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HYT unveiled the latest model in their collection, a skillful skull limited edition design called the HYT SOONOW Drop One, of which only five pieces were made
Last week, watchmakers HYT unveiled the latest model in their collection, a skillful skull limited edition design called the HYT SOONOW Drop One, an object of art as much as a timekeeper. “Limited edition” is taken to another level with the SOONOW Drop One: only five were made.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of HYT
The five-piece HYT Soonow Drop One edition had its grand debut at the opening of the “Sneaker Time” exhibition in Watches of Switzerland in New York City.
The colorful and eye-turning facade of the timepiece is a skull. The twelve numbers of a clock are written out on the outline of the skull itself. There is a side-view that is spelled out by drilling.
The dial has a blue and purple color combination, with 313 18-karat yellow gold pins and 937 high-precision perforations.
The eye sockets are green, with lacquered neon orange on their outlines, as well as those of the nose and mouth openings. One eye socket has a power reserve disc in green, orange and black. The other eye features the words “SOON” and “NOW”, to remind us all of our time’s brevity. Two partially visible, multi-layer bellows inject energy into the timepiece’s system.
About The HYT SOONOW Drop One
Functions
– Black fluidic hours (inverted liquids)
– Seconds, power reserve
Case
– Stainless steel and satin finishes
– Diameter: 48.8 mm
– Height: 20.08 mm
– Stainless steel screw-down crown
– Domed sapphire crystal; intra-material HYT logo and engraved hour indication
– Screwed case-back, with sapphire crystal, “one of five” decal
– Water-resistant to 50 meters.
HYT’s Exclusive Patented Micro-Fluidic Module
– Borosilicate glass capillary tube with nano-coating interior, bent into a new shaped form
– Multi-layer metal bellows
– Two immiscible liquids; one transparent, the other one colored with a highly resistant dye
– Thermal compensator with dedicated bellows and specific liquid
– High-tech ceramic fluid restrictors
Movement
– Mechanical with manual winding, exclusive caliber
– 28,800 Vph, 4 HZ, 35 jewels
– Hand-bevelled bridges adorned with Cotes de Geneve
– 65-hour power reserve
Interface
– Transmission between movement and fluidic module by conversion of rotation into linear movement using a cam-follower system
– Isostatic connection of the fluidic system guaranteed by a trident
Dial
– Blue-purple anodized titanium dial, 937 perforations
– Hour markers with numerals written in full around the side of the dial
– 313 gold pins (18-carat)
– Green Super-LumiNova® rail under the capillary
– Polymer teeth
– Seconds indicator disc (left eye) with “SOON” and “NOW” pattern
– Power reserve indicator (right eye)
– Orange lacquer outline around the eye, nose and mouth openings
Strap
Black rubber, titanium folding buckle
Product Reference
H02239; Limited edition of 5 pieces
For more on HYT, visit
www.HYTwatches.com.
Adrienne Faurote
Haute Time
As a former New Yorker, now a “Miamian,” Adrienne Faurote joined Haute Living in August of 2021. She currently serves as the Haute Media Group Editor-in-Chief, overseeing all editorial platforms within the Haute Media Group while also maintaining her role as Fashion, Jewelry & Watch Director. Prior to her position at Haute Living, Faurote was the Market Editor at Marie Claire Magazine US, amassing over ten years in the industry, becoming an authoritative voice in all things fashion, jewelry, and watches.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of HYT