Last time we covered Swiss contemporary high-end watch brand Hautlence was in December 2014, when we went hands-on with their HL2.1 and HL2.5 watches (read all about them here). The all-new Hautlence Vortex watch takes the cool concept of tank tread style hour indicators, hourly rotated escapement, and a retrograde minute hand, and places

Hautlence's "teaser video" for the "Playground Labyrinth" watch is mostly a black and white closeup of their brand ambassador Eric Catona's face looking angry/frustrated followed by about five seconds of static imagery of this piece of "wearable art." Clearly, Mr. Catona's reaction to the Hautlence Playground Labyrinth is akin to

It can take a lot to stand out in the deluge of creative and beautifully designed (well, not all of them) watches that are released at shows like SIHH 2016. Every now and then, though, your eyes uncross themselves, the caffeine kicks in, and you see something like the Hautlence Vortex

Pardon the beat-up case of Hautlence's personal HL2.1 prototype that I've photographed on my wrist while visiting with the brand recently at the SIAR 2014 in Mexico City. These watches are so rare, even the brand really only has a prototype or two to show off, and each of the

I can already tell that the Hautlence HL2 (HL2.0) watch is going to be one of my favorites of 2011. I learned about the piece sometime ago, and now we have images of an actual prototype. The thing works. Fellow watch lover and watch forum moderator Francois-Xavier Overstake had a