The result is an extraordinary and very personal object of desire with its own history. To be produced in a strictly limited edition of 9 models; each one produced to 88 completely hand-made timepieces, the HLS reflects HAUTLENCE's philosophy: the stubborn rigour in the search for visual and technical perfection and originality in every detail.
Originality and functionality are the dominant themes of the HAUTLENCE HLS, underlined by the generous use of titanium, white gold, pink gold, alligator straps and rubber bands. Symbolic of the brand this watch is equipped with a manual winding regulator movement developed by HAUTLENCE. The basic movement starts with a Peseux 7001, a dependable manual wind caliber that exhibits good torque and vibrates at 3 Hertz. But only 30 per cent of this is retained. Despite the searing modernism of their watches, traditional watchmaking values and quality are of enormous importance to HAUTLENCE. Major components including the balance are made by HAUTLENCE in collaboration with their technical partners. Parts like the large conspicuous gear wheel driving the jump hour disc and placed directly within it are crafted using high tech LIGA, a combination of photolithography and electroplating that results in parts with near perfect tolerances. The dimensions of this large and slightly domed piece are 45 mm in length, 43.5 mm in height, and 12.5 mm thickness. At first glance, one sees the mechanical genes of the watch, in the form of an unusual array of rods driving the hour disc. But in this genetic sequence, the codes have been carefully revisited and transfigured into a very contemporary style.
The originality of reading the time lies in the double device of a jumping hour coupled with a retrograde minute display. The small seconds hand is in a little dial at 5 o’clock. The intriguing rods, evocative of yesterday’s trains, drive the jumping hour. When the minute hand reaches 60 minutes, a device activated by a central spiral causes the end of the rod to arm a small spring with an inertia block that, in turn, drives the rotation of the hour disc. The balance makes 21,600 bph. Forty hours of power reserve and twenty-two jewels complete the list of the timepiece’s most vital statistics.
By artistically fusing the time telling indications and the watch’s regulating organ the watch is transformed into a form of kinetic performance art, drawing you into its sphere of influence. Similarly the 0, 20, 40, and 60 o’clock indices of the watch are hand-fixed on a specific « réhaut », toying with your sense of perception. Water resistant to 50 meters and available in mixes of titanium, 18-karat rose, white gold. HAUTLENCE also respects the traditions of high watchmaking. Take a look at the back of a HAUTLENCE watch and you’ll discover the decoration of the signature base plate with brilliant polished angles. The sapphire crystal secured with screws reveals the watch’s workings, and a small plate identifies and numbers the timepiece.
HAUTLENCE HLS00
Case band and case back: ti2. Crown: 18 ct 4n polished pink gold;Bezels & bumpers: chocolate extra-hard PVD sanded steel;Bezel flange: 6-12 brushed 18 ct pink gold,
Angles drawn by hand. screws: ti5;Buckle: ti2 double-blade fastener, pink gold plate
Water-tightness: 5ATM.
HAUTLENCE HLS01
Case band and case back: ti2. Crown: 18 ct 4n polished pink gold;Bezels & bumpers: 18 ct pink gold, polished;Bezel flange: 6-12 brushed 18 ct pink gold, Angles drawn by hand. screws: ti5;Buckle: ti2 double-blade fastener, pink gold plate
Water-tightness: 5 ATM.
HAUTLENCE HLS02
Case band and case back: ti2. Crown: 18 ct 4n polished pink gold;Bezels & bumpers: DLC scratch-resistant, polished steel, black;Bezel flange: 6-12 brushed 18 ct pink gold,Angles drawn by hand. Screws: ti5;Buckle: ti2 double-blade fastener, pink gold plate;Water-tightness: 5 ATM
HAUTLENCE HLS03
Case band and case back: ti2. Crown: 18 ct grey gold;Bezels & bumpers: 18 ct grey gold, polished;Bezel flange: 6-12 brushed 18 ct grey gold,;Angles drawn by hand. screws: ti5;Buckle: ti2 double-blade fastener, grey gold plate;Water-tightness: 5 ATM
HAUTLENCE HLS04
Case band and case back: ti2. Crown: 18 ct grey gold;Bezels & bumpers: DLC scratch-resistant, polished steel, black;Bezel flange: 6-12 brushed 18 ct grey gold,
Angles drawn by hand. screws: ti5;Buckle: ti2 double-blade fastener, grey gold plate
Water-tightness: 5 ATM.
HAUTLENCE HLS05
Case band and case back: ti2. Crown: 18 ct grey gold;Bezels & bumpers: 18 ct grey gold, polished;Bezel flange: 6-12 brushed 18 ct grey gold,;Angles drawn by hand. screws: ti5;Buckle: ti2 double-blade fastener, grey gold plate
Water-tightness: 5 ATM.
HAUTLENCE HLS06
Case band and case back: ti2. Crown: 4n pink gold, polished;Bezels & bumpers: 4n pink gold, polished;Bezel flange: 6-12 brushed 18 ct grey gold,;Angles drawn by hand. screws: ti5;Buckle: ti2 double-blade fastener, pink gold plate;Water-tightness: 5 ATM.
HAUTLENCE HLS07
Case band and case back: ti2. Crown: Rubber encased steel core;Bezels & bumpers: sanded steel, DLC matt;Bezel flange: 6-12 brushed anthracite titanium, Angles drawn by hand. screws: ti5;Buckle: ti2 double-blade fastener;Water-tightness: 5 ATM.
HAUTLENCE HLS08
Case band and case back: ti2. Crown: Rubber encased steel core;Bezels & bumpers: sanded steel, DLC matt;Bezel flange: 6-12 PVD black brushed titanium, Angles drawn by hand. screws: ti5;Buckle: ti2 double-blade fastener;Water-tightness: 5 ATM.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
HAUTLENCE timepiece with manufacturer’s proprietary calibre.
Limited numbered editions of 88 timepieces per model. Hand-wound mechanical movement.
Jumping hours, retrograde minutes.;Power reserve of 40 hours;Rotation: 21,600 vibrations per hour;24 jewels;Case band dimensions: 45 mm horizontal, 43.5 mm vertical and 12.5 mm thick;Crown attached with four screws and nuts passing through the stack of components;Convex crystal case back;Unique numbered timepiece with identification plate;Folding buckle: Two blades in grade 2 titanium, with plate screwed on the cover;Alligator-skin strap: large square scales, skin folded back on itself, hand stitched, with metal insert to make it easy to change between the alligator-skin strap and rubber bracelet;Rubber bracelet;Water-resistant to 50 metres (5 ATM).
Movement:
(Over 150 components);Gear train, regulation and basic parts: 7001;Balance: Nivarox 7001;Barrel: General spring;Shock Absorber: Incabloc;Bridges & plates: Brass
Decoration: ‘pearling’, sandblasting, angle finish to edges. Rhodium Connecting rods: machined brass, decorated and nickel-plated, PVD treatment;Jumpers: Durnico, machined and cut using wire electroerosion;550 HB structural hardening;Springs and steel bridges: Sulem H1. Hardened and tempered;Precision engineering: 20AP steel. Hardened and tempered + Electrochemical polishing;Runner: Nickel;Star: Nickel
Cam: nickel + extra-hard PVD surface treatment;Stones: jewels (NIHS4102 standard)
Screws: 20AP steel. Tempered, hardened and polished;Pins: 20AP steel. Tempered, hardened and polished / NM2 nickel silver.
Exterior Components
Multi-layer, extra-hard, anti-reflective sapphire crystal.;Dial and flange in machined, hand-finished brass. Coloured using galvanoplasty.;Hour markers: laser-cut profile and diamond-polished top surface;Super-LumiNova® LN C3 luminescent points and markers;Hour disc: Metallic: Jumping disc in elox aluminium and pad-printed, under a logotype and metalplated glass assembly in a deep socket attached to the plate;Connecting rods: The connecting rods are mounted on raised runners travelling on jewel bearings in nickel rails;Hands: facetted diamond-set. SLN C3 luminescent material. TITANIUM Case band and case back: Grade 2 titanium drawn, tempered and hardened.CNC machining;Sand-blasted finish;Screws: Grade 5 titanium, polished.
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