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HYT

Skull 48.8 Blue

Ref: S48-TT-33-BF-RA

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LIMITED EDITION OF 50 PIECES.

STILL LIFE IS NEVER ABOUT LIFE STANDING STILL. JUST LIKE AN ELEMENT OF ONE OF THOSE BEAUTIFULLY HAUNTING PAINTINGS, THE HYT SKULL 48.8 HAS CARPE DIEM ON ITS MIND. THIS DISTINCTIVE TIMEPIECE CONTINUALLY REMINDS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SEIZING EVERY SECOND. HIGHLIGHTING TIME’S PASSAGE USING LIQUIDS, IT FOCUSES ON THE POWER OF THE PRESENT, THE VERY ELIXIR OF LIFE.

THE CHARISMATIC PROTAGONIST OF THIS MESMERIZING STAGING OF TIME’S FLOW IS A SKULL-SHAPED CAPILLARY. A PATENTED FLUIDIC MODULE AND EXCLUSIVE MECHANICAL CALIBRE BRING THIS TO LIFE. COLORED LIQUID SYMBOLIZES REFLECTION, WHILE ITS TRANSPARENT COUNTERPART SPECULATES RESERVEDLY ON THE FUTURE. THEIR MENISCUS MEETING POINT PRECISELY DEPICTS THE VITAL NOW. THE BROAD EYES ON THE DIAL OF THE SKULL 48.8 INTIMIDATE INTENTIONALLY, PROMPTING ONLOOKERS TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THEY THEMSELVES ARE SPENDING THEIR TIME. BEHIND THE RIGHT EYE IS A ROTATING DISC EXPRESSING THE PASSING OF EACH PRECIOUS SECOND AS IT FADES FROM DARK TO PALE. PLACING TIME’S ESSENTIAL MOMENTUM CENTER STAGE, THE COUNTING OF THE MINUTES MOVES BACKSTAGE, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A MINUTE HAND.

LIGHT AND COLOR PLAY ACCOMPLISHED SUPPORTING ROLES IN THE DRAMA OF THE SKULL 48.8. THREE LIMITED EDITIONS INCORPORATE RED, GREEN AND BLUE FLUID RESPECTIVELY. AS EACH SHADE FLOWS AROUND THE SKULL TO REPRESENT ELAPSED LIFE, IT EXTENDS ITS CONTRASTING INFLUENCE OVER THE MONOCHROMATIC BACKCLOTH OF THE GALVANIZED DIAL AND TITANIUM CASE. THIS DELIBERATE TENSION FASCINATES THE EYE, AS DOES THE EFFECT OF LIGHT ON THE DIFFERENTLY TREATED, UNMISTAKABLY MODERN GREY SURFACES. CONFIRMING THE FORCE OF COLOR-CODING ARE GREY FABRIC STRAPS WITHIN A STRUCTURE THAT MATCHES THE INFLUENCING TONE. THE PRESENT REQUESTS OUR PRESENCE.

Specifications
  • Product Type

    Watches
  • Case

    Titanium
  • Diameter

    49mm
  • Dial

    Blue, Grey, Opaline
  • Functions

    Power Reserve, Seconds
  • Movement

    Hand-Wound
  • Bracelet/Strap

    Fabric, Rubber
  • Water Resistance
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Faqs

How does an HYT watch work?

Two flexible reservoirs with a capillary attached at each end. In one, a coloured liquid; in the other, a transparent one. Keeping them apart is the repulsion force of the molecules in each fluid. The two reservoirs at 06:00 also referred to as bellows are made of a highly resistant, flexible alloy. Watchmaking is used to activate the system via a piston that drives the bellow on the left (the active bellow). When the active below is compressed, the second expands, and vice versa, resulting in the movement of the liquids in the capillary. As the hours go by, the coloured liquid advances. The meniscus marks the separation point between the two liquids, indicating the hour. At 06:00, the coloured liquid moves backwards, returning to its original position in what is known as a ‘rewind’.

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What is the card that I received with my watch?

The card you received when you purchased your watch is the electronic guarantee certificate for your HYT watch.
The QR Code on the front of your card gives you access to unique and interactive content, once you have downloaded the app. This content explains the correct way to use your watch, with specific videos and texts.
The guarantee is activated upon purchase in our network of approved HYT retailers. You must present your activated guarantee card to be entitled to the guarantee.
If following your purchase you have not received a confirmation e-mail, please visit the link below. Select the market place corresponding to your mobile device. The app will ask you to scan the QR Code and enter your e-mail, in order to send you a password. By downloading this app, you will be able to contact our customer services in a single click in case of an incident or if you have any questions.

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ONCE UPON A TIME, PHILOSOPHY SET SCIENCE IN MOTION

ONCE UPON A TIME, PHILOSOPHY SET SCIENCE IN MOTION

HYT tells time’s stories and these are always tales of the unexpected. Creative tension between craftsmanship and technology generates operational and esthetic energy.

Brand Heritage

A colored liquid documents the recent past; a transparent fluid indicates the foreseeable future. Their meeting point is a meniscus, aka the now. Today HYT is an ecosystem that unites science, hi-technology, philosophy, art and design. Based in Neuchâtel, at the heart of the traditional Swiss watchmaking region, a dedicated team of 43 individuals makes liquid time real time. Their radical wristwatches harmoniously incorporate a mechanical watch movement as the trigger to the fluid propulsion. They make total sense of time – time and time again.

The rest is history. To be precise, it’s history that began 3,400 years ago with the Clepsydras, or water clocks, of the Pharaohs. These so-called “water thieves” transported H2O from one container to another to measure elapsed or “stolen” time. This meaningful visualization of the transition of time seemingly disappeared until 2012, when HYT broke new scientific ground, inventing a wristwatch integrating a patented fluidic module.