Moser's sports watch, mostly honest
By Marco Bellini, Zurich ·
Moser's marketing is funnier than most, and I'll take jokes over the usual adjectives. The Pioneer needs less marketing than it gets.
HMC 200, automatic, 72 hours, with a balance spring from the group's own hairspring maker. 120 m and a rubber strap. The blue fumé dial is why people buy it, and it is a very good dial.
42.8 mm by 12.1 mm is too big for me. With 22 mm lugs on rubber it wears like the sports watch it is, but the case is wide and the dial doesn't need all that space.
12,000 to 14,000 USD. Against a Rolex Explorer, the Pioneer gives you an open caseback and three days of reserve. The Explorer gives you resale value. Choose.