The H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Genesis 2 is one of those rare pieces that feels less like a product launch and more like a narrative milestone, a chapter you can actually wear on the wrist. It picks up the Genesis story where the Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis left off, trading overt digital provocation for something quieter, denser and rooted in steel, Vantablack and a remarkable automatic calibre HMC 203.
Dial and visual language
The dial is, quite literally, an exercise in controlled absence: a full Vantablack expanse that swallows almost all ambient light, allowing only the essential indications to emerge. Vantablack’s capacity to absorb 99.965% of light gives the display an uncanny sense of depth; the hour and minute hands, with their pixelated Globolight inserts, appear to hover with surgical clarity against a void that never quite resolves into a traditional dial.
Layout is radically reduced to the essentials, with no logo, no text and no indexes breaking the surface, a decision that places legibility in the hands themselves and in their pixelated geometry. The “pixel” motif, inherited from the original Genesis bezel and crown, is now distilled into the hands, shifting the focus from a noisy digital metaphor to a more introspective, tactile aesthetic that suits the Streamliner architecture particularly well.
Movement and its finishing
Inside beats the in-house automatic calibre HMC 203, a 32.0 mm movement standing 5.5 mm high and running at a traditional 21,600 vibrations per hour, a frequency that suits the long power reserve and classical construction. It offers a minimum of three days of autonomy, delivered through an automatic bi-directional pawl winding system that feeds a solid 18-carat gold oscillating weight, engraved and finished to the manufacture’s high standards.
Technically, the movement leans on a serious horological backbone: the original Straumann hairspring, produced in-house through sister company Precision Engineering AG, anchors the regulating organ and underlines Moser’s vertical integration in this most sensitive component. Visually, the calibre has an anthracite finish with Moser double stripes across partially skeletonised bridges, an approach that mixes architectural lightness with a slightly darker, contemporary palette, allowing the bevels, screw heads and the mass of the gold rotor to catch the light in a way that feels discreet rather than ostentatious.
Case, bracelet and wearing experience
The Streamliner Genesis 2 uses a 40.0 mm steel cushion-shaped case, topped by a slightly domed sapphire crystal that preserves the collection’s recognisable profile and gentle camber across the wrist. Case height is 10.3 mm without the crystal and 12.1 mm including it, a set of proportions that keeps the watch reassuring yet surprisingly compact, aided by the seamless flow of the integrated steel bracelet.
The bracelet itself continues the Streamliner codes, with fluid, articulated links that drape naturally and are secured by a folding clasp with three steel blades, engraved with the Moser logo. Water resistance is rated to 12 ATM, supported by a screw-in 3D-printed pixelated titanium crown at 3 o’clock, a small but characterful detail that ties the piece back to the original Genesis project while maintaining practical robustness for real-world wear.
Genesis context and conclusion
This reference 6203-1200 is limited to just 100 pieces and priced at 29 900 CHF excl. VAT. The access is deliberately controlled: it is reserved for the fifty owners of the Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis, each of whom can extend the invitation to one person, turning the trilogy into a shared story rather than a generic limited edition exercise. That architecture of ownership fits the watch itself; the Streamliner Genesis 2 feels like Act II in a carefully scripted drama, a sculpture of the tangible present that sits between the digital-forward first chapter and the still-to-come conclusion.
On the wrist, the combination of that enveloping Streamliner case and bracelet, the almost unnerving Vantablack dial and the beautifully executed HMC 203 creates a watch that is both grounded and slightly otherworldly, yet always coherent. It has been one of this year’s genuine favourites to experience: a piece that does not shout, that rewards close inspection of its movement finishing and its material choices, and that succeeds in turning a conceptual trilogy into something profoundly wearable, day after day.
H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis Technical Specifications
Reference 6203-1200, steel model with 3D-printed pixelated titanium crown, Vantablack® dial, integrated steel bracelet, limited edition of 100 pieces – 29 900 CHF excl. VAT
Functions
- Hours and minutes
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
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
Bracelet
- Integrated steel bracelet
- Folding clasp with three steel blades, engraved with the Moser logo
