HYT

H1

Launched in 2012, the H1 was the world’s first hybrid mechanical fluid watch. The hour of the day is indicated by the meniscus formed between two immiscible fluids moving through a tiny capillary tube. The minutes are displayed by conventional hands in a subdial at 12 o’clock. The entire system is driven by a mechanical hand-wound movement.

H2

The H2 watch, developed in cooperation with Audemars Piguet Renaud & Papi, presented a new movement architecture with the bellows in a V formation, a sprung balance at 12 o’clock and a jumping minutes hand.

H3

The H3, presented in 2015 as a limited edition of 15 watches, introduced a wealth of innovations: a rectangular case, a horizontal and retrograde display of the fluid for the hours (with the bellows and pistons working linearly and in opposition) and a linear and retrograde double articulated arm for the minutes.

H4

The H4 watches are skeletonized watches providing immersive views of the movement’s heart. The offset hours display appears on the bezel rather than the inner bezel ring. The H4 Gotham features a red fluid, while the H4 Alinghi and the H4 Metropolis feature a mechanical light source ensuring night-time visibility that is powered by a micro-generator that floods the dial in light for around 15 seconds when a dedicated pusher is pressed.

SOONOW

The provocative models in this collection take the complexity of HYT’s capillary even further, since it has the outline of a skull. A choice of fluid colours in red, green or black flow through this angular outline, while the skull’s right eye houses the 65-hour power-reserve display and the left one shows the running seconds. The watch does entirely without minutes, instead offering a more “philosophical” view of time.

H0

The H0 marked a rupture from existing HYT watch designs and a look back to the very origins of the fluidic time concept. An understated dial hides all elements of the movement other than those unique to HYT – the two bellows – and places the emphasis on the brand’s signature time display element, the capillary, which can be viewed from above and from the side through a three-dimensional sapphire crystal. The new case design without lugs makes the H0 appear smaller than it actually is and ensures even better comfort on the wrist.

H2.0

The H20 builds on the concept of the more minimalist H0 but adds a more horological twist. The inner workings of the movement, including the bellows in the V shape, are laid bare and are visible through a dome-shaped sapphire crystal.

H1.0

The H1.0 takes an architectural approach to visualizing the passage of time. From the clearly visible power reserve display to the wheel that indicates the flow of the seconds, time is in perpetual motion. Positive energy emerges from a series of visible tensions, such as that between the steeply curved case and the clipped lines of the bellows. Even the side view of the watch tells the story of time’s passage with cut-out digits embedded in the deep grooves of the case.