Hegid: The Time Transformer
This article was originally published in the November/December 2022 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine.
At the Geneva Motor Show of 1995, Mercedes-Benz introduced its Vario Research Car. This frontwheel-drive car was fitted with a plastic body reinforced with carbon fiber that could be switched in about 15 minutes, allowing you to turn the vehicle from a sedan into a wagon, convertible or even pickup. While this piece of ingenuity never made it into production, its horological counterpart did. In 2019, Paris-based watch brand Hegid entered the market with its EVOL system, allowing owners to swap between different cases and straps in a matter of seconds.
The patented system evolves around so-called capsules. They form the heart of the watch, housing for Hegid an upgraded version of the Sellita SW200 automatic movement, dial and hands. Thanks to a screw-down crown, it offers water resistance up to 10 ATM or 100 meters. The ingenuity of the design is that thanks to a sophisticated bayonet locking, this capsule can be inserted and secured in a case with just two fingers, simply by turning the back of the watch. Thanks to quick-release spring bars, the same goes for the strap. In practice, this system not only works smoothly, but the way that it is constructed also oozes quality and a keen eye for details.
Hegid offers the capsules in various designs and complements them with an even more extensive variety of different cases and straps. As most of them ...
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