Description
H. Moser & Cie. has built its reputation on fumé dials, minimalism and a sense of humour, and the new Streamliner Off-Grid uses all three on something the brand has never sold on its own before: a digital watch. Two versions, refs. 6DI0-1202 and 6DI0-1205, pair a small domed fumé dial for the time with a digital display below it that runs a split-seconds chronograph, GMT, perpetual calendar, moon phase, sunrise and sunset times, an alarm and a timer. The price is US$4,900 (CHF 3,900 excl. VAT). That makes it the least expensive way into a Moser by a wide margin.
The trick is in how it is sold. Each version is limited to 1,000 pieces. Existing Moser clients get first access from 21 to 23 September 2026, the wider public from 24 September, and the window closes on 5 October 2026. Moser says it is the first watch it has made available to purchase online, through its boutiques and its own website.
The name gives away the pitch. Pressing a dedicated pusher at 9 o'clock opens an "Off-Grid" mode: pick a country and the screen shows a ten-word dictionary in the local language, across 21 languages. Moser describes the watch as neither mechanical nor a smartwatch, and the functions are chosen to match. There are no notifications and no health tracking, only tools a traveller actually uses.
Design
The case is the Streamliner's 42.6 mm cushion with an integrated rubber strap, here 14.4 mm thick and water-resistant to 120 metres. Moser describes the case as steel with a composite finish, blue for 6DI0-1202 and black for 6DI0-1205 (Time+Tide and WatchPro call it PVD). The top half of the dial is a small domed fumé dial with a transparent lacquered Moser logo, Super-LumiNova ceramic indices and lumed hands. On the black watch it is red fumé; on the blue watch it is what Moser calls "Blackor" fumé. Below it sits the digital screen, and the rest of the dial is skeletonised to show the module underneath.
Three pushers on the right flank drive the functions, and a fourth at 9 o'clock triggers Off-Grid mode. A domed sapphire crystal sits on top and a sapphire caseback carries the Moser hallmark. The blue version comes on white rubber, the black version on black rubber.
Specifications
- References: 6DI0-1202 (Off-Grid Blue) and 6DI0-1205 (Off-Grid Black)
- Case: 42.6 mm wide, 14.4 mm thick; steel with blue or black composite finish
- Crystal: domed sapphire; sapphire caseback
- Water resistance: 120 m (12 ATM)
- Dial: skeletonised with digital display; small domed fumé dial (Blackor fumé on 6DI0-1202, red fumé on 6DI0-1205), transparent lacquered logo, Super-LumiNova ceramic indices
- Movement: calibre D10, developed with Sequent for H. Moser & Cie.; 32.5 × 33.9 × 6.9 mm
- Frequency: 32,768 Hz; rated accuracy ±0.3 seconds per day
- Functions: hours and minutes, GMT with country selector, split-seconds chronograph to 1/100th of a second, perpetual calendar, perpetual moon phase, sunrise and sunset times, vibrating alarm, timer, Off-Grid mode (10 words in 21 languages)
- Connectivity: Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3, iOS and Android
- Autonomy: 12 months in time-only mode, or 6 months with combined use
- Strap: integrated rubber, white (6DI0-1202) or black (6DI0-1205)
- Limited edition: 1,000 pieces per version
- Price: US$4,900 / CHF 3,900 excl. VAT
- Availability: existing clients 21–23 September 2026; public 24 September – 5 October 2026, via Moser boutiques and h-moser.com
What's Exciting
For years the cheapest Moser was a five-figure mechanical watch. The Off-Grid brings the brand's most recognisable signature, the fumé dial, to US$4,900, and it does so without pretending to be something it isn't. The D10 is a serious module: a split-seconds chronograph to a hundredth of a second, a perpetual calendar and moon phase programmed for 100 years, and sunrise and sunset times. Those are complications that would cost six figures in gears. The Off-Grid mode is pure Moser mischief, a watch that encourages you to put your phone away and learn to say "thank you" in the local language.
The sales model matters as much as the watch. A two-week online window, capped at 1,000 per colour, is Moser testing whether direct sales can reach a younger audience without diluting the mechanical collection. The stakes are real: at 14.4 mm thick it is not a slim watch, and a digital Moser will divide opinion. But as a gateway into the brand, and as a digital watch with genuine design authorship, it is the most interesting thing Moser has done at this price.
History
H. Moser & Cie. was founded in 1828 by Heinrich Moser, a watchmaker from Schaffhausen who built his business in St. Petersburg, and the modern company is known for its fumé dials, minimalist design and provocative concept watches. The Streamliner, with its cushion case and integrated bracelet, arrived in 2020 and has since become Moser's sports-watch platform.
Moser's digital path runs through its partnership with the Alpine Formula 1 team. It produced a flyback-chronograph Drivers' watch and a multi-function digital Mechanics' watch, sold as limited sets and developed with the Swiss technology firm Sequent. The Off-Grid takes the same partnership and hybrid approach, drops the racing-specific functions, and makes it available on its own for the first time.
Sources
- Time+Tide — H. Moser expands digital offerings with new Streamliner OFF-GRID
- WatchPro — Will this H. Moser & Cie. watch right every smartwatch wrong?
- Gear Patrol — This Is Easily the Coolest Analog-Digital Watch I've Ever Seen
- H. Moser & Cie. — Off-Grid Black, ref. 6DI0-1205
- H. Moser & Cie. — Off-Grid Blue, ref. 6DI0-1202
