H. Moser & Cie. has taken a key step in its development, deciding to get closer to its customers by offering them the opportunity to purchase its creations through a brand new online sales platform.
With a selection of models available right now, this service has been designed as an opportunity to allow watch enthusiasts anywhere in the world to acquire a Moser timepiece, at any time of the day or night.
To celebrate the launch of this platform, H. Moser & Cie. has created three remarkable editions, with an aesthetic guaranteed to make an impact: these three models feature a dial made from Vantablack®, the blackest black ever produced by artificial means. Equipped – for the first time – with black hands, they reveal the time like a quietly whispered secret.
With neither logo nor indices, H. Moser & Cie. proves once more that the heart of the Haute Horlogerie sector lies not simply in displaying the time, but rather in eliciting emotion.
H. Moser & Cie. showcases Vantablack® on the dial of its Venturer Vantablack® Black Hands, available in a choice of two diameters (39 mm and 43 mm for the XL version), and its Endeavour Tourbillon Vantablack® Black Hands model. With neither logo nor indices, this dial is the manufacture’s ode to minimalism and understatement. Ultra- contemporary, pared down, and timeless.
Vantablack® is the blackest black ever produced by artificial means. It is composed of carbon nanotubes that are 10,000 times finer than a human hair, aligned vertically alongside each other.
When a photon hits Vantablack®, this material absorbs 99.965% of the light. As our eyes need reflected light to perceive what we are looking at, Vantablack® is perceived as the absence of matter, a black hole.
Although it’s resistant to shocks and vibrations, Vantablack® remains a material which is extremely delicate to handle. H. Moser & Cie. had to put a structure in place and develop special processes to successfully work with this material.
Once behind the sapphire crystal, Vantablack® is protected as if in a safe. There, it can express itself completely and seems to radiate the full power of its perfect blackness.
An innovative material developed for astrophysics, Vantablack® is used in telescopes, and also by the military for thermal camouflage, to increase the stealth level of certain equipment.
And that is exactly the role it is playing here: H. Moser & Cie. is taking advantage of its expertise in Vantablack® to propose a new use for this material, creating exceptional timepieces.
These extremely rare models offer high added value in terms of both their innovation and their emotional scope. These models represent a switch to stealth mode, only revealing the time to those wearing them on their wrist, with the blackened hands keeping their secret well-hidden.
This effect is further reinforced on the Endeavour Tourbillon Vantablack® Black Hands model, with its DLC-coated steel case.
Amazingly, the story of these three models started as a joke. On April Fools’ Day 2019, H. Moser & Cie. posted a touched-up photo of a watch with a black dial and blackened hands on social media, with these being, of course, invisible.
Faced with an avalanche of requests from interested customers and the buzz which followed, H. Moser & Cie. had to take it seriously. United around the values of cutting-edge technology, timeless design and emotion, the Venturer Vantablack® Black Hands, Venturer Vantablack® Black Hands XL and Endeavour Tourbillon Vantablack® Black Hands models are perfect for our modern times. And what is more, they are available to purchase via an online sales platform set up by H. Moser & Cie. Find them online and from approved retailers now.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS – VENTURER VANTABLACK® BLACK HANDS
Reference 2327-0222, white gold model, Vantablack® dial, blackened hands, black alligator leather strap
Case
18K white gold
Diameter: 39.0 mm, Height: 11.9 mm Curved sapphire crystal
See-through case back with sapphire crystal Crown adorned with an “M”
Dial
Vantablack®
Blackened leaf-shaped hands
Movement
Hand-wound HMC 327 Manufacture calibre
Diameter: 32.0 mm or 14 1⁄4 lignes/height: 4.5 mm Frequency: 18,000 Vib/h
29 jewels
Power reserve: minimum of 3 days
Hacking seconds
Moser teeth for all wheels and pinions
Movement and components hand-finished and decorated Moser balance and original Straumann® Hairspring
Functions
Hours and minutes
Power reserve indicator on movement side
Strap
Hand-stitched black alligator leather
18K white gold pin buckle engraved with the Moser logo
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS – VENTURER VANTABLACK® BLACK HANDS XL
Reference 2327-1213, steel model, Vantablack® dial, blackened hands, black alligator leather strap
Case
Steel
Diameter: 43.0 mm, Height: 11.9 mm Curved sapphire crystal
See-through case back with sapphire crystal Crown adorned with an “M”
Dial
Vantablack®
Blackened leaf-shaped hands
Movement
Hand-wound HMC 327 Manufacture calibre
Diameter: 32.0 mm or 14 1⁄4 lignes/height: 4.5 mm Frequency: 18,000 Vib/h
29 jewels
Power reserve: minimum of 3 days
Hacking seconds
Moser teeth for all wheels and pinions
Movement and components hand-finished and decorated Moser balance and original Straumann® Hairspring
Functions
Hours and minutes
Power reserve indicator on movement side
Strap
Hand-stitched black alligator leather
Steel pin buckle, engraved with the Moser logo
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS – ENDEAVOUR TOURBILLON VANTABLACK® BLACK HANDS
Reference 1804-1206, steel model with black DLC coating, Vantablack® dial, black hands, black alligator leather strap, limited edition of 50 pieces
Case
Black DLC-finished steel,
Diameter: 42 mm
Height: 11.6 mm
See-through case back with sapphire crystal
Dial
Vantablack®
Blackened leaf-shaped hour and minute hands
Movement
HMC 804 self-winding Manufacture calibre
Diameter: 32.0 mm or 14 1/4 lignes
Height: 5.5 mm
Frequency: 21,600 vibrations/hour
Automatic bi-directional pawl winding system
Oscillating weight in 18-carat red gold with engraved H. Moser & Cie. logo
Power reserve: minimum of 3 days
Original double hairspring
One-minute flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock with skeletonised bridges coated in black PVD
Tourbillon cage, cage wheel, balance bridge and escapement bridge made from aluminium, a material taken from the aeronautical industry
Functions
Hours and minutes
Strap
Hand-stitched black alligator leather
Steel folding buckle with black DLC coating, engraved with the Moser logo
