Front view
Dial, hands and bezel as delivered.
Case-back view
Case-back engraving and, where fitted, the sapphire display.
Movement
Calibre with its finishing and decoration.
On the wrist
Worn shot for proportion and strap drape.
HYT · H2
HYT H2 44 mm Ice Sapphire
Reference 83968OR.43
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- HYT
- Collection
- H2
- Model
- HYT H2 44 mm Ice Sapphire
- Reference number
- 83968OR.43
- Year / era
- 2012 · 2010s — modern production
- Complication
- Annual calendar
- Movement
- In-house automatic micro-rotor
- Case material
- Sapphire crystal case
- Dial type
- Ice blue
- Strap / bracelet
- Milanese mesh
- Water resistance
- 300 m
- Limited-edition status
- Regular production, not a limited edition
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 44 mm
- Case thickness
- 9.4 mm
- Case material
- Sapphire crystal case
- Bezel
- Fluted 18k gold
- Crystal
- Sapphire with internal AR treatment
- Dial
- Ice blue
- Hands
- Blued steel Breguet-style hands
- Indexes
- Diamond-set hour markers
- Bracelet / strap
- Milanese mesh
- Clasp / buckle
- Triple-folding clasp with safety catch
- Water resistance
- 300 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 82A — In-house automatic micro-rotor
- Movement type
- Manual-winding
- Frequency
- 36,000 vph (5 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 70 hours
- Number of jewels
- 25 jewels
- Complications
- Annual calendar
- Functions
- Hours, minutes, seconds, date
- Watchmaker
- Finishing, assembly and timing are carried out in the manufacture's own atelier.
Production & market
- Production period
- 2012 – 2015
- Limited-edition quantity
- Not applicable
- Current market information
- Trades close to retail on the secondary market, with steady demand for full-set examples.
Designer
Emmanuel Gueit
Emmanuel Gueit came from a family of Geneva jewellers and was barely into his twenties when he drew the oversized Royal Oak Offshore in 1993 — a watch the house's traditionalists resisted and collectors turned into an icon.
Historical significance
HYT H2 44 mm Ice Sapphire sits within HYT's H2 line, introduced in 2012. It carries the house codes established since 2012 — sapphire crystal case case, ice blue dial and in-house automatic micro-rotor — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The case is finished by hand, alternating polished and satin-brushed surfaces in a single pass so the edges stay razor sharp.
- Early production dials show a slightly different minute track, and collectors pay a premium for them.
- The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.
The House
HYT
Brand facts
- Founding year
- 2012
- Founder
- Vincent Perriard & Patrick Berdoz
- Headquarters
- Switzerland
- Tier
- Ultra-Luxury & Haute Horlogerie
- Major collections
- H0, H1, H2, H20, Hastroid, Moon Runner
- Signature technologies
- Composite and ceramic case materials · Hand-applied guilloché dials
- Famous movements
- In-house tourbillon, manual-winding · In-house automatic micro-rotor · In-house manual-winding, hand-finished · In-house automatic with 22k gold rotor
- Notable watches
- HYT H0 36 mm Black 18k · HYT H0 44 mm Ice Quartz · HYT H0 44 mm Slate Grade · HYT H0 38 mm Ice Sapphire
Brand history
HYT has spent more than 14 years refining a single idea: a watch should outlive its owner. From the earliest workshop pieces to today's H0, the house has balanced technical ambition with a recognisable design language, and its collections remain among the most closely followed by collectors worldwide.
Vincent Perriard & Patrick Berdoz established HYT in 2012, working from Switzerland at a time when precision was measured by hand. The founder's obsession with finishing and accuracy still defines every HYT calibre produced today.
Historical milestones
2012
Vincent Perriard & Patrick Berdoz founds HYT in Switzerland.
2024
HYT continues to produce H0, H1, H2 and other icons in limited numbers.