A unique way of looking at time
Hautlence has adapted the wandering hour mechanism invented in the 18th century for a contemporary timepiece that eschews the traditional hands to display time. The mechanism is powered by an automatic calibre with 3-day power reserve.
What you find on the dial instead are four discs – three for the hour display and a central minute disc. The hour discs are positioned around the continuously rotating minute disc with its numerals arranged across a 240° sector for precision.
To tell time, look for the number on display on one of the hour discs and the minute numeral directly next to it. Meantime, a new hour numeral will appear 15 minutes before it happens. When it is the new hour, the minute numerals “00” will appear next to the new hour numeral, while the old hour numeral will be aligned with “60”. The old hour numeral will disappear 15 minutes into the new hour. This creates a mesmerising circular dance, adding another worthy chapter to the Hautlence narrative of creating interesting ways to read time.
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