Geneva-based watch company CVSTOS makes an audacious stride into the ceramic domain with their latest offering, the limited-edition Challenge Sealiner. The highlight of this timepiece is its white ceramic case, a first for the brand, offering an exquisite contrast against 18k rose gold accents on the case and dial. A result of the brand’s collaboration with UFC sensation, Arman Tsarukyan, this timepiece exults a combination of chic horological finesse and fierce athletic resonance.
The inception of this watch notably veered from the brand’s traditional routes. It sourced inspiration not just from their brand ambassador, a bona fide fan of horology, but also from one of their competitors. Notably, the Richard Mille brand with which CVSTOS shares a common history and original designer and from where the tonneau, or barrel shape, that is emblematic of the most popular Richard Mille models came.
While complication-laden watches often lean into their complexity, the new H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Flyback Chronograph Dual Time Date elegantly simplifies the typically elaborate face. Contrary to a watch overstuffed with registers, scales, apertures, and hands, this particular model proves complexity and clean design can form an exquisite synergy. It unites a flyback chronograph, a second time zone, and a date in one minimalist 42mm stainless steel timepiece, with its turquoise fumé dial as the stunning backdrop.
The watch makes a notable departure from tradition by eschewing the conventional chronograph subdials. Instead, elapsed time is indicated through centrally mounted red and rhodium-plated hands, each representing seconds and minutes respectively. A white minute track and a peripheral tachymeter provide the scales. This innovative configuration enables the piece to operate as a full flyback chronograph without disrupting the grand expanse of its turquoise fumé sunburst dial.