H. Moser releases Act II of their Genesis project which began with the Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis as Act I.
Press Release details and details of the Act I with our commentary in italics.
New: H. Moser Streamliner Genesis 2 – Act II
The H. Moser Streamliner Genesis 2 Act II Ref. 6203-1200 retails at CHF 29,900 before taxes. Limited Edition of 100 pieces. In comparison, the Endeavour Center Seconds Genesis Act I Ref. 1200-1238 had a retail of CHF 27,000 before taxes and was a limited edition of 50 pieces.
Commentary
The second act of a three act series, Moser releases the Streamliner Genesis II. This is a more conventional watch than the out of the box Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis Act I which was released in 2022.
The intent is for collectors to complete the collection of all three acts. But we are unsure of how this can be achieved, given that the Act 1 is a limited edition of 50 pieces, but Act I (this novelty) is a limited edition of 100 pieces.
But first about the Genesis trilogy project. Moser has always been poking fun at the often very staid Swiss watchmaking industry. They have many curious and often ridiculous projects. Like the Swiss Alp Watch, the Swiss Cheese watch and a watch with plants growing from it, to name a few. The Genesis Act I, was a provocative release. Here is a watch which looks like it is totally pixelated, almost like it was made from LEGO bricks. But there is some reason behind the madness. The pixelated pattern on the dial is actually a special QR code, which is an NFT linked to authentication. The watch was certainly polarising. It had very sharp edges. It had Vantablack as the base material for the dial. And it was strange looking.
Enter Act II. This is based on the more conventional looking Streamliner platform. Same handsome case with integrated bracelet. But retains the Vantablack dial. The dial is also in the fashion of what Moser calls their Concept series – no markings, no labels, no indices, just two hands fitted with Globolight inserts floating in the darkness. And the link back to Act I is from the pixelated crown, made to look like it was cut from the same cloth as the Act I.
But mostly, the Act II is conventional. Beautiful Streamliner case, 40mm in nominal diameter. Magnificent HMC 203 automatic movement. Quite a looker.
Pricing wise, the Act I had a retail of CHF 27k, and the Act II now comes in at CHF 29.9k after 3 years.
Release details
There are stories that unfold in crescendo. The Genesis trilogy is one of them. In 2022, H. Moser & Cie. broke new ground in the world of watchmaking with a radical project blending the physical, the digital, and the virtual: the Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis, a timepiece at the crossroads of traditional horology and Web3. It was more a declaration of intent than a mere product.
Today, with the Streamliner Genesis 2, the Manufacture takes another path, the path of reality. Raw. Absolute. It trades speed for substance, rooting its vision in matter itself. The Streamliner Genesis 2 is not an echo; it is a breath. A pivotal piece, set between the first spark and the conclusion yet to come.
ACT I: THE FOUNDING SPARK
The Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis was far more than a watch; it introduced a new language, a new way of telling the story of watchmaking. For the first time, a centuries-old brand crossed the digital mirror and reached into the world of Web3, turning this undefined territory into a true field of experimentation. The object carried a manifesto within it. Blockchain technology was no gimmick, but an authentication key ensuring transparency and traceability. The NFTs were not digital curiosities, they were an extension of the timepiece itself, a signature anchored in a world that most were still only observing from afar.
Launched in 2022, the Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis made an impression. The industry took notice, the press relayed the story, and the public debated it. A polarizing creation, it divided opinion, yet above all, it opened a dialogue between two worlds that had long ignored each other. That audacity shaped its legend: a rare watch, now sought-after, and a symbol of the moment when tradition agreed to be disrupted.
ACT II: MATTER RECLAIMS ITS PLACE
If the Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis looked toward the invisible networks of blockchain, the Streamliner Genesis 2, second chapter of the trilogy, anchors itself firmly in the tangible. It returns to the palpable, to what the hand can touch, to what the light can graze. It carries a quiet gravity, the kind possessed by objects that have nothing to prove yet much to say. Its steel cushion-shaped case, sculpted with precision, embraces the wrist with confidence. The integrated bracelet, with its fluid links, continues the signature codes and finishes of the Streamliner collection.
On the dial, Vantablack® devours light, absorbing 99.965% of it. This absolute black, the darkest material ever created, exalts the hour and minute hands topped with Globolight® inserts. Their pixelated aspect echoes the bezel and crown of the first Genesis, now reinterpreted in a softer, more introspective register.The pixelated crown, crafted in 3D-printed titanium, also recalls the 2022 model and its tactile beauty. Yet where the first Genesis opened a portal to the virtual, the Streamliner Genesis 2 translates that idea into physical form. It does not promise a parallel world — it anchors imagination in steel.
A RARE TRILOGY
The Genesis saga is not a sequence of models; it is a narrative conceived as a trilogy. The first act opened the breach, the second builds the structure, the third will close the circle. Owning a Genesis means owning a collector’s piece, while belonging to a rare community. Owning all three means gathering an entire story. Each chapter feeds on the one before it, without ever repeating it. Where the Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis projected the brand into a digital future, the Streamliner Genesis 2 is a sculpture of the tangible present. Together, they create a narrative tension that will culminate in the third chapter, to be revealed in a year’s time: the synthesis of two worlds, the final piece of the triptych.In the world of watchmaking, few collections are conceived not as product series but as dramatic works. Genesis is one of them. To preserve the intimate spirit of this trilogy, the Streamliner Genesis 2 will be available exclusively to the fifty owners of the Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis, each of whom will have the privilege to extend this story to one person of their choice — a friend, a family member, a kindred spirit. An invitation, passed from hand to hand, to join the circle.H. Moser & Cie.’s own and unique take on Haute Horlogerie.
H. Moser Streamliner Genesis 2 – Act II Specifications
Reference 6203-1200, steel model with 3D-printed pixelated titanium crown, Vantablack® dial, integrated steel bracelet, limited edition of 100 pieces
Case: Steel topped by a slightly domed sapphire crystal * Diameter: 40.0 mm * Height without sapphire crystal: 10.3 mm / Height with sapphire crystal: 12.1 mm * See-through sapphire crystal case-back
Screw-in 3D-printed pixelated titanium crown * Water-resistant to 12 ATM
Dial: Vantablack® * Pixelated hour and minute hands, with pixelated Globolight® inserts
Movement: HMC 203 automatic calibre * Diameter: 32.0 mm or 14 1/4 lignes * Height: 5.5 mm
Frequency: 21,600 Vib/h * 27 jewels * Automatic bi-directional pawl winding system * Solid 18-carat gold oscillating weight, engraved * Power reserve: minimum of 3 days * Original Straumann® hairspring
Anthracite finish with Moser double stripes * Partially skeletonised bridges
Functions: Hours and minutes
Bracelet: Integrated steel bracelet * Folding clasp with three steel blades, engraved with the Moser logo
