Company profile:
The original concept for HYT’s idea of watches in which time is indicated by two imiscible liquids driven by two bellows was devised by Lucien Vouillamoz in about 2002. A few years later, he was working with Patrick Berdoz and Emmanuel Savioz on the areas of patents and finance, and the first prototype was built in about 2009. A meeting with Vincent Perriard in 2010 enabled the project to become operational; consultancy on the movement was provided by Jean-François Mojon at Chronode; design was masterminded by Sébastien Perret’s company Etude de Style. H1 was presented at Baselworld in 2012, H2 the following year, with movement design by APRP, Audemars Piguet Renaud & Papi.
HYT manufactured and sold 450 watches in 2014. The brand currently has over 50 points of sale worldwide, with plans to increase this figure to 70+ in 2015. They launched over 10 new models in 2015, and introduced their H2 Tradition in early 2016.
Location:
HYT SA
Route des Falaises 74
2000 Neuchâtel
Tel. +41 32 323 27 70
www.hytwatches.com
Personalities:
Vincent Perriard, CEO
Patrick Berdoz, Lucien Vouillamoz, Emmanuel Savioz, Vincent Perriard, founders
New watches:
Case in white gold and titanium, 48.8 mm diameter, 17.9 mm thickness, water resistance 50 metres
Screw-down titanium crown
Titanium case middle with light anthracite grey PVD coating
Titanium bracket with Roman numeral in blue varnish
Crown position indicator (R-N-H, winding, neutral, time-setting)
Retrograde hours shown by fluid in capillary, at 6 o'clock the fluid flows back to the start
Manually-wound movement, 21,600 vph (3 Hertz), 192 hours power reserve provided by two mainspring barrels
Blue alligator strap with titanium deployant buckle
H2 Tradition, reference 248-TW-10-BF-AB, 50-piece limited edition, price 180,000 Swiss francs, $189,000
Retrograde capillary hour indicator
Bellows driving the fluid
Hand-wound movement, running at 28,800 vph (4 Hertz), power reserve 65 hours. Created by HYT in cooperation with APRP, Audemars Piguet Renaud & Papi
H4 Gotham, reference 151-CB-03-RF-RN, 50-piece limited edition, price €77,000, CHF 77,000, US$ 79,000. Available from about June 2015
Case in 3DTP carbon, 51 mm diameter, 17.9 mm thick
Strap in rubber and Nomex fibre
Power reserve indicator, 65 hours
Linear capillary showing the hours
Minutes shown by a retrograde hand sliding on a double eccentric against a linear sapphire scale
Bellows pumping the liquid in the capillary
Square-section rod rotates every six hours, and the fluid in the capillary returns to the start
Pusher that rotates the hour-bar, changing the time by six hours
Crown function indicator, Neutral, Time-setting and Winding (N, H, R in French)
Crown with three positions, Neutral, Time-setting and Winding
Movement designed by HYT in collaboration with APRP, Audemars Piguet Renaud & Papi; two manually-wound barrels, 170-hour power reserve, power reserve indicator on caseback
Case 62 x 41 mm, 16 mm thick, grey PVD-coated titanium and platinum
HYT H3, US$ 290,000 / CHF 280.000 / €280.000. Limited edition of 25, available from September 2015. Reference 361-TP-01-GF-AG
Other posts:
H1 Sand Barth
HYT H1 Dracula
