Review: HYT H1
HYT challenges traditional technology and tries smooth timing in the first watch
For watchmakers, putting special things on the table is vital, but it becomes more and more difficult. We admit that telling time with liquid is unique. The water clock has existed since the startling of the pharaohs and modern versions, but until now, no one has tried to bring this technology into the modern watchmaking world.
HYT (Hydraulic Mechanical Watchmaker) consists of six partners, led by Vincent Perriard. They are committed to using liquid as part of their mechanism to produce watches. They chose H1 Hydro Mechanical Watch as their first watch, and HYT said it has a total of eight registered patents: seven technologies and one design.
Harry Winston Opus Ten and the famous character Jean-Francois Mojon of MB&F Legacy Machine were invited to help develop the movement. The Swiss company Heibling Techniks, known for its weather software and surgical positioning technology, supported Preciflex to create the liquid system.
HYT H1 AZO Project Titanium and Azo Polyepoxyde fake watch 148-PA-21-GF-RU for sale
Case: Titanium and Azo Polyepoxyde
Cuts:48.80mm
Movement:Manual
Water Resistance:5 ATM or 50 meters
Functions: • Off-Centred Sweeping Seconds • Off-Centred Minutes • Retrograde Circular Liquid Hour Indication • Regulator • Power Reserve Indicator
Unlike more traditional watches that are driven by gears and springs, replica H1 relies on bellows, pistons and liquid. It uses a threatening fluorescent green liquid, which is a transparent viscous liquid mixed with fluorescein (fluorescein is also used in forensics to detect blood at crime scenes!), which is contained in a flexible liquid storage tank, To display the hours in the round tube. The liquid is driven by the opposing force of the micro piston.
Combining mechanical motion and hydraulic systems on the same platform in a waterproof box is a difficult task for the team. Since they are built separately, they must operate at the same time. Its manual-winding mechanical movement can provide a power reserve of 65 hours, indicating at 2:30. Considering all the various mechanisms, its size is large enough, with a diameter of 48.8 mm and a thickness of 17.9 mm, but its weight is surprising.
Although H1 is considered a new concept in the watchmaking industry, it is not too much. We are very happy to see what HYT will bring us next!
Movement: mechanical; hand injury 28.800 vph; 65-hour power reserve
Function: countercurrent hours; minutes, seconds
Case: Titanium 48.8 mm; metal dome at 6 o’clock
Dial: unstructured silver opaque; flow time; illuminated hands and hour markers; 12 o’clock regulator; small seconds at 9:30; power reserve indicator at 2:30
Strap: leather lining canvas; pin buckle