Introducing the Rose Gold HAUTLENCE Avant-Garde Replica Watches

I’m also a sucker for a jump-hour. Guess what… the hautlence avant-garde replica watches has both. And, unlike some skeletonized watches (Audemars Piguet Openworked Minute Repeater with Jumping Hour, I’m looking in your direction), the HLRQ is rather easy to read, even the date.According to their website, Hautlence “adopts a think tank approach and brings a new vision to the art of watchmaking, while respecting its traditions”. And, looking at the Avant-Garde HLRQ 01, they’re not kidding around.

Whenever I see a watch like the HAUTLENCe Avant-Garde HLRQ 01, I realize just how big the watch world is and how many more I really, really want. Hard to pronounce, but easy to look at, the HAUTLENCE Avant-Garde HLRQ 01 is one of those watches that make you fall in love with watchmaking all over again.

In the same vein as brands like Urwerk, MB&F and Hyt, Hautlence was founded in 2004 to create “original concepts in reading time”. If you’re curious as what exactly “Hautlence” means, it’s an anagram of the Swiss city (and watchmaking’s home turf) hautlence avant-garde replica… minus the circumflex over the “a”, of course.

The HAUTLENCE Avant-Garde HLRQ 01 is the third iteration of the Avant-Garde HLRQ line. Yep, you guessed it, the other two are the HLRQ 02 and HLRQ 03. While the 02 and 03 have cases of stainless steel and grade two titanium, HAUTLENCE stepped up the game with the 01, forging the multi-metal case out of black DLC-coated titanium and 18-carat 4N rose gold.

The bezel, pushers and lugs rose gold and the case back and case-band are in black DLC-coated titanium. There’s something about the contrast between DLC-coated titanium and rose gold that is just pretty, and it’s significantly lighter than an all-gold watch. The Avant-Garde HLRQ 01 (and 02 and 03) 44 mm round case is a nice departure from their usual rectangular cases, too.

You might realize that I’m something of a car nut in addition to my proclivity for fine (or just plain cool) timepieces. So a mult-tiered dial with a retrograde minute indicator that hearkens to a speedometer is very pleasing.

The movement powering the HAUTLENCE Avant-Garde HLRQ 01 is quite nice looking, which is good since it is on very clear display through the display dial and through the display back. You get good look at much of the 32 jewel manual-wind movement’s 255 parts. (Don’t worry, there’s a 4o hour power-reserve.) HAUTLENCE put some effort into the hand-finishing of the Avant-Garde’s HLRQ 01’s movment.

The plates are finished with a beautiful Côtes de Genève and hand applied chamfering on the bridges. The overall effect is that of a powerful, well-built and stunning movement, exactly what someone would expect from a $43,000 watch.

So, yeah, as I said, the hautlence replica watch sells for $43,000. Not cheap, but a very good alternative to some of the other watches in that price range. For more info, check out the tech specs and release below.

Technical Specifications

Functions:

Jumping hours
Retrograde minutes
Fast date corrector
Manual-winding mechanical movement

Display:

Jumping hours
Retrograde minutes
Date

Movement:

Jumping hours
Retrograde minutes with connecting rod system
Number of components : 255
Power reserve : 40 hours
Regulating organ : 21,600 vibrations/hour
Number of jewels : 32
Finishing : hand-chamfered bridges with Côtes de Genève
Identification and numbering plate : HLRQ 01 – 0000

Case:

Case middle and back : black DLC-coated titanium, circular fine-brushed;
Bezel, horns and push-button : 18-carat 4N pink gold;
Crown : polished 18-carat 4N pink gold with engraved HAUTLENCE logo;
Glass : sapphire crystal with extra-hard anti-reflective treatment;
Back : black DLC-finish grade 2 titanium, 4 screws, sapphire crystal, tamp-printed “HAUTLENCE” and “Horlogerie Suisse” inscriptions
Dimensions : Ø 44 mm x 12.5 mm

Dial:

Upper sapphire dial face : with fixed logo and metallized HAUTLENCE inscription. Transferred polished 5N red gold metallized, white superluminova-enhanced hours, minutes and index numerals
Lower sapphire dial face : 5N red gold metallization and semi-opaque black area and black DLC-finish area
Hours disc : transparent mineral glass with shiny 5N red gold metalized hours aperture, semi-opaque black zone and white superluminova indexes
Minutes hands : 5N red gold and white superluminova tip
Connecting rods : hand-chamfered and linear fine-brushed

Strap:

Strap : black hand-sewn rolled-edge genuine Louisiana alligator leather, large square scales, interchangeability spring bar
Folding clasp or pin buckle : grade 2 titanium base and polished 18-carat 5N red gold plate

Water Resistance:

30 meters