Hydrate formation and dissociation processes are of major interest in environmental and energy fields. Specifically for the oil and gas industry, hydrate appears as an issue regarding flow assurance, pushing even more the urgent need for expanding the knowledge on hydrate phenomena. In the current work, a new approach to observe and understand the kinetics and mechanical properties of hydrates by interfacial rheology is presented. The standard du Nouy ring is employed with a novel brass cell designed to permit the necessary temperature management. Cyclopentane is used as hydrate former. With the new interfacial geometry, different temperature and water/cyclopentane contact protocols are explored. The importance of first contacting CP against ice crystals in order to initiate hydrate formation is of particular interest. Thus, time sweeps are performed in two stages: one for ice formation and another for hydrate formation. It was determined that cyclopentane hydrates only arise at temperatures Tf less than or equal to 6 celsius degree. A worthwhile discussion regarding the hydrate metastability state is then presented. After hydrates completely populate the water/cyclopentane interface, strain sweeps of the interfacial elastic and viscous moduli (G and G) are conducted to examine the fragility of the hydrate films. The mechanical properties of hydrate films demonstrated high dependence on temperature (Tf): the induction time (tc), measured from the moment when cyclopentane first contacts ice, as well as the elastic modulus (G) and the yield strain (γy) increase as Tf is increased.