H. Moser & Cie
H. Moser’s Vantablack Editions Return for 2020
H. Moser & Cie
H. Moser’s Vantablack Editions Return for 2020
In order to understand darkness, it’s necessary to understand the concept of color, which is really the reflection of light of a particular spectrum. Black is basically a body that absorbs all colors, but even that has a quantitative measure. The term albedo refers to the amount of light that is reflected from a body, and a scale of 0 means the body absorbs all light, while 1 means it reflects all light.
Moser’s New Vantablack Watches
It’s been used before in watchmaking, by H. Moser as well as other brand such as MING Watches, and the pitch darkness which it offers is somewhat mesmerizing to behold. Vantablack has plenty of industrial uses, but as a stealth-style timepiece, it’s incredibly effective and provocative.
Two of the models are in the Venturer case, with a white gold model sized at 39mm and a larger steel model at 43mm. Both are two-hand models powered by the Moser caliber 327, with power reserve indicated on the back of the watch.
These Vantablack originated as a bit of humor for the brand, released on their social media on April Fool’s, but as they were inundated with requests, they decided to actually produce the models. They are now available for purchase online and from approved retailers. Talk about an effective crowd-sourcing.
Venturer Vantablack Black Hands
Movement
Manual winding HMC 327 caliber; hours and minutes; power reserve indicator; hacking seconds; Moser balance and Straumann hairspring; 3-day power reserve
Case
39mm case in 18K white gold or 43mm case in stainless steel; Vantablack dial; blackened hands
Strap
Black alligator leather strap with pin buckle
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Endeavour Tourbillon Vantablack Black Hands
Movement
Self-winding caliber HMC 804; hours and minutes; flying tourbillon; double hairspring; aluminum tourbillon components; 3-day power reserve
Case
42mm case in black DLC-coated stainless steel; Vantablack dial with blackened hands
Strap
Black alligator leather strap with black DLC-coated steel folding buckle
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