The flying tourbillon, visible under a skeletonized cage, is mounted on ball bearings to reduce friction and thus improve chronometry. The case has been largely hollowed internally – repeaters need space to create resonance and thus harmonious and powerful sound. The trigger actuating the repeater is integrated onto the main plate and not the case, to gain space. The case, here in 18k white gold, also has a complex construction. The result of this complex architecture is a watch that maintains reasonable dimensions – 43mm x 14mm – while offering a superb, uncluttered view on two high-end complications – the repeater and the tourbillon. Tuning round gongs is already challenging, but having them shaped is even more complex when it comes to giving them the desired tone. Also, these gongs are curved and not flat in order not to step over the tourbillon. With the entire chiming mechanism placed on top of the movement and the watch, the idea was to have the gongs coiled one next to another one on a single level – and not one above the other on two levels, the classical way. Having the hammers and gongs over the dial was challenging, both technically and spatially to keep the dimensions reasonable – especially with the addition of a flying tourbillon. For this watch, the brand has developed a new movement, calibre HMC 903, together with MHC Manufactures Hautes Complications SA – a movement maker specialized in chiming watches. However, simple ideas often reveal complex execution. Here, these two components are flying above a black lacquered dial, creating great contrast and immediate focus on the complication. We usually see hollowed dials that reveal some parts of the hammers and gongs. Minute Repeater comes from the entire chiming mechanism placed above the dial. This was the raison d’être of the new Endeavour Minute Repeater and this haute horlogerie and traditional complication was placed smack on the dial – and not through the dial (as often seen) or under the dial (as even more often seen). With nothing around to distract, the focus is centred exclusively on one feature. Moser’s “Concept” watches have the huge advantage of being so pristine that when something is added to their dials it immediately becomes the star of the watch. Endeavour Concept Minute Repeater Tourbillon. However, making something simple involves complexity.
Reduced to its most minimal expression, the chiming components are displayed on the dial accompanied by a flying tourbillon – nothing else. In keeping with this concept, at Baselworld 2019 Moser launches a watch that aims at capturing the true essence of the minute repeater. The idea is to focus on the watch and its execution, rather than on marketing and logotypes. has been widely used recently, with watches devoid logos, markers or indexes (not even the Swiss-made mention).
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