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Hautlence HLQ Classic

Oct 30, 2011,02:17 AM

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HAUTLENCE HLQ CLASSIC

LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS, October 2011- Following the launch of the HLQ line in 2009, Neuchâtel-based
watchmaker HAUTLENCE has unveiled a sober and elegant version: the HLQ Classic.

HAUTLENCE HLQ* CLASSIC (*Q for "quantième" - French for calendar)

In 2009, HAUTLENCE created a stir by presenting its first ever round movement at Baselworld. Part of the
HL family which already included the iconic HL and HLS models, the HLQ line featured its characteristic
visual codes: jumping hours and retrograde minutes, enhanced by an instantaneous date, all within a
diameter of 44 mm.

2011 brings a touch of sobriety and elegance. HAUTLENCE is expanding its HLQ line and endowing it with
a classic air. Having explored the skeleton aesthetic, the brand has pared down the unrivalled HLQ
Classic, twinning it with distinguished, simple dials. A style which is both informal and refined, with echoes
of the HLC, the little sister of the HLQ, with its discreet elegance contained within 41 mm and exhibited at
last year's Baselworld.

The HLQ Classic line is available in 18-carat white gold (HLQ 01 Classic), 18-carat rose gold and titanium
(HLQ 05 Classic), 18-carat rose gold (HLQ 06 Classic – exhibited model) and titanium (HLQ 07 Classic and
HLQ 08 Classic).

HAUTLENCE MOVEMENT

HAUTLENCE developed and produced its own movement in 2004 for the HL and HLS lines. The HLQ is its
second in-house-developed calibre. A hand-wound mechanical movement, it incorporates the
following functions: jumping hours, retrograde minutes and instantaneous date, with a special
instantaneous calendar system guided by jewels (jewel rollers). The Neuchâtel-based brand is securing
its place in history thanks to its in-house movements and expertise.

SWISS WATCHMAKING

HAUTLENCE timepieces are created and produced with respect for the purest traditions of Swiss
watchmaking. With the exception of the straps, all the components in the HL family are developed,
produced and assembled in Switzerland - 90% of those in the canton of Neuchâtel.

EXCLUSIVITY & AVAILABILITY

As with the HL, HLS and HLC lines, the HLQ Classic line has been produced in limited editions of 88 pieces
with reference numbers. It will be available this autumn from the brand's approved retailers.

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THE MOVEMENT UP CLOSE

To preserve the link between the old hand-wound calibres and the new movement, HAUTLENCE's team
of developers worked to incorporate the existing visual codes while introducing a new gear train for
reading the time.

The round hand-wound calibre – in this configuration integrating a calendar disc – uses a gear train with
sector development coupled with a calibrated micrometric toothed gear which engages with the
minute hand axis.

This arrangement optimises the space and increases the size of the minute reading sector. The jumping
hour and retrograde minute are still controlled by the ingenious HL patented mechanism, which
combines the slide bar's translation, driven by the retraction of the snail's feeler spindle with a gold
inertia block acting as an inertia wheel and providing the energy needed to make the disc jump. For
date setting, the in-house designers have incorporated an instantaneous corrector in the shape of a
carefully positioned push-piece accessible between the lugs at 12 o'clock.

HAUTLENCE, CONTEMPORARY WATCHMAKING WORKSHOP, RUE NUMA DROZ 150, LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS

Founded in 2004, HAUTLENCE – whose name is an anagram of Neuchâtel – pays tribute to the cradle of
watchmaking. By infusing the watchmaking art with a new dynamic, the brand has earned the
recognition of watch collectors and connoisseurs.

HAUTLENCE has pushed the stylistic boundaries of traditional watchmaking, taking inspiration from the
past and incorporating its own innovative mechanical solutions borrowed from other industrial sectors to
establish new approaches to time reading. The company designs and develops its own movements in
their entirety, allowing it to produce some of its components in-house thanks to successful integration in
its Contemporary watchmaking workshop situated in the Watchmaking Metropolis.

For more information or to visit HAUTLENCE, Atelier d’horlogerie contemporaine:

HAUTLENCE
Guillaume Tetu
Rue Numa Droz 150
2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds

Technical sheet

MODEL NAME         HL Q 06 Classic

HAUTLENCE HL Q Classic in-house movement. Jumping date, Jumping hour, retrograde
minute.Manual winding mechanical movement, quick date corrector.

DISPLAY

Jumping hours, retrograde minutes and quick date.

CALIBRE

Movement description :

Jumping hours, retrograde minutes with connecting rods system.

Specific quantum system guided by jewels.

Number of components :     220

Power reserve :       40h

Regulation organ : 21600 vibrations/hour

Number of jewels :    32

Finishing :        Traditional “Côtes de Genève” and hand angled bridges

CASE

Case:            18-karat rose gold 4N

Finishing :           polished

Screwed lugs:        18-carat rose gold 4N

Dimension: diameter :     44mm / thickness : 12.5 mm

Glass:            sapphire crystal with angled edges, multi layer anti reflecting treatment.

Back:            screwed sapphire case back with stamps and officials
           engraving: “HAUTLENCE” and “Horlogerie Suisse”.

Crown:            polished with HAUTLENCE logo: 18-karat rose gold 4N.

Identification and numbering plate : HL Q 06 – 01/88

DIAL

Base dial brown opalin with HAUTLENCE’s logo hand applied. Micro-machined hours &
minutes dials, gold 4N. Jumping hour disc, semi-transparent: metallization made by a
vapour deposition process to generate the concentric bands. Hands, laser-cut profile
and polished gold 4N with superluminova arrow

Connecting rods, hand angled, linear fine brushed and gold plated 4N.

BRACELET

Brown hand sewn genuine Louisiana alligator strap with square scales.
Interchangeability lugs. Buckle: pin or folding buckle, 18-karat rose gold 4N.

ETANCHEITE

30 meters (3ATM)

EDITIONS LIMITEES

88 pieces

PACKAGING

Makassar ebony wood box containing :

. Identification and numbering plate
. Special leather travel box
. Watchmakers magnifying glass
. Instruction booklet
. Warranty card (3 years)

This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2011-11-01 14:49:56