HYT | Hastroid

Announced in December, the Neuchâtel-based brand is making a comeback by presenting Hastroid, a timepiece designed to meet new expectations. Its case is shaped from the most modern or contemporary high-quality materials: titanium, titanium and carbon or an innovative alloy of stabilized bronze and carbon, a contact point between ancient times and the aspirations of the future.

Custom-made for new adventures, the multi-layer case middle presents subtle openwork, while the overall sandwich-type construction of the watch, which is water-resistant to 50 metres with a central protective titanium case for movement, enables optimal handling of the missions assigned to this new spacecraft.

Like a flight deck, the watch is topped by domed sapphire crystal offering a largely unobstructed view of the overall dial. The centrepiece of the meca-fluidic mechanism naturally remains fluid system, with two central “bellow” reservoirs and the capillary surrounding the dial.

The coloured fluid it contains performs the function of indicating the retrograde hours. The components of the manual winding mechanical movement reveal themselves subtly through openwork craftsmanship on the dial base or mainplate.

Detailed work went into improving the readability of the dial and it thus features a large central pointed hand for immediate readings of the minutes, whereas the two subdials arranged like dashboard instruments provide additional information, with small seconds on one side and the power reserve on the other.

This same concern for clarity and readability led to special work on the luminescence to make the Hastroid bright even in the deepest darkest depths of outer space.

There are four versions of the new Hastroid, with only 27 to be produced of each. For its launch, HYT has developed special colour ranges with new shades, particularly an iconic green. For this “Green Nebula” model, the distinctive shade of the time indications and the fluid, accentuated by the rubber and embossed Alcantara strap, creates a striking contrast with the black carbon and titanium case.