H. Moser's Off-Grid packs a GMT, chronograph and calendar into 1,000 pieces

H. Moser has unveiled the Off-Grid, a hybrid analog-digital watch that pairs a skeletonized dial with a digital screen at 6 o'clock. The steel case measures 42.6 mm across and 14.4 mm high, and its design borrows directly from the brand's existing Streamliner collection.

The watch comes in two references. Ref. 6DI0-1202 has a blue PVD-treated case, a fume dial in black and an integrated white-rubber strap. Ref. 6DI0-1205 swaps in a black PVD case, a red fume dial and a matching black-rubber strap, with each limited to 1,000 pieces.

What the screen actually does

A domed dial carries the H. Moser logo in transparent lacquer above the digital display, and pushers set into the steel case let the wearer cycle through its functions. Those include a GMT with a country selector, a split-seconds chronograph, a perpetual calendar and a perpetual moon phase.

The screen also shows sunrise and sunset times, a vibrating alarm and a timer. Pressing the pusher at 9 o'clock activates a travel mode: pick a country and the watch surfaces a dictionary of 10 words translated across 21 languages, a feature aimed squarely at frequent flyers.

Powering the hybrid is the Calibre D10, co-developed with Sequent, the movement that fuses H. Moser's mechanical watchmaking with the digital layer. H. Moser gives the power reserve as 12 months when the watch is left in time-display-only mode, or roughly six months if both the analog and digital functions are in regular use.

The brand notes that real-world figures depend on how heavily the digital functions get used, a caveat worth taking at face value rather than as marketing gloss. A watch running the GMT, chronograph and alarm continuously will draw the reserve down faster than one left ticking quietly.

How it follows the Streamliner Alpine Mechanics

The Off-Grid is not H. Moser's first venture into hybrid territory. That was the Streamliner Alpine Mechanics, released in May 2025 in partnership with Alpine Motorsports, which was limited to 500 pieces for public sale, half the run size the brand has set for each Off-Grid colorway.

Where the Alpine Mechanics tied its GMT and chronograph functions to a dedicated F1 mode built around the motorsport partnership, the Off-Grid drops that racing hook entirely. It swaps the branded mode for a perpetual moon phase and the multilingual travel dictionary instead.

H. Moser is selling the Off-Grid on a staggered timeline. Existing clients get exclusive access first, running until September 23, before the watch opens to public sale on October 5, a window of under two weeks between the two phases.

Why a haute horlogerie maker is building screens

H. Moser has built its reputation on stripped-back, often dial-less watchmaking that leans into minimalism rather than complications. A digital screen inside a mechanical case marks a departure worth noting on its own, even before counting the specific functions it now houses.

We reviewed the Citizen CZ Smart Hybrid as part of our coverage of hybrid watchmaking and found it a far cheaper attempt at marrying analog style with digital function, aimed at a mainstream buyer rather than a collector. The Off-Grid is at the opposite end of that spectrum on price and positioning.

Our watch anatomy guide has broken down how brands typically balance dial legibility against added complications, a tension the Off-Grid resolves by pushing most of its features off the dial entirely and onto the screen, behind pushers a wearer has to actively engage.

That approach keeps the analog face relatively clean while the digital layer absorbs the GMT, chronograph, calendar and moon phase functions that would otherwise crowd a traditional dial. It is a compromise more brands are testing as demand grows for watches that do more without looking more cluttered.

H. Moser sits within a corner of our coverage of the garage and watchmaking world defined by design-led, mechanically pure pieces, which makes the Off-Grid a signal that the brand sees room to keep building on the hybrid format rather than treating the Alpine Mechanics as a one-off experiment.

With public sales opening October 5, the immediate test is demand: whether 2,000 total pieces across both colorways move faster or slower than the 500-piece Alpine Mechanics run did through its own client-first, then public-sale structure in 2025.