Friday, December 26, 2014

HAUTLENCE – Concepts d'exception HL2.5 Black and Red
















HAUTLENCEConcepts d'exception HL2.5 Black and Red Limited Edition NEW

THE NEW INTERPRETATION OF HL2.0 IN DRAMATIC BLACK AND RED

HAUTLENCE is introducing an exciting new version of its revolutionary HL2.0 collection with a trend-setting model sporting a black DLC-coated grade 5 titanium case and horns with red varnish detail on the signature jumping hours.

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Alternating sand-blasted, satin-brushed and hand-polished finishes, the HL2.5 is the fifth in the collection which marked the second generation of HAUTLENCE watches. It retains all the characteristics that contributed to establishing HAUTLENCE amongst the most prestigious contemporary watchmaking brands, while now appearing in a new, super lightweight 49g case.

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Like its predecessors in the HL2.0 collection, and faithful to the brand’s fundamental concept of offering a different way of reading time, the HL2.5 model displays half-trailing jumping hours, retrograde minutes and a power-reserve indicator. All are 28-piece limited editions.

Three patents for an exceptional timepiece

The HL 2.5 naturally benefits from the collection’s set of three patents. The first concerns the half-trailing hours chain (as opposed to an instant system that is too fast to appreciate, or a dragging system that cannot be read correctly between the hours): every 60 minutes the chain advances in 3-4 seconds without jumps or loss of energy, making it possible to admire the beauty of the movement and its mechanisms in action.

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The second patent relates to the regulating organ integrated into the mobile bridge movement. Its constantly changing position, driven by the display, compensates statistically for the effects of gravity, thus enhancing its precision.

The third patent covers the operation of the movement's two barrels. The main barrel is wound by the automatic system and transmits the energy needed to wind a second barrel that is devoted exclusively to driving the complication. It is kept fully wound by the main barrel to ensure that an optimal level of energy is available to change each hour. This means the complex systems are powered independently without affecting the precision of the watch.

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Technical Specifications

Collection: Concepts d'exception

Model:  HL2.5 Black and Red Limited Edition of 28 Pieces

HAUTLENCE HL2.0 in-house calibre including gear train and automatic winding system.
Half-trailing hours displayed by a chain, retrograde minutes, mobile bridge-type calibre.

CALIBRE
Calibre description :
2 barrels : one finishing barrel (power reserve for the entire watch calibre including power for the second barrel) and a complication barrel.

Hours displayed by a 12-link chain hinged on a pallet system. The speed regulator ensures that the hours display changes in a controlled and jerk-free manner in 3-4 seconds instead of instantly. It completes 48 revolutions at each hour change. Hours system activated by a one-revolution mechanism mainly composed of a connecting rod and a rack.

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Mobile bridge-type calibre comprising the regulating organ and rotating through 60° at each change of hour.
Movement kinematics featuring 90° changes of direction by means of special bevelled gears.

Automatic calibre with oscillating weight in 18-carat white gold.

This innovative calibre is protected by 3 HAUTLENCE patents.

    Dimensions : 37.8 x 33.2 x 12.35 mm
    Manufacturing technology : multi-axis micro-machining, wire EDM. LIGA photolithography
    Number of components : 552
    Power reserve : 45 hours
    Regulating organ : 18,000 vibrations/hour
    Number of jewels : 92
    Finishing: fine-watchmaking type (satin-brushed, hand-drawn, hand-bevelled, ruthenium-anthracite coating and mirror-polished steel elements)
    Identification and numbering plate: HL2.5 X/28.
CASE
    Case : grade 5 titanium
    Horns : grade 5 titanium, screw-in
    Crown : polished grade 5 titanium with micro-machined HAUTLENCE logo
    Glass : 3 three-dimensional sapphire crystals, scratch-resistant, produced by multi-axis grinding
    Alternating finishes : sand-blasting, satin-brushing and hand polishing
    Horn and case-back screws : titanium
    Dimensions : 50 mm x 42 mm x 17.8 mm
    Weight: 49 grams.
DISPLAY
    Hours, retrograde minutes and power-reserve indicator.
DIAL
    Upper sapphire dial face : luminescent white minutes and hour-markers
    Lower sapphire dial face : rhodium (chrome) metallization, red transfer and black varnish-coated opaque zone
    Hour-markers: red varnish-coated metal plate and luminescent white varnish-coated hours numerals
    Minutes hand : rhodium galvanic plating with luminescent white tip
    Power-reserve hand : steel with red varnish-coated indicator
WATER RESISTANCE
    3 ATM
STRAP
    Straps : Brown and black hand-sewn rolled-edge Louisiana alligator leather, large square scales
    Black Caoutchouc
    Interchangeability spring bar
    Folding clasp : titanium

Press Release
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Contact us for any further information:
Guillaume Tetu, CEO and Co-founder - g.tetu@hautlence.com
Caroline Büchler, Marketing & Communication Manager - c.buechler@hautlence.com
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