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LAS VEGAS COUTURE SHOW

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The Slyde by HD3 will be participating present in Las Vegas Couture Show. Come visit us there ! From May 31st to June 4th.

The Russian President is the proud owner of a Slyde

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was proudly wearing his Slyde for a public speech on April 17th2012, announcing that he has signed a decree on creating a public service TV channel, to be launched at the start of 2013.

The Slyde in United Kingdom

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Slyde, already presented in 90 of the most prestigious watch and Jewellery boutiques around the world will as well be available in UK, thanks to the partnership of HD3 with Portmann Distribution.

Two new addresses for our english fans :

- Marc Adam, in Kent

and

- Pacha Jewellers, in Londres

For further information, please check our Distribution page.

MUNICH & VIENNA TIME

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

HD3 introduces the Slyde timepiece to the German and Austrian publics at the MUNICHTIME and VIENNATIME fairs.

Come visit us !

The Slyde available at COLETTE CONCEPT STORE, PARIS

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Slyde is the very special guest of Colette concept store in Paris. The store of the Rue St Honoré, famous for being one step ahead in terms of product selection and fashion, is proud of its new hit and gives the Slyde great prominence.

This is getting serious !

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The first Slyde timepieces are ready to be delivered. They are now in the hands of our watchmakers for final quality check. And soon on the wrists of the Slyders !

Slyde Launch in Japan

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Takashimaya - one of the world’s largest chains of department stores - joins HD3 to officially launch the Slyde in Japan!

Events will take place as follow:

Takashimaya Tokyo on September 11th.
Takashimaya Kyoto from September 7th to 12th.
Takashimaya Osaka from September 15th to 19th.
Takashimaya Yokohama from October 13th to 17th.

Salon Internacional Alta Relojeria - Mexico

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The global launch of the Slyde is to include a new stop-over! The revolutionary timepiece will be introduced in Mexico during the SIAR (Salon Internacional Alta Relojeria) by Jorg Hysek himself. The brand is proud to be participating in the prestigious watch show for the first time. HD3’s lucky star continues to shine, after the presentation of the concept in Switzerland and its introduction during the Las Vegas Couture watch & jewellery show. The Latin-American market is an essential step in the launch of HD3’s new creation.

LAS VEGAS COUTURE SHOW

Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200

HD3 is proud to participate for the first time to the Watch & Jewellery Couture Show in Las Vegas, in collaboration with Luxury Montres, who has signed an agreement to be the exclusive North American distributor for HD3 luxury timepieces. This great collaboration starts with the introduction to the US market of the unseen Slyde model in the refined frame of the Wynn Hotel from Thursday, June 2nd until Monday, June 6th 2011.

HD3 is extremely confident that the well developed network and extensive experience of Luxury Montres, owned and operated by Johnny Wizman, will effectively carry on the innovative DNA of the brand in the North American market.

Baselworld 2011: HD3 is in orbit!

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The Slyde model by HD3 received a welcome surpassing all expectations at the Baselworld 2011 Watch Show.

With this revolutionary timepiece – presented in the most appealing area of the hall according to businessmontres.com – HD3 developed its distribution network in surprisingly impressive proportions, with the opening of over a hundred points of sale (the list is currently being updated on this website), all within just one week. And that is doubtless just the beginning, since discussions with new markets are currently in progress.

Buoyed by a flow of curious visitors, the designer-look HD3 booth soon became a forum for passionate debate among the up-and-coming watchmaking generation, including the teams from Ladoire, Frédéric Jouvenot, the founders of the Watchonista website, as well as a number of collectors, journalists, engineers and investors… and not forgetting local authorities!

The team has now returned to its headquarters in Luins with the prospect of an excellent year to come, and is hard at work fine-tuning the last details of the Slyde watch that will be available as of September in watch boutiques and concept stores around the world.

Basel Police were also intrigued by the Slyde !

Development of the next virtual SLYDE movement

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The HD3 graphic lab is constantly working on creating new virtual or mechanical devices. Currently on Fabrice Gonet’s drawing board is the next virtual display module for the Slyde. And if you’re looking for clues, we can reveal that our designer has drawn inspiration from retro-style display techniques.

It will be available on the HD3 website as of September 2011, thereby coinciding with SLYDE’s arrival in boutiques worldwide.

HD3 gifts a sketch to its 1000th Facebook member

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The designers have kept their promise to reward the thousandth member of the HD3 Facebook page by sending him a sketch signed by the team. This is an authentic sketch from the design process and an original signed souvenir from the development of the SLYDE watch that vividly illustrates how the wildest ideas can flow from the hands of talented and inspired designers. Our winner, who comes from Ukraine, expressed his delight in winning such a prize.

Join us on Facebook… and win a Slyde ! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178129855561834

Baselworld 2011: HD3 UNVEILS SLYDE !

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The presentation of the concept in Geneva in January, initially intended for the press only, sparked a massive buzz that went viral on all specialised watch sites and blogs. Thanks to the resulting flood of new contacts, HD3 has already signed several distribution contracts even before the official launch of the model at Baselworld.

Classic, sporting chic, underground, featuring a tourbillon or a customised movement: SLYDE unites all styles and types of watchmaking complications within a single, ultra-refined case, emblematic of HD3's avant-garde approach. SLYDE is a luxurious, sophisticated object – complete with avant-garde technology taken from the worlds of home automation and multimedia – that makes it startlingly easy to surf through the world of prestige watchmaking.

It is a revolution in universal Time, whose only limits are… the boundaries of the imagination.

SAYING NO TO THE WATCHMAKING CRISIS

The HD3 workshops, tucked away in the village of Luins in the vineyards overlooking Lake Geneva, offer a perfect setting for creativity. It is here, for over five years now, that Jorg Hysek and his team of designers have been creating audacious timepieces that blend mechanical complexity and modern aesthetics. Two years ago, the crisis affecting the watch sector incited Jorg Hysek to call his company-model into question, and seek solutions to the global problems of supply and production in watchmaking techniques. No small task.

At the end of 2009, the supplier of movements to HD3 went bankrupt, inciting Jorg to adopt a totally new approach. He returned to a sketch from Christmas 2008, featuring a square case with a screen that modulates according to the time and the user's needs and wishes. Eighteen months later, SLYDE was born: a superb new-generation timepiece!

AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPT

SLYDE takes the underlying principle of the smartphone – the possibility to change applications by merely sliding a finger over a tactile screen – and adapts it to the world of 21st century watchmaking.

Jorg Hysek was inspired by the automobile world ('which influences our entire aesthetic approach') in crafting the watch's streamlined appearance. He came up with a de luxe timepiece perfect for modern, aesthetic, instantaneous time-reading.

The refined, no-frills square case has a tactile screen that moves vertically and horizontally. This revolutionary display means that, by simply sliding across the watch screen, the user can generate an unlimited variety of timepieces on the wrist – corresponding to any event, desire, or particular moment. Creating a range of 'different' watches within a single timepiece is made possible thanks to a range of top-quality virtual modules.

HIGH-DEFINITION TIME

SLYDE covers all forms of Time:

- The Past, by inserting modules like the automatic count-down from private events, and the chance to personalize the watch by inserting photographs

- The Present, with the immediate creation of watch interfaces providing aesthetic, made-to-measure time-reading

- The Future, with an automatic countdown to future events as per the user's requirements

SLYDE is a veritable Swiss-made luxury watch, placing all the technological savoir-faire developed for its conception at the service of universal Time. There are no telephone applications, games, or other accessories among the customized modules. All that matters is apprehending Time, whether latent or real.