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HYT SA - Route des Falaises 74
2000 Neuchâtel - Switzerland
Phone + 41 32 323 27 70
www.hytwatches.com
0. Fluidic module:
To create a liquid time indicator that is compact, wearable and multi-purpose, HYT
has developed a completely new high-tech concept, using two flexible bellows at each
end of a capillary tube. The system is sealed in accordance with the most stringent
standards used in the aerospace industry, with each bellow containing immiscible
liquids. The fluidic module represents this complete system.
1. Meniscus:
The two liquids are separated by the positive and negative polarities of their respective
molecules that keep them apart like magnetic repulsion. The meniscus marks the surface
separating the liquids in the tube, indicating the time.
2. Bellows:
The bellows are the two reservoirs located at 6 o’clock. They are made of a highly
resistant, flexible electro-deposited alloy four times finer than a human hair. The
movement compresses the left-hand bellows which is emptied of its coloured liquid.
The other bellows then fills, and vice versa, moving the liquid within the capillary, and
with it the meniscus which indicates the time.
3. Capillary:
This tube, made from the best quality glass as used in the medical industry, is circular in
shape and contains two immiscible liquids. A nanometric surface treatment is applied
to this inside of the capillary, which enables the two liquids to move smoothly without
adhering to the glass.
4. Retrograde:
When the coloured liquid gets to 6 o’clock (Zone II), it switches to retrograde mode,
flowing back to its original position (Zone I).
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