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Style Edit: H. Moser & Cie and Alpine Motorsports expand their collaboration with the debut of 2 new racing watches, inspired by drivers and mechanics, at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona
Watch collabs with car brands often follow a familiar formula: logo swaps, the use of fancy materials, and maybe the addition of a racing stripe for drama. But trust
H. Moser & Cie to opt for an unusual strategy as it heads for the pits. When the indie Swiss watchmaker teamed up with Alpine Motorsports in 2024, it wasn't about hype – it was about purpose. Now, they're continuing that legacy with a thrilling duo of high-functioning timepieces that fuse racing adrenaline with haute horology genius.
Alpine Formula One driver Pierre Gasly (right) offers input into the creation of H. Moser & Cie's Streamliner Alpine Drivers Edition watch. Photo: Handout
First up is the Streamliner Alpine Drivers Edition, designed with input from Alpine's Formula One drivers. This mechanical marvel is powered by the HMC 700, a skeletonised version of the Agenhor AgenGraphe movement, a world-class engine for a wrist-bound speed machine. The open-worked dial lets you peek at the movement's gears, while V-shaped bridges nod to single-seater suspensions and the central bridge is shaped like a racing helmet. Blue and white accents echo Alpine's signature livery. No subdials here – just a clean central chrono display with a flyback function, because in both racing and life, time waits for no one.
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The new Streamliner Alpine Mechanics Edition was developed specifically for the needs of the racing team's mechanics and engineers. Photo: Handout
But the real plot twist in this pairing? The Streamliner Alpine Mechanics Edition. It's not for grandstand fans or pitlane selfies – it's for the team behind the on-track action. More than just a good-looking piece of arm candy, this is a purpose-built digital-analogue hybrid designed to work for the mechanics, engineers, and everyone in the pitlanes and factories who toil behind the scenes for racing glory.
On standby mode, the dial is simply a sleek black screen. But once activated, it delivers essential info primed for making the instant decisions that define Formula One: GMT with country selector, split-seconds chronograph, perpetual calendar, and an exclusive race mode offering countdowns to lights out and key updates on on-track action. Think smartwatch, but with an old-school heartbeat: a funky blue fumé dial with analogue time display and a transparent Moser logo. It syncs with Android and iOS, has a jaw-dropping battery life (one year in basic mode, six Grand Prix weekends in full mode), and it's all housed in a sturdy casing made to survive the chaos of the paddock.
In motor racing, every second counts. Photo: Handout
The watches are sold as a pair and limited to just 200 sets – but the Mechanics Edition is also available separately for select owners of Moser's 2024 Streamliner Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton Alpine.
Moser and Alpine have just changed the game. This isn't just another collaboration. It's a statement of style, speed and precision engineering.
