Through a liquid of an intense blue colour flowing unceasingly through two tiny compressors, and a stylistic signature centred on three-dimensionality and transparency, HYT's H5 watch shows the passage of time. It took two years to develop the mechanism behind it, the hand-wound 501 manufacture calibre. Visible through the transparent sapphire crystal case back, an intricately shaped cam offers thirteen different possibilities for adjusting and indexing the hour and minute indications, ensuring that they work in unison. An oversized curved lever links the relevant elements of the movement. This sets up a complex chain reaction that causes the calibre to press against a regulating bellows with walls four times thinner than a human hair to start the next twelve-hour journey. The new H5 version of HYT combines a number of shades of grey, from anthracite on the hour ring and flange to a gunmetal-coloured bridge. The dial is enlivened by the white Super-LumiNova® under the blue liquid indicating the elapsed time and the neoralite hour ring. A bright red arc and a black hand, matching that of the seconds counter, mark the power reserve. The blue version of HYT's H5 watch is available in a limited edition of 25.
Data sheet
H5
Functions:
Blue fluidic hours
Minutes, seconds, power reserve
Case:
Stainless steel, satin finish
Diameter: 48.8 mm
Thickness: 20.08 mm
Stainless steel crown
Domed sapphire crystal
Screw-down case back, sapphire crystal, 'one of twenty-five' print
Waterproof up to 50 metres
HYT's exclusive patented microfluidic module:
Borosilicate glass capillary tube with internal nano-coating
Multilayer metal bellows
Two non-miscible liquids; one is transparent and the other coloured with a high-strength dye
Thermal compensator with special bellows containing a special liquid
High-tech ceramic fluidic limiters
Movement:
Mechanical hand-wound, exclusive calibre
28,800 hr/hr, 4 Hz, 41 rubies
Finely sandblasted rhodium-plated bridges
65 hours power reserve
Interface:
Transmission between motion and fluidic module by converting rotation into linear motion via a cam-roller system
Isostatic connection of the fluidic system ensured by a trident
Dial:
Neoralite anthracite hour ring with Super-LumiNova® white
Anthracite hour ring with white numerals
White Super-LumiNova® guide under the capillary
Minute counter with black hour markers and numerals, black minute hand with white Super-LumiNova®
Seconds flange with black hand
Power reserve flange with black hand
Strap: grey rubber, titanium folding clasp
Ref.: H02352; Limited edition of 25 pieces
