HYSEK – ABYSS 44mm Chronographe

HYSEK – ABYSS 44mm Chronographe Automatic Titanium 2019

ABYSS
"Two new proposals as sporty as elegant"

In Brief:
The Abyss collection has found a special place in the heart of enthusiast. After the success of its 2014 makeover including blue electric or orange and blue compositions, the Hysek brand is back with two new proposals for its sports line.
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Black and yellow, this new combination is inspired by powerful and nerve-shifting sports. The double yellow marking line is made of veal marquetry. Unique and highly specialized technique consisting in assembling very carefully different pieces of leather according to a precise and seamless pattern. This technique is at the service of a contemporary approach confirming the taste of Hysek for the diversion of know-how to its DNA. The color code is then transferred to the dial, reinforcing the sporty look of the piece.

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Dressed « sur mesure » of purple and black, all in elegance, this chronograph tends to impose itself as a staple in the men's wardrobe. Last visible color of the chromatic spectrum, the violet is here associated with black, for a rendering that offers a deep and inspired perception. The bracelet here offers an original composition, alternating between alligator and calf.

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Made in Titanium, the case is characterized by its bezel encrusted with a sapphire disk, all firmly secured by a set of six three-point screws, also become a signature aesthetic Hysek. The comfort offered by the lightness of the material is reinforced by the system of pivoting horns which gives the user a great freedom of movement.

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The Abyss line has become a reference in sports watches of this new generation. A powerful design, useful complications in everyday life, nerve lines, a robust box: the piece quickly became one of the pillars of the 100% independent manufacture.

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The Abyss 44mm Chronograph is animated by a Swiss Made automatic movement clocked at 28,800 VpH, offering 42 hours of autonomy. Date at 3 o'clock, small seconds at 9 o'clock, the 30-minute counter is at 12 o'clock and the 12 o'clock counter at 6 o'clock. These last two are enhanced by a diamond bevelled edge to underline the reading of the function.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  ABYSS 44mm Chronographe

Ref. AB4402T16 - Titanium 44mm Black
Ref. AB4402T15- Titanium 44mm Velvet


MOVEMENT
Automatic
Mechanical
Hour, minute & second
Chronograph
Date at 3 o’clock
    • 170 components
    • 25 jewels
    • Autonomy 42h
    • Frequency 28’800 VpH 
CASE
Round shape
Titanium
Ø 44 mm x W14 mm
Sapphire bezel
Swivel lugs
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflection
Water resistance 30 metres
DIAL
Multi-level dial

• Black and Yellow
• Velvet

Date window at 3’ o clock
Small seconds at 9 o'clock,
30-minute counter is at 12 o'clock and the 12 o'clock counter at 6 o'clock.
STRAP
Hysek fold-over buckle
Bracelet in leather

PRICE
Black and Yellow - 8 185,00 CHF
Velvet - 8 725,00 CHF

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HYSEK – IO Double Orbitale Automatic Manufacture

HYSEK – IO Double Orbitale Automatic Manufacture Rose Gold & Titanium - Collection 2019

IO
« Hysek sends time into orbit – twice »

The Hysek IO Double Orbitale marks a resurgence of the firm’s creative fibre at its best.

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A new, fully manufacture-made movement has allowed Hysek to create a display that’s literally revolutionary, with both minutes and seconds travelling in orbit. Simply breath-taking.

 

In brief

The Double Orbitale is the latest addition to Hysek’s IO collection, based on a fully manufacture-made movement: the HW63 caliber.

The hours are displayed in a window at 12 o’clock, while the minutes and seconds appear on an orbital display, resulting in the watch’s name – “Double Orbitale”.

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The minutes are displayed in a module that completes a full revolution around the dial. This orbital module includes a central hand that points inwards to the minute display: this takes the form of two semi-circles showing minutes 05 to 25 and 35 to 55: the time shown on the photo is thus 23.25.

The seconds are embedded within the minutes module itself. They are marked out by a smaller, more discreet hand, positioned beneath the minutes hand and pointing to another semi-circular display.

The piece comes in four configurations, combining a case in titanium or rose gold with either of two dial variations.

In detail

Reinventing tradition; disruptive creativity; unashamedly contemporary aesthetics – never have so many superlatives been in order in the field of mechanical watchmaking. The fact is that there are few ‘creations’ really deserving of the term; such watches must ‘create’ a genuinely new horological artefact: a complication, a display, a material, or some other, similar ‘creation’.

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Hysek has pulled off such a feat more than once, notably with the Colossal, unveiled last year: the first perpetual calendar in the world to use only rollers. This year, the brand’s done it again with the IO Double Orbitale.

One creation, two revolutions

Hysek is one of the last remaining fully-independent manufactures, and as such enjoys complete stylistic and technical freedom – as its new IO Double Orbitale amply demonstrates. It is indeed an authentic watchmaking ‘creation’, featuring an unprecedented dual orbital display for both minutes and seconds.

For this new timepiece, powered by the HW63 manufacture caliber, the minutes display is not powered from the centre: instead, it rotates around the inner edge of the bezel in a module mounted on an external arc, linked to a gear arrangement concealed beneath the bezel. This puts the module in orbit around the outside of the dial, guided by the gear system.

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Within the module itself, a broad openwork hand marks out the minutes by pointing towards two central arcs featuring graduations from 05 to 25 and from 35 to 55. True Hysek connoisseurs will spot that the arcs are fixed to the dial at the 1, 5, 7, and 11 positions on the hour track – a nod to one of the firm’s signature touches.

Embedded seconds

The seconds module is embedded within the minutes module, which thus form a single unit. They rotate around the dial together: hence the “Double Orbitale” name of this IO.

The seconds are shown by a hand located beneath the minutes hand. This sweeps over another semi-circular section featuring engraved markers. From a technical point of view, the seconds satellite is geared to the revolutions of the minutes satellite, multiplying them to indicate the seconds.

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The piece also features 24 jumping hours at twelve o’clock – another Hysek speciality. The window displaying them opens onto a surface coated with Super-LumiNova, making it easy to read the skeletonised hours at any time of day or night.

One piece, four finishes

From an aesthetic point of view, the design of the minutes and seconds module recalls the bridge used on Hysek’s Kilada line. Previously, this contemporary design also inspired the first tourbillon bridges, when Hysek originally began to develop this kind of complication. It has now become another of the firm’s hallmarks.

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The dial will come in two versions that reveal the movement: one openwork, another made from sapphire crystal, bearing a laser engraving of a motif already used by the firm on its IO Manufacture – a stylised representation of a graphite molecule.

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The timepiece will be available in the second quarter of 2019, on offer with a 43-millimetre titanium or rose gold case, and fitted with the integrated HW63 manufacture caliber – boasting a 56-hour power reserve and a total of 265 components.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  IO Double Orbitale 43mm Automatic Manufacture

Ref. IO4305R02 - 18K Rose Gold 43mm 
Ref. IO4305T02- Titanium 43mm


MOVEMENT
Hysek HW63 calibre
Type Self-winding mechanical
Automatic Mechanical
Micro-rotor on the back side
Circular brushed Decoration
265 components
65 jewel
Power Reserve 50 hours
Frequency 28,800 vph
Jumping Hours at 12 o’clock
Orbitale Minutes & Seconds, Date
CASE
Round shape
18K rose gold or Titanium
Ø 43 mm x W10 mm
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflection
Water resistance 30 metres
DIAL
Sapphire or Skeletonized dial
Date window at 12’ o clock

• Jumping Hours at 12 o’clock
• Orbitale Minutes & Seconds

STRAP
Hysek fold-over buckle
Interchangeable Bracelet

Price - Price on Request

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HYSEK – IO Automatic Manufacture

HYSEK – IO Automatic Manufacture Rose Gold & Titanium - Collection 2018

Hysek’s ode to simplicity

Simply put, IO Automatic Manufacture is the name of Hysek’s new basic caliber – an automatic with three hands. Its apparent simplicity actually took several years to develop; its mechanical ingenuity will allow it to be used as a foundation for the firm’s forthcoming collections.

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Hysek has built up its brand notoriety around grandes complications and the art of extreme skeletonization. Today, the firm has moved into a field that is wholly new for it: the simplicity of a three-hand caliber.

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This new exercise for Hysek comes in response to demand from collectors keen to extend their collections by including timepieces dedicated to everyday uses. That represented quite a challenge for the manufacture: creating a timepiece with the same level of technology and finish as the collections that have earned the brand its reputation – without any additional flourishes or complications.

A highly creative dial

The result is the new IO Automatic Manufacture. The timepiece displays the hours and minutes and features a small seconds hand at 6 o’clock, along with the firm’s signature hallmarks: large, luminous, spear-shaped hands; hour markers at 1, 5, 7, and 11 o’clock only; and highly stylised Arabic numerals – applied on a dial featuring especially intricate motifs.

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These motifs draw inspiration from graphite. Its hexagonal molecule, interlinked by a three-way bond, forms a honeycomb pattern whose use here is unique in the world of watchmaking. The IO Automatic Manufacture’s dial thus provides both relief and depth, catching the light in constantly changing fashion.

Unmistakeable detailing

Experienced collectors will also notice the work done on the lugs. These are made in-house, formed from a solid block. They come in several types of finish (polished, satin, and sand-blasted), providing a degree of creativity rarely seen for this positioning. The same is true of the movement, visible from the rear: each of the components is individually finished, with polishing, rounded angles, pearling, and so on.

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Lastly, Hysek has chosen to add a lug infill on its new IO to match the timepiece’s four different types (gold or titanium, 41mm or 43mm). The straps are fitted with spring bars, allowing them to be changed quickly with no tools required.

The simple complexity of the HW31 caliber

As for the movement itself, the IO Automatic Manufacture is powered by a real in-house caliber: indeed, with the exception of the spring, the anchor, and the barrel spring, the movement is fully manufacture made. Sporting a total of 145 components, the production and finishes have been optimised to allow a starting price for the finished timepiece of CHF 10,000.

The result is Hysek’s so-called “basic” caliber – a foundational movement for the manufacture, on which it can build multiple collections in the years ahead, adding complications as appropriate. It has taken all of Hysek’s expertise to build this caliber; like all in-house movements, it uses none of the commonest watchmaking shortcuts.

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For instance, its winding mechanism uses a micro-rotor rather than a complete oscillating weight. The micro-rotor is an art mastered by Hysek and used on most of its creations; ensuring it performs as well as a traditional rotor is a particularly delicate feat of watchmaking.

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This feat is very much in evidence here. The micro-rotor is made from a heavy metal, allowing the IO Automatic Manufacture to boast a power reserve when fully wound of up to 62 hours, despite taking up only a very small space within the movement. This allows the latter to be slimmer, whilst also accommodating the large barrel required for this kind of duration. The micro-rotor will also enable Hysek to leave space in the movement for modular or integrated complications to be added. In short, the IO Automatic Manufacture is a timepiece with a promising future, opening up a new creative era for Hysek.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  IO 45mm Automatic Manufacture

Ref. IO4329R01 - 18K Rose Gold 43mm


MOVEMENT
Hysek HW31 calibre
Type Self-winding mechanical
Automatic Mechanical
Hour, Minute & Second
Micro-rotor on the back side
Small second at 6 o’clock
145 components
32 jewel
Power Reserve 62 hours ± 3 hours
Frequency 28,800 vph
CASE
Dimensions

• Ø 43 mm x W10 mm
• Ø 41 mm x W9.5 mm

Round shape
18K rose gold or Titanium
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflection
Water resistance 30 metres
DIAL
Featuring a honeycomb pattern inspired by the graphite molecule
Small second at 6 o’clock
STRAP
Leather strap
Deployment clasp

Price -  $ 37'644 US


Available versions:
Ref. IO4129R01 - 18K Rose Gold & Ref. IO4129T01- Titanium 41mm


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HYSEK – FURTIF Chronograph Grande Date Titanium-Gold Edition

HYSEK – FURTIF Chronograph Grande Date Titanium & Gold Limited Edition

GRAPHIC Time

One of Hysek’s showpieces, the column-wheel chronograph - created, developed and assembled in-house - has made a strong comeback with a new dial that underscore the strong character of this Furtif.

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Its HW4057 calibre, comprising 416 components, represents the noblest interpretation of the chronograph with a column wheel to coordinate its functions.

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Its automatic winding is no longer assigned to an oscillating classical turning point mass, but to a micro-rotor integrated into the movement structure itself.

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Mastering their classics, the developers of the Manufacture have increased the power of micro-rotor winding combining the one visible on the dial to the one present on the back of the watch.

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This calibre, entirely finished by hand, is located in the heart of a titanium and rose gold case, with mobile lugs for better ergonomics and adorned with a sapphire glass screwed into four points to maximize its readability. All very architecturally, it reveals the power of an avant-gardiste, intensely urban watch.

Models available in various versions:

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Fluid and present on the wrist, this timepiece can be worn in a relaxing way on hand-sewn alligator strap, closed by a double security fold-over buckle developed exclusively by Hysek Manufacture.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  FURTIF Chronograph Grande Date Edition

Ref. FU4422B03

MOVEMENT
Hysek Calibre HW4057
Automatic Mechanical
Glucydur balance
22K Gold micro-rotor on dial side
Côte de Genève finishing
⦁Chronograph with 2 times column wheel
⦁Small second at 9 o’clock
⦁45min-counter at 3 o’clock
416 components
49 jewels
Power Reserve 45hours ± 3h
Frequency 28,800 vph 
CASE
Dimensions : Ø 44mm x H51mm x W16.6mm
Titanium and 18k rose gold
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflection
Water resistance 30 metres
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflection
Sunburst metalized back sapphire crystal
DIAL
Multi-level dial, golden indexes
STRAP
Alligator strap
Deployment clasp with double security

Limited Edition of 30 watches

Price on request

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HYSEK – IO Skeleton Central Tourbillon Edition

HYSEK – IO Skeleton Central Tourbillon Gold 45mm Limited Edition

IO SKELETON CENTRAL TOURBILLON:
EVEN MORE LIGHT AND TRANSLUCENCE

The new IO Skeleton Central Tourbillon features an entirely different design compared to its predecessor, further highlighting its Central Tourbillon. In this new, limited edition of just 88 pieces, skeletonisation and transparency take pride of place, benefiting from innovative metallisation and openwork techniques.

Hysek continues to transcend the art of watchmaking, taking it to whole new levels of ingenuity and audacity, accompanied by all the technical and aesthetic skills its independent status gives it the freedom to deploy. The new IO Skeleton Central Tourbillon embodies this ongoing ascent.

The HW22 caliber with which the piece is fitted allows the central tourbillon to remain at the heart of its identity. Hysek also painstakingly searched for the perfect way to arrange the hours and minutes around it; indeed, very few watches feature layouts around a central tourbillon, and even fewer use a flying tourbillon do so. Add to that the facts that the piece is fitted with jumping hours and boasts a skeletonised assembly, and one is left wondering who else apart from Hysek would be capable of pulling off such a feat.

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The central tourbillon is the dominant feature in the composition, and very much sets the tone of the piece. Fully visible, without any obstacles, it is hand-finished and features a “flying” design – this means it has a cage held in place only by its lower bridge, with no upper bridge. Being supported only from below gives the impression of it floating in thin air, hence the adjective “flying”. This rare, authentic Haute Horlogerie complication adds a sense of lightness to the piece, further enhanced by the skeletonisation of the plate.

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This exercise in skeletonisation has also been extended to the entire movement. Not satisfied with simply making the components openwork, Hysek has redesigned their shape and location in order to have a caliber that leaves as much room as possible for light to shine through, resulting in a completely new arrangement. Adopting the same approach to the final aesthetic appearance, Hysek has also designed hours and minutes discs that feature their own special openwork, revealing a movement that has been refined to its simplest expression.

An intuitive tiered time display

A tiered time display is arranged around this flying tourbillon. The time is read intuitively, even as the user’s gaze is naturally drawn towards the tourbillon. The hours window is displayed at 12 o’clock, and denoted by a luminous triangle, the bottom of which opens out naturally towards the minutes. A second luminous marker indicates the 60 minutes as they pass by in rotation. Here again, one’s gaze is constantly drawn down and to the right, to the tourbillon, as it marks out the seconds in a mesmerising, airborne ballet.

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The architecture of this composition is unique – not only for Hysek, but probably in watchmaking as a whole. Not only that, the hours and minutes discs are fully skeletonised. In an unusual approach, the figures used do not rest on a translucent surface. Instead, they have been cut out one by one, and are literally suspended in mid-air, held in place only at the top. The hours disc is rotated by the outer rim of the piece, while the minutes ring is held in place by the four golden arms forming the structure of the watch. Connoisseurs of the manufacture will recognise their hallmark positioning at 1, 5, 7 and 11 o’clock – Hysek’s own four cardinal points, used in the layout of most of its creations. To further aid time-telling, Hysek has added still another touch: each figure is coated with blocks of SuperLumiNova, each individually moulded to the nearest micron. The result is a far cry from standard-fare luminous coating added as an additional layer: the technique uses face-fixed blocks, which are denser and produce far better brightness.

A dynamic finish showcasing the central tourbillon

For this limited edition of just 88 watches, Hysek has developed an exclusive finish. The aim is to enhance and amplify the tourbillon movement, the entire focus of this new IO. The upper sapphire crystal is decorated with a circular metallisation pattern that appears to emanate directly from the tourbillon, thus heightening its visual impact. To maximise the effect, Hysek has also removed the micro-rotor from its caliber, offering the most unobstructed view possible of the skeletonisation.

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At 12 o’clock, Hysek has crafted a bespoke blue section, providing a backdrop against which the minutes stand out in excellent contrast. To maintain a coherent style effect, the same blue is also to be found on each of the 14 blue-tinted screws visible on the dial, in the finest Haute Horlogerie tradition, as well as being used for the “Hysek” name.

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The new IO Tourbillon Central Squelette is 45 millimetres in diameter, boasts a 42-hour power reserve, and comes in an 18-carat rose gold case featuring three-clawmark lugs, one of the manufacturer’s signature touches.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  IO 45mm Skeleton Central Tourbillon Edition

Ref. IO4527R04

MOVEMENT
Hysek Calibre HW22
Manual Mechanical
Central flying tourbillon
Hour & minute
24-hour jumping hours
Circular satin-finish decoration
316 components
65 jewels
Power Reserve 45 hours ± 3 hours
Frequency 28,800 vph 
CASE
Dimensions : Ø 45mm x E12mm
Round shape
18k rose gold
Water resistance 30m
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflection
Sunburst metalized back sapphire crystal
DIAL
Skeletonised dial,
skeletonised hours and minutes discs, SLN block figures
STRAP
Alligator strap
Deployment clasp

Limited Edition of 88 watches

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HYSEK – IO 45mm Skeleton Tourbillon “Joaillerie d’Art”

HYSEK – IO 45mm Skeleton Tourbillon “Joaillerie d’Art” Rose Gold – Unique Piece

SIHH 2018

HYSEK UNVEILS ‘SKELETONISED JEWEL-SETTING’ WITH A UNIQUE PIECE: THE “IO TOURBILLON JOAILLERIE D’ART”

Hysek has already taken the art of skeletonisation to extremes. Now, the firm has unveiled a unique jewellery watch that also incorporates skeletonisation, thus laying the foundations for a whole new form of watchmaking art: skeletonised jewel-setting.

The Hysek manufacture has always devoted equal amounts of attention to the technical and aesthetic aspects of its craft. As one of the last remaining fully-independent Fine Watchmaking manufactures, it has asserted its own particular aesthetics ever since its earliest days; the brand has constantly made use of high-flying complications such as the tourbillon, double tourbillon, perpetual calendar, chronograph, and large date, combining them with a characteristic and imposing style.

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One of the distinctive features of this Hysek style soon proved to be its new approach to skeletonisation. Not only have movement components been skeletonised to the very limits of their functional strength; the brand has revisited and redesigned the movement itself, reducing it to its lightest possible expression.

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Rather than merely fashioning openings and engravings, the challenge thus involves taking a fresh, in-depth look at the actual structure of each and every skeletonised movement. The result has been the birth of an ethereal breed of watchmaking, suffused with light – and timepieces that are quite simply radiant.

Jewellers spurred on by watchmakers

This skeletonisation did, however, raise another challenge when it came to jewel-setting: pavé diamond insets absorb the light rather than letting it through. And so Hysek has adapted its setting techniques. The aim is to “open up” the diamonds, restoring their absolute transparency and further heightening their sparkle. To do so, the manufacture has drawn inspiration from its work on skeletonisation.

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Not content with simply adjusting the way the diamonds were held in place, Hysek has decided to redesign the whole setting structure, using the same approach as that taken for its skeleton movements.

Art Jewellery, the Hysek way

The result is a concealed setting that is even more sophisticated than the traditional version: not only does it hides the supports themselves, it also leaves the lower parts of each diamond visible, allowing the light to shine unrestrainedly through the baguette diamonds, creating an iridescent sparkle that bathes the entire watch in glory – behold the IO 45 mm Skeleton Tourbillon “Joaillerie d’Art”.

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To highlight this effect, Hysek has covered the dial of its creation with no fewer than three different containers holding a total of 156 baguette diamonds on three different levels, allowing the set jewels to encompass every contour of the HW14 manufacture caliber. Light shines through the sapphire caseback, illuminating the flange, diffused through the bezel, and reflecting off the diamond-covered dial – creating a dazzle of light unimpeded by the slightest obstacle.

An exceptional, unique timepiece

For the time being, the IO 45 mm Skeleton Tourbillon “Joaillerie d’Art” is a unique piece, designed to present the ‘skeletonised jewel setting’ concept. From the watchmaking point of view, Hysek has kept all the main properties of the original manufacture movement. The HW14 caliber is manual wind, dispensing with the need for an oscillating weight – another encumbrance that would have been unsuitable for the IO Skeleton Tourbillon.

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The calibre has just 164 components and is fully hand-decorated. Nothing is left to chance in achieving its aesthetic balance. The barrel is located at 7 o’clock, the tourbillon at 11 o’clock. This asymmetrical layout – one of the manufacture’s iconic characteristics – makes a decisive contribution to the IO’s style here, being both unique in watchmaking and overwhelmingly distinctive.

Hysek’s iconic 1, 5, 7, and 11 hour markers are all drawn on the inside flange of a bezel-set baguette diamond. The lugs (applied, as befits watchmaking of the highest standard) are also set with baguette diamonds, while the crown is set with six stones plus a seventh rose-cut stone on the tip. In all, the IO 45 mm Skeleton Tourbillon boasts a total of 17.47 carats.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  IO 45mm Skeleton Tourbillon “Joaillerie d’Art”

SETTING
537 baguette-cut diamonds 
17.47 carats

MOVEMENT
Hysek Calibre HW14
Manual Mechanical
Skeleton tourbillon
Hour & minute
Rose des Vents decoration
164 components
17 jewels
Autonomy 77h +/- 3h
Frequency 28’800 VpH
CASE
Dimensions : Ø 45mm x E11.4mm
Round shape
18k rose gold
Water resistance 30m
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflection
Sunburst metalized back sapphire crystal 
STRAP
Bracelet in alligator
Hysek fold-over buckle

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