Once in a gold moon
The first thing you probably noticed about the new Streamliner Perpetual Moon Concept Meteorite wasn’t Moser’s trademark minimalist moonphase display at 6:00, but rather the bizarre golden, textured dial that serves as its backdrop.
The dial is made of meteorite, which is hardly rare among watches these days, but I’ve never seen a meteorite dial quite like this one before. Made from a slice of the Gibeon meteorite that crashed in Namibia in prehistoric times, the dial exhibits the striations of the Widmanstätten patterns that the space rock is known for. But what’s unique are the treatments Moser has given to the dial.
For starters, the meteorite has been colorized in gold, which blends in nicely with the 5N red gold that Moser has used for the watch’s three hands and moon display. After the coloring, the dial was given Moser’s signature fumé treatment for a dramatic smoky effect. I don’t recall ever seeing a fumé meteorite dial before, but its stunning appearance here sure makes a strong use case for it.
As one of Moser’s “Concept” dials, there are no indices and no logo, allowing more room for the smoky gold meteorite dial to shine (literally and figuratively). The hour and minute hands are topped with Globolight solid ceramic lume inserts, with Super-LumiNova on the seconds hand, making the minimalist watch surprisingly legible in the dark.
As I mentioned up top, the movement powering the watch features Moser’s “Perpetual Moon” complication that will remain mechanically accurate for 1,027 years before deviating by a single day. If you happen to be a Highlander, then you can put it in your calendar now to adjust your moonphase in the year 3052.