HAUTLENCE, PINK GOLD SKELETONIZED JUMP HOUR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE MINUTES, REF. HL02, NO. 22/88

CIRCA: 2008
CASE MATERIAL: 18K pink gold
DIAMETER: 45.5 mm. wide, 51 mm. overall length
STRAP MATERIAL: This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. Upon sale, this watch will be supplied to the buyer with a calf leather strap (not shown)
DIAL: Skeletonized black and silvered
MOVEMENT: Manual
FUNCTIONS: Jump hours, retrograde minutes
CALIBER: HL02
WITH: 18K pink gold Hautlence buckle

+ This lot is subject to standard Swiss VAT rules and 7.7% VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and the ‘buyer’s premium’

Ψ This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. Upon sale, this watch will be supplied to the buyer with a black leather strap.

This lot is subject to standard Swiss VAT rules and 7.7% VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and the ‘buyer’s premium’
This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. Upon sale, this watch will be supplied to the buyer with a black leather strap.

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The present watch is no. 22 of a limited edition of 88 examples.

Hautlence was founded by the three friends, Renaud de Retz, Guillaume Tetu and François Quentin, the name an anagram of the Swiss town Neuchâtel where the brand is located.

The watches are fitted with a manual winding regulator movement developed by the Hautlence College, the dimensions of the large and slightly domed cases represent the 16:9 ratio of a television screen, measuring 43.5 mm. in length, 37 mm. in height and a thickness of 10.5 mm.

Most notable are the innovative mechanics of the watch, consisting of an unusual and innovative system driving the hour disc. The time is read on a double device consisting of a jumping hour display and retrograde minutes. The intriguing pivoted rod, reminiscent of steam trains, is driving the jumping hour disc. As soon as the minute hand reaches 60, a device activated by a central cam provokes the end of the rod to arm a small spring with an inertia block which, in turn, drives the rotation of the hour disc.