Laurent's opinion
With the Pioneer Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton Spiced Aqua, H. Moser & Cie has created a statement watch: a radical, legible, emotional piece, where the cylindrical tourbillon is not a technical pretext but a true living sculpture. It is free, unapologetic watchmaking, made for those who love to see the heart of the mechanism beating without filters or nostalgia.
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Description

Open-heart haute horlogerie by H. Moser & Cie.

The Pioneer Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton Spiced Aqua (ref. 3811-1203) embodies the most radical and spectacular expression of the Pioneer collection. Here, H. Moser & Cie. hides nothing: the movement becomes the dial, the mechanics become sculpture, and color acts as a revealer of emotion.

Housed in a steel case with a sporty and refined design, water-resistant to 120 meters (12 ATM), this piece combines contemporary robustness with watchmaking virtuosity. A watch designed for action, but crafted like a kinetic work of art.

An exceptional movement: the HMC 811 caliber

At the heart of this creation beats the HMC 811 manufacture caliber, entirely skeletonized and developed in-house. A true technical manifesto, it features a flying tourbillon with a cylindrical balance spring, a complication that is extremely rare in contemporary watchmaking.

Unlike a traditional flat balance spring, the cylindrical balance spring improves isochronism and regularity of movement, while offering a hypnotic visual depth. Suspended in the center of the movement, the tourbillon seems to float in space, accentuating the sensation of lightness and transparency.

Here, there is no luminescent flange: the light emanates directly from the movement, its openworked bridges, its finishes, and its three-dimensional architecture.

A powerful and contrasting Spiced Aqua aesthetic

The signature Spiced Aqua is expressed through a bold chromatic contrast. A small domed orange subdial, positioned above the skeletonized movement, indicates the time with immediate legibility. It is subtly adorned with the H. Moser & Cie. logo in transparent lacquer, almost invisible, faithful to the anti-conformist spirit of the manufacture.

The indexes and hands, featuring turquoise Globolight® inserts, add a touch of modernity and ensure excellent visibility, day and night. The whole creates a striking visual tension between extreme technicality and chromatic energy.

A manifesto watch, combining independence and innovation

The Pioneer Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton Spiced Aqua 3811-1203 is neither an exercise in style nor a cosmetic variation. It is a declaration of horological independence, a piece that proudly proclaims the mechanical expertise of H. Moser & Cie., without compromise or concession to traditional codes.

At once sporty, artistic, and radically contemporary, this watch is designed for collectors in search of authenticity, rarity, and pure mechanical emotion. A sculpture in motion, destined for the wrists of those who want to see the heart of fine watchmaking beat.

Specifications

PIONEER CYLINDRICAL TOURBILLON SKELETON SPICED AQUA

Reference 3811-1203, steel model, domed smoked orange subdial, turquoise rubber strap

Steel topped with a slightly domed sapphire crystal

Diameter: 42.8 mm

Height without sapphire crystal: 11.7 mm; height with sapphire crystal: 15.3 mm 

Screw-down crown, engraved with an “M”

Transparent case back

Water resistance to 12 ATM

Smoked orange domed subdial with sunburst decoration

H. Moser & Cie. logo in transparent lacquer

Skeletonized dial

Turquoise Globolight® hour markers

Turquoise Globolight® inserts on hour and minute hands

Hours and minutes

Turquoise rubber

Steel pin buckle with engraved Moser logo

Fully skeletonized HMC 811 three-dimensional self-winding manufacture caliber

Diameter: 34.0 mm or 15 lines

Height: 5.5 mm (without hands or tourbillon) 

Frequency: 21,600 vph

28 jewels

171 components

Bidirectional automatic winding system with pawl

Fully skeletonized gold oscillating weight

Power reserve: minimum 74 hours

Cylindrical balance spring with two Breguet curves

Flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock with skeletonized bridge; hand-angled balance bridge

Diamond-cut beveling

Plate and bridges with anthracite PVD finish

H.MOSER & Cie PIONEER CYLINDRICAL TOURBILLON SKELETON SPICED AQUA 3811-1203
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H.MOSER & Cie PIONEER CYLINDRICAL TOURBILLON SKELETON SPICED AQUA 3811-1203
99 800 € TTC
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