HAUTLENCE Linears Series 2

In September 2022, HAUTLENCE embarked on a new chapter in its history with the Linear Series 1. Now, the brand is set to launch the Linear Series 2 at this year's prestigious Watches & Wonders Geneva trade fair. Featuring a redesigned case with a black PVD coating that offers a stunning contrast with the coloured elements of the movement, as well as a new calibre and a unique time reading display, the Linear Series 2 model further demonstrates the brand's commitment to keep pushing boundaries.

Following on from the jumping hour disc, the half-trailing hour chain and the jumping hour that spins on a sphere, the avant-garde brand now presents a linear retrograde jumping hour. HAUTLENCE has reconnected with its DNA by pursuing its revolutionary approach to time reading, this time with an added dimension. On the left of the Linear Series 2's dial, a graduated scale resembling those used on precision measuring instruments indicates the hours using a linkage. This large, very slim linkage recalls the one used in the first movement developed by HAUTLENCE in 2004: the calibre HL. The small white pointer on its end indicates the hour on the vertical scale. Once the 12 numeral is passed, the snail disengages the probe to release the accumulated energy. The linkage then jumps and returns to the 1 numeral. In addition to the linear retrograde jumping hour, the Linear Series 2 is equipped with a flying tourbillon at 6 o'clock, whose balletic movement can be admired behind its blue skeletonised bridge.