Second Model in the H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Collection

Almost eight months after the debut timepiece in the Streamliner Collection was released, H. Moser & Cie. unveiled the collection's second model during the Geneva Watch Days.

Back in January, the Streamliner Flyback Chronograph Automatic reinterpreted the concept of timekeeping, scrapping subdial counters to foreground the chronograph's central minute and second hands, and this August, fans of the independent brand were looking forward to the hotly anticipated release of a classic three-hand watch.

H. Moser & Cie. know how to trigger emotions. On special occasions, H. Moser & Cie. CEO Edouard Meylan delights horology fans with extravagant gifts. He adorns watch cases by growing moss and succulents out of them, challenges the ubiquity of Apple's smartwatch by cloning its iconic shape, makes a watch with invisible hands on a black dial which gives the time without displaying it, or he teeters further towards the edge of crazy Swiss patriotism with the Swiss Mad Watch that has a genuine Swiss cheese watch case.

Yet this is the same brand that works meticulously to create a modern watchmaking classic, using branded fumé dials. Nevertheless, the subtle elegance of January's Streamliner debut made an impression. The mind-blowing Agengraph movement developed with Agenhor, the first-ever central chronograph with flyback function, was not the only impressive component. The Streamliner is a true masterpiece of design, which the watchmakers in Neuhausen am Rheinfall managed to imbue with the spirit of the first high-speed streamliner trains. The first high-speed trains from the 1920s and 1930s had an iconic streamlined shape with rounded curves. Streamliner cars later appeared in the automotive industry, and this feat in aerodynamic design is now shaping the world of watches.

The curves in the bracelet and case in the new Streamliner Centre Seconds, with the combination of brushed and polished surfaces, alternating with satin-finished forms, perfectly illustrate this philosophy of the designer's streamlined train of thought. The 40 mm steel cushion case with an integrated bracelet is offset by the brand-new Matrix Green colorway fumé dial.

Edouard Meylan has admitted that the designers primarily focused on the bracelet, which plays the leading role in creating that Streamliner aesthetic. The gentle wave of flexible links is topped with a vertical brushed finish, combined with polished surfaces — and all the links are articulated! Held together invisibly, it is a triumph of minimalism.

The Streamliner Centre Seconds houses a self-winding HMC 200 caliber with a minimum power reserve of 3 days.