HYT : Fluidic time with thermal indicator

H2  
Case: black DLC-finish titanium, screw-down dynamometric crown sheathed in rubber, sapphire back Diameter: 48.8 mm Movement: mechanical hand-wound (exclusive HYT calibre, 192-hour power reserve), 445 parts, decorated black PVD-finish shot-peened titanium bridges with titanium-coloured satin-brushed accents, rhodium-plated bellows  Functions: retrograde fluid hours, minutes with jumping hand at 30 minutes, crown position indicator (T-N-W) and temperature indicator Dial: sapphire minute dial
Water resistance: 50m Strap: rubberised anthracite alligator leather with titanium pin buckle  Limited series: 50

Following on from the first trilogy of models featuring a hydromechanical display and movement, HYT introduces H2, a timepiece that is even more technically complex and aesthetically accomplished. This hybrid interpretation of the concept has been given an architectural stage-setting better serving the purpose of the H2’s mechanical nature. The symbiosis between horology and the fluidic system is all-pervasive in this model, with the sloping position of the V-shaped pair of bellows creating a strikingly voluminous effect, especially since the structured minutes hand jumps after 30 seconds to avoid the bellows. Various cams, feeler-spindles and pistons add to this impression of a scene from the famous film Modern Times, miniaturised to fit on the wrist. At 12 o’clock, the impressive sprung balance appears above the H-N-R crown-position indicator at 3 o’clock, as well as the thermal indicator at 9 o’clock mirroring the optimal temperature range for the watch when worn. The twin barrel visible through the back of the black DLC-finish titanium ase ensures an eight-day power reserve. HYT continues to forge its unique hydromechanical path.


Brice Lechevalier is editor-in-chief of GMT and Skippers, which he co-founded in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He has also been CEO of WorldTempus since it joined the GMT Publishing stable, of which he is director and joint shareholder. In 2012 he created the Geneva Watch Tour, and he has been an advisor to the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève since 2011. Also closely involved in sailing, he has published the magazine of the Société Nautique de Genève since 2003, and was one of the founders of the SUI Sailing Awards in 2009 and the Concours d’Elégance for motor boats at the Cannes Yachting Festival in 2015.

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