The first variation (and my favourite) is the eye-catching H1 Iceberg. The watch features three colours that we saw in Baselworld (the blue, the white and the grey). The white colour was chosen for indexes, numerals and the rubber strap. The grey is the colour of the Titanium case, which has a satin, brushed and shot-peened finish, the latter being a process where a surface is hit by high-speed spherical pellets to give it an aesthetically unique appearance. Moreover the grey and white are used for all the details of the dial. Finally, the blue is the colour of the fluid, the crown protective coating and some dial details, such as the power reserve scale and under the small seconds wheel at the 9. That completes the whole HYT package. One more important thing to mention is that eighteen months were spent researching and developing this new fluid colour.
The strikingly fresh H1 Iceberg will be only made in 50 pieces and I think it’s the perfect luxury watch for the summer. With the combination of the three colours I have to say that this new H1 looks awesome.
Technical Details
Case: titanium with brushed, shot-peened and satin-finished surfaces
– diameter: 48.8 mm
– thickness: 17.9 mm
– blue rubber-clad screw-lock crown
– titanium crown guard
– titanium screw-locked added lugs
– titanium dome at 06:00
– cambered sapphire crystal glass with anti-reflective coating on the inside
– screw-down sapphire back
– water-resistant to 100 meters
Functions: retrograde blue fluid hours; minutes, seconds
Movement: mechanical hand-wound, exclusive HYT calibre
– 28,800 vph, 4 Hz, 35 jewels
– bridges hand-chamfered and adorned with côtes de Genève, rhodiumed bellows
– 65-hour power reserve
Dial: unstructured, fluid hours
– grey hour dial, white indexes and numerals,
– palladium grey minute dial, grey indexes and numerals
– luminescent minute hand and hour-markers
– regulator at 12:00
– small seconds wheel at 09:30
– power-reserve indicator at 02:30
Strap: White rubber – available in black gummy alligator, titanium pin buckle
Ref : 148-TT-11-BF-RW; Limited serie of 50 pieces
Now, another version is the Velvet Gun that uses the first developed yellow fluid.
HYT added unique metallic shades on their H1 case architecture to give it elegant purple tones.
The “Velvet Gun” comes with a purple-coloured PVD titanium case, which has a brushed, shot-peened and satin finish. The minutes dial is now in a bright silver rhodium finish with a beautiful circular pattern.
We can also see some yellow details on the power reserve and the indexes, which cause us to remember the colour of the fluid.
Technical Details
Case: titanium velvet gun PVD with brushed, shot-peened and satin-finished surfaces
– diameter: 48.8 mm
– thickness:17.9 mm
– black rubber-clad screw-lock crown
– crown guard screw-locked added lugs
– titanium velvet gun PVD dome at 06:00
– cambered sapphire crystal glass with anti-reflective coating on the inside
– screw-down sapphire back
– water-resistant to 100 meters.
Functions: retrograde fluid hours; minutes, seconds
Movement: mechanical hand-wound, exclusive HYT calibre
– 28,800 vph, 4 Hz, 35 jewels
– bridges hand-chamfered and adorned with côtes de Genève, rhodiumed bellows
– 65-hour power reserve
Dial: unstructured, fluid hours
– black hour dial, black indexes and grey numerals
– silver rhodium minute dial, white indexes and numerals, white minute hand
– luminescent hand and hour-markers
– regulator at 12:00
– small seconds wheel at 09:30
– power-reserve indicator at 02:30
Strap: black rubber alligator, titanium velvet gun PVD pin buckle
Ref: 148-VG-10-GF-RA ; Limited edition of 50 pieces
For the last and bloody cool H1 Dracula, I’ll let my colleague here at WristReview cause you to dream about it! For more info, please visit hytwatches.com
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Jonathan Kopp – Contributing Writer
Jonathan Kopp has an avid enthusiasm for timepieces of all genre, from vintage timepieces to modern Luxury Haute Horology. His preference goes to small and independent high-end watchmakers. He loves the difference rather than classicism, although if he admits to being in love with several ultra-classics pieces. Jonathan was caught by the passion for watchmaking there are almost 6 years. For about 5 years, he wanders in this industry and was Communication-Marketing-PR Consultant for several brands. He has worked for over 2 years as a freelance for the development of the Swiss brand Arthur Oskar Stampfli (AOSWatches). Read his articles here.
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