Hautlence HLRQ-05 is a flashy watch which comes in a round shpape. HLRQ-05 with its orange accents and its so-cool movement,make it looks sporty.
It shares both some of the DNA of the brand – the unique Hautlence display, the multi-layers’ dial, the transparency effects – with a another visual and sensitive approach – a round case, less technical than the HL Ti 2, no honeycomb dial, more colorful, sportier than the now classical and monochromatic previous editions. For sure, it is a Hautlence, there’s no doubt about it, but it has another taste. 
The main feature of the HLRQ-05 – and Hautlence’s signature for 10 years now – is the jumping hour and retrograde minute indicators. The jumping hour on the left side of the dial, makes an instantaneous jump, when the retrograde minute hand jumps from 60 to 0. What could be seen as a difficult way to read time, because of two separated indications with an uncommon layout, will in fact demand only a very short adaptation period to become a legible and easily understandable watch. This display is based on a movement conceived and assembled by Hautlence.
The HLRQ collection is neither rectangular nor strict. It is a round, sporty and colorful range of watches – as you can see with the 2013 HLRQ-02 and HLRQ-03, that were already coming with bright accents. With the HLRQ-05 , Hautlence goes a step further as flashy colors are also invited on the case for a resolute sporty feeling.
The 44mm case is composed first of a central part fully round and with flat casebands. It is made of black DLC-coated brushed grade 2 titanium. On the top of it sits a thin and bevelled polished bezel made of black DLC-coated stainless steel and a sapphire crystal, also bevelled and with anti-reflective coating. On the back, the movement is visible through a sapphire crystal circled with a black DLC-coated grade 2 titanium screwed ring. 
The whole case is surrounded by 4 horns, screwed to the central part. These 4 bright orange pieces are made of varnish-coated stainless steel. This is the main difference with the prototypes we’ve handled a few months ago, as these horns were made in anodized aluminum, with a brushed and matte finish. From the words of Hautlence, even if the look on these prototypes of the HLRQ-04 & HLRQ-05 was validated, the durability of the coating was not satisfying – this explains the choice of a classical glossy varnish applied on stainless steel. Small regret however, as the matte finish was more qualitative.
This watch features Hautlence in-house movement, meaning that it comes with the very cool and unique display of the brand. Even if very close from the one cased in the HL Ti 2, it is not the exact same calibre – not only because its round but also because the arrangement of the indicators are different and because some features are specific. Before going into the complications, here are some facts: 40 hours of power reserve, 255 components, 21,600 vibrations/hour, jumping hours / retrograde minutes / quick date.
The movement is based on a Peseux 7001 – mainly for the gear train and the storage of energy – but for the rest, everything is specific. What you easily spot are the bridges, with their unique shapes and finishing’s – large Geneva stripes, polished bevelled angles by hand and a logo engraved on an applied plate.
All in all, Hautlence HLRQ-05 is perfectly balanced and comfortable to wear.
