy reserve, and a frequency of 21,600bph. Every Endeavour Small Seconds Idea Pop watch is restricted to twenty-eight items.
The Endeavour Tourbillon Idea Pop watches take the same dial format and switch issues up a notch with a hoop of coloured stones and the addition of a flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock. With that architectural flourish spinning towards a backdrop of lapis lazuli and lemon chrysoprase (ref. 1805-1203) or turquoise and coral (ref. 1805-1207), these are clearly bolder and extra technical watches however nonetheless play inside that famed Moser minimalist mode. Case measurement is bumped as much as 40mm and thickness to 13.5mm, additionally crafted in metal. Inside is the HMC 805 computerized caliber, geared up with a one-minute flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock, a skeletonized crimson gold rotor, a minimal 3-day energy reserve, and a price of 21,600bph. The truth that these are tourbillons in metal instances — a uncommon transfer in high-end watchmaking — helps reinforce that that is meant to be a contemporary, playful expression of haute horlogerie. That is Moser flexing its technical capabilities with loads of visible punch. Every is restricted to only 8 items.
The star of the Moser capsule assortment that we went hands-on with, although, is the one-off Endeavour Minute Repeater Tourbillon Idea Pop (ref. 1904-0408), long-established from 5N crimson gold with a lapis lazuli and lacquered dial and grey alligator leather-based strap. It additionally measures 40mm x 13.5mm and options seen hammers and chimes on the dial aspect. Powering the watch is the hand-wound HMC 904 caliber, full with 90 hours of energy reserve, a one-minute flying tourbillon, and a minute repeater with hours, quarters, and minutes, working at 21,600bph. The minute repeater chimes had been clearly audible within the chaotic Watches & Wonders showroom — no small feat for a watch competing with conversations, digital camera shutters, and PR chatter.
As daring because the dials are, the watches themselves are straightforward to put on. Whether or not it’s the 38mm Small Seconds or the 40mm Tourbillon fashions, the curved lugs and considerate proportions hold every little thing feeling harmonious and ergonomic. On our colleague Jake Witkin’s 6.5” wrist, every mannequin sat flush and felt pure — substantial sufficient to really feel particular however by no means overbearing. The ending is, after all, what you’d count on from Moser: crisp, clear, and quietly luxurious. These could also be loud in shade, however they’re balanced in match — and that’s a combo that works. The general wearability means these watches will go well with a variety of wrist sizes.
The Endeavour Pop watches straddle that line between loud and luxe, playful and exact — typical of the Moser Methodology. With their unconventional punchy dials and impeccable ending, these watches present that there’s room for character in high-end watchmaking with out sacrificing technical advantage. Costs vary from $33,500 USD for the Small Seconds in jade and pink opal (ref. 1202-1203) to 42,900 USD for the turquoise and coral model (ref. 1202-1200). The Tourbillon fashions are available at $82,500 USD (ref. 1805-1203) and $86,900 USD (ref. 1805-1207), relying on the stone mixture, whereas the one-of-one Minute Repeater Tourbillon in crimson gold (ref. 1904-0408) is $340,000 USD. For extra info on the Endeavour Pop Assortment, please go to the H. Moser & Cie. website.
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