Monday, March 7, 2011

Hautlence HL2.0


Here is a quick BaselWorld preview -

Courtesy of TWI
This is the Hautlence HL2.0, or rather I should say this is the "inner workings" of the Hautlence HL2.0

Here is what Hautlence had to say about it -


It took the entire team over three years to develop,
internally and in the utmost secrecy, a true novelty
in the world of watchmaking that breaks away from
the mechanisms of the past without forgoing
historic regulation methods.

Futuristic in its construction method and the way in
which it delivers the time, this piece is truly
revolutionary.

Thanks to the integration work of the manufacture
calibre and to deep reflection, the shape of the
gear teeth has been optimised, higher-quality
oscillators have been created and the energy
consumption of the various complications has
been regulated. Through effort and constant
research, HAUTLENCE is now able to unveil the
second stage of its vision of innovative time
display.

The most remarkable part of the HL2.0 is that the
complete escapement system, including the plate,
bridges, and wheels move to a new position each
time the hour jumps, making four complete 60°
rotations every single day. To counter balance the
debilitating effects of gravity on precision,
HAUTLENCE has made the entire mechanism
move; a first in watchmaking history.

This mechanical masterpiece has several objectives:

To display the hours in an aperture, on a 12-link chain
moving in a controlled, regulated manner every 60 minutes.
The movement of the chain is from hour to hour is
purposely slowed to 4 seconds; as opposed to an
instantaneous system, which is too quick, or to a
continuous-action system that does not allow the numeral
to be visualised correctly between two times.

To obtain an optimal chronometric result without
disturbance from the energy required for the
complication and animation of the display, in a system
that compensates for the effects of gravity.
The regulating organ is a set of gears that change
position (60°) every hour like the tourbillon,
which does this continuously.




Caliber:                     In-house revolutionary self-winding movement
                                    Regulating organ 18,800 vibrations
                                    45-hour power reserve
Case:                          Height: 50mm
                                    Length: 44mm
                                    Depth: 17mm
                                    Water resistant to 30m/100ft
Buckle:                      Custom developed folding clasp by Hautlence in titanium/gold
Strap:                          Alligator full-skin square scale
Guarantee:                 3 years
Quantities:                 28 per model
Price:                           HL2.2 RG: $200,000 / HL2.1 WG: $219,000


For more information, please contact:

Totally Worth It, LLC
1760 Second Avenue, Suite 7C
New York, NY 10128-5355
+1 212 828 7749 Office
+1 724 263 2286 Mobile
888 TWI 4ALL (894 4255)
888 TWI 6898 Fax


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