H. Moser & Cie Finally Does Ceramic and It’s Fire

H. Moser & Cie couldn’t just do a ceramic. If the Schaffhausen-based brand was finally going to make one, it was never going to slip quietly into a material everyone else had already explored.

The Streamliner Tourbillon Concept Ceramic is the brand’s first full ceramic watch, built around a 40mm anthracite ceramic case and integrated bracelet in the familiar curved Streamliner cushion shape. It genuinely looks like it came out of a volcano. 

Lord of the Rings fans will see the Mordor reference immediately. The finishing stays consistent with the Streamliner identity, with alternating brushed and polished surfaces running across the case and bracelet.

At the center sits a fiery red Grand Feu enamel dial that fully leans into that volcanic energy. Moser has used this technique before, but it never feels decorative for the sake of it. Grand Feu involves layering powdered glass onto metal and firing it repeatedly at extreme temperatures until the surface develops that deep, glassy tone that won’t fade.

Here, the enamel sits over a hammered white gold base, which creates textured depth beneath the subtle fumé gradient. There are no indices and no logo interrupting it, just that intense red surface and a flying tourbillon at six o’clock. That restraint has always been part of Moser’s Concept approach. It assumes the person wearing it knows what they are looking at.

Moser has long been one of the few brands that can balance serious watchmaking with a sense of humor without losing credibility.

This is the same company that produced a mechanical “Apple Watch,” experimented with Vantablack dials, and pushed into 3D-printed titanium. The technical foundation has always been real, which is why the experimentation never feels like a gimmick.

Ceramic itself isn’t new territory in the industry. Audemars Piguet has its versions, and Hublot has made the material central to its identity. Colored ceramic isn’t experimental at this point; it’s established.

The question isn’t whether Moser could do ceramic, but why it waited. This is a brand that has already proven it can work with complex materials, and when it finally chose ceramic, it anchored it to the Streamliner and paired it with a tourbillon rather than introducing it quietly on a simpler model.

Ceramic remains one of the toughest materials used in modern watchmaking. It is highly scratch-resistant, chemically stable, and unlikely to fade or discolor over time. It is also notoriously difficult to machine and finish properly, particularly when maintaining clean brushed and polished transitions across an integrated bracelet. That difficulty is part of what makes a fully ceramic Streamliner more than just a cosmetic update.

Inside sits the HMC 805 automatic movement, featuring a flying tourbillon at six o’clock that rotates once per minute and doubles as the running seconds.

The movement uses a double hairspring developed through Moser’s Precision Engineering arm and delivers a 72-hour power reserve via a skeletonized red gold rotor. The case measures 40mm across and 12.8mm thick, offers 12 ATM of water resistance, and is not limited.

An impressive powerhouse, one that is going to cost you $112,100.