SpotlightThe Green Glow: Presenting The H. Moser & Cie. Pioneer Centre Seconds Concept Citrus Green Timepiece
The bright, lime green fumé dial of the H. Moser & Cie. Pioneer Centre Seconds Concept Citrus Green watch is a fresh, new take on understated elegance with a delightful disposition
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There are elegant, deep green dials on watches, and then there’s the bright, lime green that will most certainly induce happiness, and practically scream ‘fun’. H. Moser & Cie. manage to put both elegance and fun into one timepiece with their new Pioneer Centre Seconds Concept Citrus Green watch. Here’s a watch guaranteed to attract attention for how brilliantly it melds the polarising worlds of sporty, elegant and cool. With no visible branding—another of Moser’s signatures—the smoked or fumé dial in shades of lime green stands out for its minimalism. The brand have done a textured, lime green fumé dial in an Endeavour timepiece, though the joy inspired by this Pioneer Centre Seconds Concept Citrus Green is leaps and bounds ahead.
Moser And The Concept Of Minimalism
In 2015, the brand released the first Concept watch to highlight the gradient effect of their fumé dials. Sans any branding, numerals or markers on the watch face, this concept was so well received that they included it in other collections.
A minimalistic sunray-finished gradient dial in shades of yellow-green stands out on the Pioneer Centre Seconds Concept Citrus Green timepiece. Wearing this watch, one might find oneself glancing at the dial quite often, and not necessarily for the time, although the function remains uncompromised. Outlining the darkest green on the dial is a white ring filled with Super-LumiNova for enhanced legibility in dim lighting. Also filled with lume are the elegant leaf shaped hands.
Statement Timepiece: Pioneer Centre Seconds Concept Citrus Green
Sized at 42.5mm, the steel case features a gently domed sapphire crystal glass protecting the dial. Its water resistance rating of up to 120 metres makes the timepiece suitable for everyday wear. An exhibition caseback displays the beautifully decorated HMC 201 automatic calibre, with a minimum power reserve of three days.
The watch can be paired with a steel bracelet, or an alligator leather, rubber, or textile strap. However, if a statement is what one is going for, nothing allows the green to pop better than the contrasting blue rubber strap.
The Pioneer Centre Seconds Concept Citrus Green timepiece is the brand’s cheeky way of, once again, pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable in the world of haute horlogerie. A bright yellow-green dial on a sporty yet formal watch? How very scandalous! The delightfully beautiful, minimal dial? How very H. Moser & Cie.
