HYT S1 Series | INTRODUCING

Borna Bošnjak

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• HYT’s distinctive strategy to watchmaking goes again to its roots, with open dials and the basic fluidic hours complication.
• The circumstances are massive and brawny, however following the sleeker design of the latest T1 Sequence.
• The S1 Sequence brings again the small seconds and energy reserve sub-dials, retailing at CHF 58,000.

They could declare all of it they need, however only a few watchmaking manufacturers supply time-telling know-how that’s really distinctive. Some might say that it comes right down to the truth that we’ve explored nearly all of prospects within the few hundred years watches have been a factor, however I’m unsure I’d agree with that sentiment, particularly not with manufacturers like HYT round. Their signature, bellows-powered fluidic hours complication was all the time going to be tough to supply reliably and commercially because of the excessive value and complexity – we’ve seen that every one too properly with the quite a few modifications in management of the model through the years – however I’ve acquired nothing however respect for the model. Greater than ten years after their founding, and regardless of being so cussed about their area of interest product, HYT continues to be round, and the brand new S1 Sequence represents the subsequent step of their journey.

In a convoluted method, it’s a back-to-basics for HYT, because the T1 Sequence that launched in 2024 was the primary that didn’t absolutely exhibit the motion dial-side. With solely a chapter ring for the hours and minutes, the dial opening is dominated by the bellows that take up most of its decrease portion, whereas the higher shows the going prepare. The 2 floating sub-dials are for the working seconds and energy reserve, with highlights matching the fluid within the capillary tube for the retrograde hours.

Watch actions and will usually be stored as distant from one another as doable, however HYT adopts their confluence with open arms. The most recent within the fluidic hours tech is the 501-CM, an Eric Coudray design, following HYT’s treasured work with the likes of Chronode and Renaud & Papi. The manually wound calibre beats at 4Hz, and has a 72-hour energy reserve, with some nice, however not overt ending, the primary spotlight being the skinny anglage of the bridges.

Although the S1 Sequence is being offered as a wholly new assortment (preceded by an eight-piece, Japan-only LE), the case is shared with the T1. Which means an built-in rubber or cloth Velcro strap that’s moulded to the octagonal case, additionally that includes a useful quick-release system. Accessible in both DLC-coated titanium or media-blasted chrome steel, measuring in at 45.3mm throughout, 46.3mm lug-to-lug, and 17.2mm in top. That’s true to type for HYT, but it surely doesn’t simply come down for his or her designers’ preferences for greater sizes, but it surely’s additionally merely a limitation of such a singular, advanced motion.

HYT S1 Sequence pricing and availability

The HYT S1 Sequence is now accessible, with three fashions becoming a member of the gathering. Value: CHF 58,000