HW15 Skeleton Tourbillon

HW15 Skeleton Tourbillon

MOVEMENT

- Hysek Calibre HW15
- Manual Mechanical, hour & minute
- Skeleton tourbillon
- Flying tourbillon 1rd/minute
- 172 components,
- 17 jewels
- Autonomy 48h
- Frequency 28’800 VpH

The movement boasts 172 components, individually designed and skeletonised to ensure they exude quintessential balance, both functionally and visually. The bevelling, in particular on the many angles, is an outstanding feat of fine watchmaking finishing.

The art of ultra skeletonisation, devised by Hysek, initially focused on combining a tourbillon with skeletoning: outstanding examples include the Verdict Skeleton Double Tourbillon and IO Skeleton Tourbillon lines, in 2014.

Presented in the Furtif collection, this Skeleton Tourbillon has been reborn, with this new version pushing the boundaries of the concept still further. It’s one of the delightful paradoxes of the Hysek manufacture, and at the same time its great strength: each timepiece is designed to be a crowning achievement. The Furtif Skeleton Tourbillon presented at Baselworld 2016 includes a number of Hysek developments, taken to extremes never before achieved. Only the barest essentials of the movement are left, with each of the remaining components reduced to its simplest expression.

Skeleton Tourbillon model revealed the central themes of what was to become one of Hysek’s style hallmarks: displaying the entire anatomy of its manufacture calibres, creating the impression of a movement driven by little more than a few gears.