When medical science met fine watchmaking
Industry: Watch
Location: Globally
Related to: Innovation
Reviewer: Tiphaine Foissac – Parsons School of Design
Company: HYT
Website: http://www.hytwatches.com
The brand:
HYT is a Swiss independent watch brand launched in 2012.
This brand is well known for the non-conformist of their products. They are mixing mechanics and liquid in their collections. This concept has become their signature. The time is not given thanks to needles but, due to a special liquid.
The principle:
Each watch has two malleable reservoirs with a capillary attached at each end. On the left, in the first one, we can find a colored aqueous liquid. In the other on the right, we see a viscous transparent liquid. Both liquids keep apart thanks to the repulsive force of the molecules.
A small reservoir compressed by a piston released a bit of liquid every hour, this aqueous liquid indicates the hour.
The new watch:
Today, the company has comes back with a new model: the Skull Maori. This watch is limited to 15 pieces only. As it is highly exclusive, the price is not communicated.
The skull Maori watch has a round dial surrounded by figures from 1 to 12. The number 6 is accentuated with a big black block. Inside the dial there is a big skull graved with Maori symbols. A small tube full of red liquid is surrounding the skull. The wristlet is in brown leather with the same Maori symbols as there are in the skull of the dial.