Top watch collectors:HYT H1 Full Gold Watch replica is coming!

I sort of would have liked a matching gold buckle, but that would have actually unduly added to the price which, while high, needs to stay sort of reasonable given the market position and demographic of this watch. I think HYT made the right decision in mixing in 18k rose gold and value into this price equation.
Having an all-gold watch like this is sort of contradictory because the tenants upon which brands like HYT were formed tend to either reject or re-think the foundation of what makes a luxury watch. In the past, luxury watches were defined by conservative classic looks, using conservative and classic precious materials. In fact, "gold-colored" watches have become good enough that if one didn't know better they might simply believe this is a PVD-coated gold cheap replica watches under $50, even though HYT would never do anything of the sort given the nature of the brand. In an age when titanium, ceramic, carbon, and resins are used just as much as gold and platinum, does it feel odd to have an ultra-modern item like the H1 produced in a material that most people associate with the most conservative high-end watches from brands like Rolex and Patek Philippe?Lume fans will be interested to see this watch in the dark.

On the wrist, you immediately feel the gold heft of this reference 148-PG-15-NF-AG HYT H1 Full Gold watch. With that said, the finishing is very subdued, with mostly brushed surfaces. With all that said, this HYT H1 "Full Gold" is, I believe, the first fully gold-cased version of the H1. In a way, it is like when Richard Mille produces a watch with a sapphire crystal case that some people might think is plastic simply given the look from a distance. While HYT has used a variety of liquid colors in the past such as green, red, blue, and more... cheap wtches the HYT H1 Full Gold uses black colored liquid. Of course, the HYT H1 Full Gold has a perfect 18k rose gold look to it, but it is just that so several fashion brands have come along with merely "toned" watches that people these days are forced to ask "is that real gold?"With a watch whose case has been rendered in everything from titanium to resin filled with beach sand, how does the HYT H1 fare in solid gold?
HYT does an excellent job of making this gold watch feel surprisingly sporty and cool versus conservative or stuffy - then again, what else would you expect from the hydromechanical horologists? HYT has produced versions of the H1 with gold parts in the past, but here we get a full 18k rose gold case and matching dial elements along with some parts in black or gray. As you should know, the H1 uses a special capillary tube in sapphire crystal to indicate the hours with liquid. Because the color does not allow for illumination, the scale underneath it has a strip of luminant. You read the hours in a sort of backwards way seeing where the dark and light points meet. It makes for a cool darkness view, as we you can see...

Apparently, this is the first HYT H1 watch to feature black liquid. This particular version of the 101 is done with an anthracite gray coating and is visible through the sapphire crystal case-back window. HYT continues to work with Preciflex, the Swiss company responsible for its unique liquid system in the mechanical watches. HYT claims that coming up with any new color for the liquid is a several-month process. Little tweaks here and there mark the dial differences on this version of the HYT H1. Part of this is because the color stability needs to be tested in terms of how it is effected by age, UV rays, particle settling, etc...The dial still, however, indicates the hours (using a retrograde liquid scale), minutes, seconds (using a watermill-style disc), and has a handy power reserve indicator. The movement, which is the exclusive-to-HYT caliber 101 is manually wound and operates at 4Hz (28,800bph). It has about 65 hours of power reserve and offers an excellent modern design mixed with traditional high-end high quality replica watches making themes and decoration. The lower part of the dial is reserved for a view of the "bellows" which expand and contract to control the position of the liquid indicator.

Like all HYT H1 watches, the HYT H1 Full Gold is a full 48.8mm wide and 17.9mm thick (which is why it is has a nice heft to it in solid 18k rose gold). Further giving this version of the HYT H1 a refined look is the attached "page gray" alligator strap with the titanium folding buckle. Ever since HYT originally debuted the H1 watch back in 2012 (here), its seminal "hydromechanical horological" device has remained the hallmark piece of the brand despite the introduction of other models such as the H2, H3, and H4. The HYT H1 remains one of the best "all-around" watches from the modern luxury timepiece brand which focuses on contemporary designs and... liquid.