HYT’s Flow plays with time

In HYT’s new timepiece Flow, mechanics replace electronics as the unexpected catalyst of illumination, with a proprietary new complication generating light on demand. Triggered by a pusher, a specially developed micro-generator stores and dispels the energy to activate 8 or 13 meticulously positioned LEDs. These then visibly spread light evenly across the dial, mimicking a natural wave. Two variations on the FLOW theme, both limited editions, play very different games with the emitted light. On one, a dome of 73 baguette-cut 1.7-carat diamonds dances spectacularly to rhythms derived from the 13 LEDs below it. Another execution addresses the concept of infinity through a precisely tapered vortex shape. Here the imagination is invited to visualise a revolving, apparently never-ending flow down towards the bellows, as a side-aperture welcomes the light emitted by 8 LEDs.