Hydro Mechanical Horologists (HYT)presents its new modelH1 Iceberg, a mechanism that is the result of 18 months of research work and will be available in a limited edition of 50 units. Made of titanium with a satin finish, theH1 Iceberg by HYTonce again unites haute horlogerie and fluid mechanics in a true blue, silver and white iceberg that puts the laws of physics into play. The result is a machine that tells the time through two liquid reservoirs on either side of the crown. One of them, filled with fluorescent, the other, with a viscous liquid, only separated by the repulsive force of the molecules that make up each substance. As the hours progress, the fluorescent liquid advances and the crescent-shaped meniscus marks the break with the other fluid, indicating the time. At 18 o'clock, the fluorescent liquid returns to its original position. Two bellows, made of a highly resistant alloy driven by a piston, open the way to horological mechanics since the piston, located in the upper part of the watch, is driven by the mechanical movement designed by Brino Moutarlier, together with Jean-François Mojon and his Chronode SA team. The great challenge of the HYT team was to unite the mechanical movement and the hydraulic system in the same sealed circuit, especially taking into account the small space available. For this, the mechanisms were assembled separately and were modularly integrated.
Features of the HYT H1 Iceberg watch
Caja: titanium with brushed, shot-peened and satin-finished surfaces
– diameter: 48.8 mm
– thickness: 17.9 mm
– screw-down crown covered in blue rubber
– titanium crown guard
– independent lugs fixed to the case with titanium screw
– titanium dome at 6 o'clock
– domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating inside
– sapphire caseback fixed with six screws
– waterproof up to 100 meters
Features: retrograde blue fluid hours; minutes, seconds
Motion: manual winding mechanical, exclusive HYT caliber
– 28,800 rpm, 4 Hz, 35 stones
– hand-chamfered bridges with Côtes de Genève decoration; rhodium-plated bellows
– 65 hour power reserve
Sphere: unstructured fluid hours
– gray hour dial, white numbers and indexes
– palladium gray minute dial, gray numerals and indexes, gray minute hand
– luminescent hour indices and minute hand
– regulator at 12 o'clock
– small seconds wheel at 9:30 o'clock
– power reserve indicator at 2:30 o'clock
Belt: White rubber, titanium pin buckle
Ref.: 148-TT-11-BF-RW; limited edition of 50 copies
