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HYT H0 Watch Review
For 2017, Swiss HYT released the H0 collection of watches. The HYT H0 watch (which in standard written practice uses a subscript “0” so as not to have the name of the collection look like “ho”) is a visual reinterpretation of the brand’s original watch, the HYT H1 (which originally debuted in 2012). What is interesting for me to point out is that both the H0 and H1 have the same movement and are “futuristic” looking watches. With that said, each approaches futuristic design in a novel manner, and neither is arguably more futuristic than the other.To remind you, HYT began life as the ‘hydromechanical horologists.” If you don’t know what that means, that is OK. The implication here is that all HYT watches use liquid as part of the way the mechanical movements display the time. A sapphire crystal “capillary” tube system is filled with colored liquid. That liquid moves along the tube in indicating the minutes, powered
Urwerk UR-T8 Watch
For 2017, the technically inspired, avant-garde watchmaker Urwerk is releasing their Urwerk UR-T8 watch to?mark the 20th anniversary of the brand. A notable feature of the Urwerk UR-T8 is that it allows for the case to be flipped, kind of Reverso-style, to display the titanium caseback facing up while hiding/protecting the dial underneath. This design allows the wearer to change the look of the Urwerk UR-T8 on the fly between watch and “mystery object” on the wrist. Although the practical necessity of this function is questionable, it’s certainly attention-grabbing and another interesting twist from the unconventional Swiss watchmaker.It should be noted that Urwerk is calling this their first transformable watch. When the dial is hidden, the Urwerk UR-T8 offers a static, yet highly textured look that can definitely serve as a real conversation piece. If the wearer wants to revert back and show the dial, it’s only a matter of squeezing the two buttons on the side