Along with its work within the straight-up luxurious watchmaking house, Bucherer has carved out a well-defined area of interest as a specialist in all issues blue. The favored major shade has been a theme since 2016, with Bucherer initially making use of it to a set of eight luxurious timepieces – all designed in collaboration with some critically heavyweight manufacturers.
Quick ahead to 2022, and Lucerne’s most iconic watch & jewelry retailer has as soon as once more unveiled a trio of smurf-tinged restricted editions: together with Girard Perregaux’s mechanically elaborate Three Flying Bridges timepiece and a car-shaped desk clock by L’Epée 1839 (a model destined to go down in infamy for its starring position within the Hodinkee journey clock debacle).
For us right here on the BH workplace although, the undisputed vibrant spot on this newest raft of colour-themed releases is – shock, shock – by H. Moser & Cie, a darling of the high-end indie watchmaking scene that has gone from power to power these previous few years.
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H. Moser’s monitor file within the collaborative house has been bang-on of late. Following team-ups with The Armoury and Californian streetwear label, UNDEFEATED, the model has returned to comparatively orthodox floor – incorporating Bucherer’s signature shade of lustrous royal blue into its personal Streamliner sports activities watch. Execution right here is considerate to a fault: whereas earlier Bucherer editions went the plain route, embedding blue inside actions and dials, Moser has opted to showcase the Streamliner’s distinctive kind language with a gem setting consisting of 60 baguette-cut sapphires.
These valuable stones, solid in an excellent procession of shimmering blues, are minimize in several sizes – so as to maximise the irregularly giant, downturned corners of the Streamliner bezel. Intelligent and surprising, it’s a becoming solution to pay tribute to Bucherer’s storied heritage in jewelry; while functioning as aesthetic punctuation within the overarching design. Wearers can get a way of how successfully this gem setting enhances different peripheral parts (e.g. the flying tourbillon) from the video under:
Technical specs throughout the board stay in step with the Vantablack Streamliner that Moser launched earlier this yr. Equally, this Bucherer LE comes sized in a 40mm case and is powered by a self-winding tourbillon motion (HMC 804) outfitted with the model’s signature double hairspring. Constructed in chrome steel – with greater than sufficient practical water resistance – this can be a breath of recent air in a phase of the watch market that’s greatest identified (lately, a minimum of) for widespread banality.
The H. Moser & Cie Streamliner Bucherer BLUE Version might be restricted to 18 items, priced at CHF 109,000 or €126,000 ($187,000).
