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Hublot MP-14 Origin by Jeff Koons: A Mechanical Universe

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Hublot and Jeff Koons have turned the idea of creation into a mechanical work of art with the new MP-14 Origin by Jeff Koons. Unveiled in New York on 16 September 2026, the timepiece brings together sapphire architecture, gem-setting, contemporary art and Hublot’s high-horology expertise in an exceptionally complex 44 mm creation limited to just 30 pieces.

Rather than simply decorating a watch with artistic references, the collaboration attempts something considerably more ambitious: to make the watch itself behave like a miniature universe, with a central tourbillon acting as its mechanical point of origin and concentric rings appearing to expand around it.

A collaboration built around transformation

The partnership between Hublot and Jeff Koons brings together two creative disciplines that share an interest in transforming familiar ideas into something unexpected. Alongside the MP-14 Origin, the collaboration also introduces the Classic Fusion Balloon Dog, connecting Koons’ artistic vocabulary with Hublot’s watchmaking.

For the MP-14 Origin, that philosophy is expressed through an architecture combining sapphire, titanium and gem-set white gold. The result sits at the intersection of high jewellery and high watchmaking, while its visual concept is rooted in the creation and expansion of the cosmos.

The watch also represents an important technical development for Hublot: the introduction of the manufacture’s first automatic central tourbillon.

Why “MP-14”?

The name MP-14 is not simply a sequential designation. According to Hublot, the number 14 references an important moment in Jeff Koons’ early artistic career.

Koons held his first solo exhibition in 1980 at the New Museum in New York, which was then located at 65 Fifth Avenue at 14th Street. Hublot connects this address with the MP-14 name, making the number part of the artistic story behind the watch.

The MP-14 also belongs to Hublot’s Exceptional Timepieces collection, the brand’s experimental high-horology laboratory dedicated to unconventional architectures, advanced materials and radical mechanical concepts.

A miniature universe constructed in sapphire

The MP-14 Origin measures 44 mm and uses an octagonal case made from polished sapphire crystal and titanium. Its transparent sapphire structure is central to the design rather than merely a material choice.

According to Hublot, machining the sapphire case requires approximately 534 hours. A titanium case back, H-shaped polished titanium screws and Hublot’s characteristic case “ears” at 3 and 9 o’clock complete the architecture.

Inside, the transparent construction reveals a series of concentric rings that create the impression of orbital movement. The rings are crafted in white gold and set with baguette-cut diamonds and blue sapphires, gradually directing the eye towards the centre of the watch.

At that centre sits the tourbillon, positioned beneath a transparent sapphire dome. The dome takes inspiration from Jeff Koons’ Gazing Ball works and is hand-coated in translucent blue varnish by a micropainter.

It is a clever visual metaphor. Instead of representing the universe through a conventional celestial dial, Hublot places mechanical motion at the heart of the composition.

Time appears to orbit the movement

The MP-14 Origin takes an unconventional approach to displaying the hours and minutes.

Two suspended rotating rings carry floating indicator cubes. The hour indicator is a polished stainless-steel cube finished with translucent red varnish, while the minute indicator is represented by a polished grey stainless-steel cube.

Two additional rings remain fixed. Blue sapphires mark the quarters on the minute ring, while the hour ring uses blue sapphires to indicate the hours. Collectively, the four rings contain 202 gemstones, representing approximately 2.6 carats.

The result is a time display that deliberately avoids the familiar arrangement of hands moving around a stationary dial. Here, the indicators appear suspended within a layered mechanical environment.

The HUB9014: the mechanical heart

Driving this unusual architecture is Hublot’s HUB9014 manufacture movement.

It is an automatic central tourbillon equipped with a peripheral oscillating weight, operating at 3 Hz, or 21,600 vibrations per hour, with a 60-hour power reserve. The movement contains 594 components.

The peripheral winding system is particularly important to the design. By moving the oscillating mass away from the traditional central position, Hublot can preserve the open appearance of the movement while maintaining the visual continuity of the architecture.

The tourbillon cage sits beneath the sapphire dome, becoming the visual and mechanical centre of the watch. In the context of the Koons collaboration, Hublot describes this as the first pulse from which the surrounding structure appears to expand.

Even the winding system disappears into the architecture

The MP-14 Origin takes its unusual construction a step further by concealing the functions normally associated with the crown.

Two hidden crown systems are integrated into the case, allowing the wearer to wind the watch and adjust the time without interrupting its clean architectural appearance.

The winding function is associated with the engraving “ENERGY PULSE”, while the time-setting function is marked “COSMIC ALIGN.”

It is the sort of detail that makes the watch less like a conventional timepiece and more like an engineered object whose functions have been absorbed into its design.

From watch to immersive presentation

Hublot extends the cosmic concept beyond the watch itself.

The presentation case uses an infinite mirror installation, incorporating LED illumination and one-way mirror technology to create an impression of limitless depth. Its octagonal geometry echoes the shape of the watch and is topped by a transparent dome, effectively turning the presentation environment into an extension of the timepiece’s architecture.

This matters because the MP-14 Origin is designed to be experienced as more than an object on the wrist. Its visual language continues from the sapphire case to the presentation environment, reinforcing the central idea of an expanding mechanical cosmos.

Jeff Koons’ interpretation of creation

For Koons, the MP-14 Origin represents a horological interpretation of creation itself, centred on the transformation of energy into form and form into time.

The central tourbillon becomes the starting point, while the surrounding mechanical structures suggest controlled expansion. Hublot’s press material specifically connects the concept to the Big Bang, translating that idea through mechanical movement, material tension and the interaction of light with the watch’s transparent architecture.

The concept is therefore not simply about putting a cosmic image on a dial. The movement, case, gemstones and rotating indicators all participate in the same visual narrative.

Technical specifications

Specification: Hublot MP-14 Origin by Jeff Koons
Reference: 914.NJ.0100.JX.9941
Edition: Limited to 30 pieces
Case: Polished sapphire crystal and titanium
Case size: 44 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Water resistance: 3 ATM / 30 m
Winding system: Peripheral oscillating weight
Movement diameter: 39.20 mm
Movement thickness:14.65 mm
Components: 594
Jewels : 55
Frequency: 3 Hz / 21,600 A/h
Power reserve: 60 hours
Gem-setting: Baguette-cut diamonds and blue sapphires
Gemstone total: 202 stones / approximately 2.6 carats
Crystal: Sapphire
Case back: Polished and satin-finished titanium
Strap: Sapphire crystal and titanium deployant buckle

 

A 30-piece expression of experimental watchmaking

The Hublot MP-14 Origin by Jeff Koons is limited to just 30 pieces and is available through selected Hublot points of sale. The press release lists pricing at CHF 405,000, EUR 479,000, USD 488,000 and GBP 383,000.

At its most interesting, however, the MP-14 Origin is not about rarity or price. Its significance lies in how Hublot has attempted to make mechanical watchmaking itself tell the story.

The central tourbillon becomes the point of origin. The sapphire case provides the space. The gemstone-set rings create the impression of orbital structures. Floating cubes indicate the passage of hours and minutes. Even the winding and time-setting systems have been absorbed into the architecture.

In that sense, the MP-14 Origin does not simply depict a universe.

It builds one around the mechanism that makes the watch come alive.

 

Hublot Classic Fusion Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons: Art Meets Watchmaking

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Luxury watchmaking has never been content with simply telling time. The most interesting watches often exist somewhere between engineering, design and culture, and Hublot’s latest collaboration with Jeff Koons pushes that idea into distinctly sculptural territory.

Unveiled in New York on 16 September 2026, the Hublot Classic Fusion Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons transforms Koons’ instantly recognisable Balloon Dog into a wristwatch. Available in mirror-polished stainless steel, red anodized aluminium and blue anodized aluminium, the collection is limited to 200 pieces in each edition.

The result is not simply a Classic Fusion decorated with references to an artwork. Hublot and Koons have rethought the architecture of the watch itself, creating a timepiece that appears almost as though it has been inflated.

From Balloon Sculpture to Wristwatch

Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog, created between 1994 and 2000 as part of his Celebration series, takes one of the most familiar forms of childhood play and turns it into something permanent and monumental.

That transformation is central to Koons’ artistic language. Something temporary becomes enduring; something ordinary becomes iconic. Hublot sees a natural connection between that philosophy and its own approach to watchmaking, particularly its long-standing interest in combining unexpected materials, shapes and ideas.

For the Classic Fusion Balloon Dog, the challenge was therefore much greater than placing an artistic motif on an existing watch.

The 42mm Classic Fusion was fundamentally re-engineered around the visual language of an inflatable sculpture. Its normally sleek architecture gives way to rounded, convex and domed forms designed to create the impression of volume and internal pressure.

That distinction matters. This is not a conventional art-inspired dial. The artwork has influenced the physical architecture of the watch.

A Classic Fusion That Looks Inflated

Almost every visible component contributes to the illusion.

The sapphire crystal has a raised, domed profile, while the titanium H-shaped screws feature inflated heads. The dial itself adopts a convex, padded appearance, and the case follows the same rounded visual vocabulary.

Even the strap has been integrated into the concept. Its metallic leather and rubber construction continues the soft, padded aesthetic, while the attachment points have been softened rather than left with the sharper geometry traditionally associated with a sports-luxury watch.

Then come the details that make the connection to Balloon Dog unmistakable.

The crown is shaped like a balloon’s inflation valve. A flexible decorative “balloon tail” appears at 10:30, while the seconds hand carries a Balloon Dog-shaped counterweight. The hour and minute hands and dial indexes incorporate inflated Super-LumiNova elements.

It is playful, but the execution is anything but casual.

Three Interpretations, One Concept

Hublot has produced the Classic Fusion Balloon Dog in three distinct finishes.

Red

The red edition uses polished red anodized aluminium for the case, bezel and caseback, complemented by a red rubber balloon-tail detail. Its full red dial features domed appliques with 3D white Super-LumiNova and Jeff Koons’ signature at 6 o’clock.

Reference 542.UR.8170.NR.JKN26, it measures 42mm in diameter and 11mm thick, with 50 metres of water resistance.

Blue

The blue version follows the same sculptural construction but uses polished blue anodized aluminium. A blue rubber balloon tail, blue dial and matching strap create a monochromatic interpretation of the concept.

Its reference is 542.UB.5170.NR.JKN26, with the same 42mm diameter, 11mm thickness and 5 ATM water resistance as the red edition.

Silver

The third interpretation replaces colour with reflective metal. The 542.SX.0820.NR.JKN26 combines polished stainless steel with a rhodium-plated dial and grey accents.

Here, the mirror-like surface becomes particularly important. It echoes the reflective quality associated with Koons’ Balloon Dog sculptures while giving the watch a more restrained visual character.

All three versions are limited to 200 pieces.

The Horology Beneath the Sculpture

For all its artistic personality, the Balloon Dog remains a mechanical Hublot.

At its heart is the HUB1710 self-winding movement, with anthracite ruthenium-treated bridges and main plate. The movement incorporates a date display at 3 o’clock and a polished rhodium-plated oscillating weight designed with an inflated visual effect.

The technical specifications include:

  • Movement: Hublot HUB1710 automatic
  • Diameter: 25.6mm
  • Thickness: 3.7mm
  • Components: 185
  • Jewels: 27
  • Frequency: 4 Hz / 28,800 vibrations per hour
  • Power reserve: 50 hours
  • Date: 3 o’clock
  • Case diameter: 42mm
  • Water resistance: 50 metres

There is also an important technical point hidden beneath the playful exterior. The movement’s oscillating weight continues the visual language established by the case, creating a relationship between the mechanical heart of the watch and its external sculpture.

In other words, the Balloon Dog concept does not stop at the dial.

Where Art Meets Engineering

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the collaboration is the amount of engineering required to make something apparently simple look simple.

Hublot states that the components were reimagined, reshaped and refined, with 5-axis CNC machining used to create the distinctive puffed forms before the components were finished by hand.

That combination of industrial precision and hand finishing is particularly appropriate for a collaboration with Koons. His sculptures are famous for their apparently flawless surfaces, yet achieving that simplicity requires considerable control over materials, proportions and finishing.

The same principle applies here.

The watch is supposed to look effortless. Making it look effortless is the difficult part.

More Than a Limited-Edition Watch

Hublot has also extended the Balloon Dog idea beyond the wrist.

Each watch comes in packaging inspired by the sculpture, featuring a chromed Balloon Dog with a colour-matched finish. Its rubber-effect painted surface continues the tactile and playful character of the timepiece.

The watches are conceived, developed and assembled at Hublot’s Manufacture in Nyon. They are also covered by the brand’s evolved 5+5 warranty programme for eligible watches purchased from 1 January 2026, providing a five-year basic warranty with the possibility of a further five-year extension through the Hublotista programme.

The watches are priced at CHF 20,800 / EUR 24,600 / USD 25,100 / GBP 19,700 across the three editions.

The Hublot Approach to Contemporary Art

The collaboration also makes sense within Hublot’s broader history.

Since 1980, the brand has built much of its identity around the idea of “Art of Fusion”, beginning with its combination of a gold case and rubber strap. The Big Bang subsequently expanded that philosophy through its layered construction, while the Classic Fusion established a different balance between contemporary design and restraint.

The Balloon Dog takes that philosophy into another dimension, quite literally.

Here, Hublot is not merely fusing materials. It is fusing watchmaking and sculpture, mechanical precision and visual emotion, childhood familiarity and contemporary luxury.

That is what makes the collaboration particularly relevant.

Jeff Koons

Few artists have transformed popular culture into iconography as profoundly as Jeff Koons. For over forty years, he has redefined contemporary art by taking everyday objects and elevating them through scale, transformation of material, craftsmanship with great precision and care. Known for works such as Balloon Dog, Rabbit and Puppy, Koons turns the ordinary into the extraordinary, the ephemeral into the permanent and the playful into the monumental. Beneath the reflective surfaces and universally recognizable forms lies a discipline rooted in the experience of feelings and sensation and a commitment to realizing a vision through execution. Behind their playful appearance lies a profound connection to human experience and our communal history, along with a celebration of this moment in time. His work revolves around themes of self- acceptance, empowerment, and transcendence. Mirror-polished surfaces, industrial precision and attention to detail have become his signature, transforming ephemeral objects into timeless iconic symbols.

Final Thoughts

The Hublot Classic Fusion Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons occupies an unusual space in modern watchmaking. It is recognisable as a Hublot, unmistakably connected to Koons, and yet neither identity completely dominates the other.

The familiar balloon animal has become a mechanical object. The Classic Fusion has been given curves, volume and a sense of movement that make it appear almost inflated. And beneath all that visual playfulness sits a serious automatic movement produced at Hublot’s Manufacture.

In a world where luxury watches can sometimes become exercises in adding more decoration, Hublot and Jeff Koons have taken a different route: they changed the shape of the idea itself.

And that may be the most interesting thing about this collaboration. Time has not simply been placed inside a work of art. It has been inflated into one.

Hublot Big Bang Original Soft Touch: All Red & All Black

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Hublot introduces the Big Bang Original Soft Touch, a new interpretation of its iconic Big Bang Original that brings a tactile dimension to the collection. Available in All Red and All Black, the new watches use an exclusive textured rubber compound across the case, bezel, dial and strap, creating a distinctive soft-touch surface. Hublot describes the material as neither a coating nor a surface treatment, but as a new approach to constructing the watch.

A New Sensory Expression of the Big Bang Original

The Big Bang Original Soft Touch remains rooted in the unmistakable design of the original Big Bang, introduced in 2005, while incorporating two decades of Hublot innovation. For the first time, the watch is designed not only to be seen, but also to be felt.

The defining feature is Hublot’s exclusive textured rubber compound. Developed using a dedicated overmoulding process, specially engineered tooling integrates the texture directly into the material during production. Its microscopic surface structure consists of thousands of fine micro-elements, creating a remarkably soft tactile finish while maintaining the durability and resistance associated with Hublot’s signature rubber.

The textured material extends across multiple elements of the watch, including the case, bezel, dial and strap. The result is a cohesive visual and tactile identity rather than a conventional surface treatment.

Big Bang Original Soft Touch All Red

The Big Bang Original Soft Touch All Red brings Hublot’s distinctive red aesthetic into this new tactile format. Hublot positions the model as a tribute to its material expertise, particularly its development of vividly coloured high-tech ceramic, introduced in 2018. The All Red Soft Touch instead creates its visual and tactile character through titanium combined with the exclusive soft-touch rubber.

The watch features a 43 mm titanium case overmoulded in red rubber with a velvet effect, with a matching red rubber dial with a velvet effect. The strap combines black rubber with red structured rubber with a velvet effect, and the watch is secured by a titanium deployant buckle clasp.

The official reference for the All Red model is 431.RXR.2770.RX.VEL. It has a water resistance rating of 100 metres / 10 ATM and uses a sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment.

Powered by the HUB1280 UNICO

Inside the Big Bang Original Soft Touch is Hublot’s HUB1280 UNICO Manufacture Self-winding Chronograph Flyback Movement with Column Wheel. The movement is developed entirely in-house and incorporates a column wheel, dual-clutch architecture, layered construction, an optimised gear train and a skeletonised tungsten rotor open-worked in the shape of an H.

The movement provides an approximately 72-hour power reserve. The HUB1280 UNICO has a thickness of 6.75 mm, a diameter of 30.00 mm, 354 components and 43 jewels, with a frequency of 4 Hz, or 28,800 vibrations per hour.

The 43 mm case combines the architecture of the original Big Bang with contemporary refinements, including bevelled edges, curved and smoother lugs, a rubber-clad crown and rectangular pushers with Hublot’s signature rubber inserts. The strap also incorporates Hublot’s One Click system for interchangeability.

All Black: A Monochromatic Classic Reimagined

Alongside the All Red, Hublot introduces the Big Bang Original Soft Touch All Black. The model continues the history of Hublot’s All Black concept, which was introduced in 2006 as a monochromatic expression in which the absence of colour emphasised form, architecture and identity.

For the Soft Touch version, the monochromatic approach is combined with a deep black titanium case, black DLC-coated pushers and the new textured rubber construction. As with the All Red, the objective is not simply a change in colour, but a different sensory experience.

The All Black carries reference 431.RXN.2740.RX.VEL. It measures 43 mm in diameter and 13.2 mm in thickness, offers 100 metres / 10 ATM of water resistance and is powered by the HUB1280 UNICO Manufacture Self-winding Chronograph.

Material Innovation at the Hublot Manufacture

The Big Bang Original Soft Touch forms part of Hublot’s broader Art of Fusion approach to materials. The Manufacture has developed watches using materials including coloured ceramics, sapphire and Magic Gold, and the Soft Touch introduces another material-focused development centred on sensation as well as appearance.

The Big Bang Original Soft Touch is conceived, developed and assembled at the Hublot Manufacture in Nyon. Hublot also extends the tactile concept to the presentation case, which features a matching textured Hublot logo that echoes the surface of the watch’s soft-touch rubber.

The collection is available through selected Hublot points of sale and online.

Hublot Big Bang Original Soft Touch: Specifications

Specification All Red All Black
Reference 431.RXR.2770.RX.VEL 431.RXN.2740.RX.VEL
Case Titanium overmoulded in red rubber with velvet effect Titanium overmoulded in black rubber with velvet effect
Diameter 43 mm 43 mm
Thickness 13.2 mm 13.2 mm
Water resistance 100 m / 10 ATM 100 m / 10 ATM
Movement HUB1280 UNICO Manufacture Self-winding Chronograph Flyback HUB1280 UNICO Manufacture Self-winding Chronograph
Power reserve Approx. 72 hours 72 hours
Dial Red rubber with velvet effect Black rubber with velvet effect
Strap Black rubber and red structured rubber with velvet effect Black structured rubber with velvet effect

Conclusion

With the Big Bang Original Soft Touch, Hublot takes one of its most recognisable designs into a new sensory territory. The combination of the Big Bang’s established architecture, an exclusive textured rubber compound and the in-house HUB1280 UNICO movement gives the new collection a distinct identity centred on material innovation.

The All Red and All Black versions express the same concept through two of Hublot’s strongest colour signatures: one vivid and expressive, the other deliberately monochromatic. In both cases, the defining idea is simple: material innovation that can be seen, and felt.

Hublot Big Bang Sapphire Sky Blue: A New Shade of Innovation in Sapphire Watchmaking

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Hublot continues to redefine transparent watchmaking with the launch of the limited-edition Big Bang Sapphire Sky Blue, pairing its signature sapphire expertise with the impressive Meca-10 manufacture movement.

There are watches that tell time, and then there are watches that make a statement before you even glance at the dial. The Hublot Big Bang Sapphire Sky Blue belongs firmly in the latter category. Limited to just 100 pieces worldwide, this latest creation showcases everything Hublot has become synonymous with over the past decade: innovative materials, bold engineering and contemporary design.

Hublot’s Mastery of Sapphire Continues

Working with sapphire is no simple feat. Renowned for its exceptional hardness and transparency, sapphire is one of the most demanding materials in watchmaking. While many brands have experimented with it, Hublot has consistently expanded its possibilities, introducing coloured sapphire cases that combine technical complexity with striking aesthetics.

The Big Bang Sapphire Sky Blue captures the calm brilliance of a summer sky through its fully polished 44mm sapphire crystal case. Its transparent construction allows light to flow through every angle of the watch, giving it a presence that constantly changes depending on its surroundings. Titanium H-shaped screws secure the sapphire bezel, while a structured sky-blue rubber strap completes the distinctive monochromatic look.

The Meca-10 Movement Takes Centre Stage

Inside the transparent case is one of Hublot’s most celebrated in-house calibres: the HUB1201 Meca-10.

Originally introduced in 2016, the Meca-10 broke away from conventional movement architecture. Rather than hiding the mechanics beneath the dial, Hublot designed the movement to become the visual centrepiece of the watch. Inspired by mechanical construction systems, its fully skeletonised architecture reveals every functional component.

The manually wound movement consists of 223 components, delivers an exceptional 10-day (240-hour) power reserve, and uses two parallel mainspring barrels to maintain consistent energy delivery. One of its most distinctive features is the innovative rack-and-pinion power reserve display that moves horizontally across the movement, reinforcing the industrial aesthetic that has become synonymous with the Meca-10 collection.

Transparency That Reveals Every Detail

The appeal of the Big Bang Sapphire Sky Blue extends beyond its sapphire case. Its matte sky-blue skeleton dial, matching movement bridges and sapphire case-back ensure that the watch remains visually captivating from every angle.

Instead of concealing its mechanics, the watch celebrates them. Every gear, bridge and wheel becomes part of the overall design, creating a fascinating interplay between engineering and aesthetics. It is a reminder that modern haute horlogerie is as much about visual storytelling as it is about precision.

Built with Confidence

The Big Bang Sapphire Sky Blue is more than an exercise in design. It also reflects Hublot’s confidence in its manufacturing capabilities.

Eligible models purchased from 1 January 2026 benefit from Hublot’s 5+5 warranty programme, providing a five-year standard warranty with the possibility of extending coverage to ten years through the Hublotista programme. It is among the most comprehensive warranty offerings in contemporary luxury watchmaking and reinforces the brand’s trust in its products.

Limited to Just 100 Pieces

Exclusivity remains central to the appeal of this release.

The Hublot Big Bang Sapphire Sky Blue is limited to 100 pieces worldwide and will be available through selected Hublot boutiques, authorised retailers and the brand’s official online store. The watch is priced at USD 84,300, reflecting both the complexity of its sapphire construction and the sophistication of its in-house movement.

Final Thoughts

Few brands have embraced sapphire as confidently as Hublot. Over the years, the manufacture has transformed what was once considered an experimental material into one of its defining signatures. The Big Bang Sapphire Sky Blue continues that journey, combining a transparent sky-blue sapphire case with the technically impressive Meca-10 movement in a package that is both futuristic and unmistakably Hublot.

For collectors who appreciate avant-garde watchmaking, architectural movements and limited-edition craftsmanship, this latest Big Bang demonstrates exactly why Hublot remains one of the industry’s most daring innovators.

Hublot Big Bang Summer 2026: Pastel Ceramic Innovation Meets Swiss Watchmaking

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Most luxury watch launches follow a familiar formula. New dial colour. Slight case update. A movement you’ve probably seen before.

The Hublot Big Bang Summer 2026 collection takes a different approach.

Inspired by the colours of the Mediterranean, Hublot’s latest seasonal release combines mint green, pink and sky blue ceramic in a bold expression of the brand’s expertise in materials innovation. At first glance, the collection feels playful and relaxed. Look closer, however, and you’ll find manufacture chronograph and tourbillon movements that showcase the technical side of modern Hublot watchmaking.

For a brand that has made summer part of its identity since 2017, the 2026 collection continues a tradition of turning seasonal inspiration into something genuinely distinctive.

A Celebration of Colour and Ceramic Innovation

At the heart of the Big Bang Summer 2026 collection is Hublot’s mastery of coloured ceramic.

The brand notes that since 2018 it has continuously expanded its palette of high-tech coloured ceramics, developing proprietary processes that allow vibrant colours to maintain durability, scratch resistance and long-term stability. According to Hublot, its ceramic is up to 300 Vickers harder than traditional ceramic while retaining exceptional resistance to everyday wear.

This expertise is on full display in the new Big Bang Summer models, where pink, mint green and sky blue ceramic components come together in a single case design inspired by Mediterranean landscapes, from soft sunrise tones to colourful seaside sunsets.

Big Bang Summer Multi-Colored Ceramic 42mm

Leading the collection is the Big Bang Summer Multi-Colored Ceramic 42mm, produced in a limited edition of 200 pieces worldwide.

The watch features a case crafted from microblasted and polished pink and mint green ceramic, paired with a sky-blue ceramic bezel and matching caseback. The dial continues the colour theme with matte pink and mint green tones that echo the soft palette of the Mediterranean summer.

Powering the watch is Hublot’s manufacture HUB1280 Unico self-winding flyback chronograph movement with column wheel architecture. The calibre operates at 28,800 vibrations per hour and delivers approximately 72 hours of power reserve.

Each watch is supplied with interchangeable rubber straps in sky blue, mint green and pink, allowing owners to quickly change the look of the watch using Hublot’s One-Click strap system.

Big Bang Summer Multi-Colored Ceramic 44mm Tourbillon

For collectors seeking greater exclusivity, Hublot has created the Big Bang Summer Multi-Colored Ceramic 44mm Tourbillon, limited to just 10 pieces worldwide.

While it shares the same pastel ceramic colour palette as the chronograph model, this version adopts a more architectural appearance thanks to a transparent pink sapphire crystal dial that reveals the movement beneath. The transparency creates an impressive sense of depth while allowing the mechanical details to take centre stage.

The watch is powered by the manufacture HUB6035 automatic tourbillon movement. Visible through the sapphire architecture is a micro-rotor designed to optimise energy efficiency, while the movement provides approximately 72 hours of power reserve.

Like its chronograph counterpart, the Tourbillon is delivered with three interchangeable rubber straps in matching summer colours.

New Monochrome Ceramic Colours Join the Big Bang Collection

Alongside the limited-edition Summer models, Hublot has expanded the Big Bang collection with new monochrome ceramic references in Peach, Mint Green and Petrol Blue.

These watches present a softer expression of Hublot’s ceramic expertise while maintaining the bold character that has defined the Big Bang since its introduction.

A particularly notable addition is the 33mm Big Bang collection. For the first time in the history of the Big Bang, the 33mm model is offered without diamonds, allowing the monochromatic ceramic design to become the focal point. The watches are powered by the self-winding HUB1120 movement and are available in Peach, Mint Green and Petrol Blue ceramic.

Big Bang Titanium Peach Ceramic 42mm

Completing the line-up is the Big Bang Titanium Peach Ceramic 42mm.

Combining a satin-finished and polished titanium case with a polished peach ceramic bezel, the watch is powered by the manufacture HUB1280 Unico flyback chronograph movement. The peach theme extends across the skeletonised dial and structured rubber strap, creating a cohesive design while retaining the technical appeal associated with the Big Bang collection.

The watch offers approximately 72 hours of power reserve and 100 metres of water resistance.

Final Thoughts

The Hublot Big Bang Summer 2026 collection demonstrates the brand’s continued commitment to combining innovative materials with contemporary watchmaking.

While the vibrant pastel colours immediately capture attention, the collection is supported by manufacture chronograph and tourbillon movements, advanced ceramic technology and Hublot’s signature approach to design.

From the limited-edition multi-coloured ceramic models to the new monochrome Peach, Mint Green and Petrol Blue references, the collection offers a fresh interpretation of summer through the lens of modern Swiss watchmaking.

In a year filled with new luxury watch launches, the Big Bang Summer 2026 collection stands out not only for its colour palette, but also for the technical expertise that lies beneath it.

Hublot Antikythera: Exploring the Origins of Time Through Archaeology, Innovation and Watchmaking

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Hublot’s Extraordinary Journey to the Island of Antikythera

The story of watchmaking is ultimately the story of humanity’s quest to understand time. Few projects illustrate this connection more vividly than Hublot’s latest expedition to the Greek island of Antikythera, a place that continues to fascinate historians, scientists and watch enthusiasts alike.

As part of its ongoing commitment to scientific research, innovation and heritage preservation, Hublot has partnered with Swiss content creator Anil Brancaleoni to document an extraordinary scientific mission to Antikythera. The resulting documentary, available on the Hublot and Anil B YouTube channels, offers a fascinating look at the intersection of ancient history, pioneering exploration and cutting-edge technology in the search for what Hublot calls the “origin of time.”

Why Antikythera Matters

Antikythera is a small Greek island that became famous after the discovery of an ancient shipwreck in 1901. Among the treasures recovered from the wreck was the Antikythera Mechanism, a remarkable device dating to around 60 BCE.

Widely regarded as the world’s oldest known astronomical calculator, the mechanism was capable of predicting celestial events, tracking eclipses and calculating the movements of stars and planets with astonishing accuracy. Its complexity revealed a level of technological sophistication far ahead of what historians once believed possible for the ancient world.

More than two thousand years after its creation, the Antikythera Mechanism remains one of history’s most important scientific discoveries and continues to inspire modern innovation.

Hublot Xplorations and the Search Beneath the Sea

Since 2014, Hublot’s dedicated Hublot Xplorations department has played an active role in missions to Antikythera, spending more than two weeks each year supporting archaeological dive teams working at the historic wreck site.

Specialising in research and development, the team has created advanced underwater technologies, including state-of-the-art drones designed to help archaeologists locate artefacts still buried beneath the seabed. These innovations enable more accurate exploration while helping preserve the fragile underwater environment surrounding the wreck.

The latest documentary follows Hublot Xplorations and Anil Brancaleoni during an 18-day expedition alongside an international team of archaeologists, divers and specialists investigating one of the most important underwater archaeological sites in the world.

The Watch That Brought Ancient Astronomy to the Wrist

Hublot’s connection to Antikythera extends beyond exploration.

In 2012, the Swiss watchmaker unveiled the MP-04 Antikythera, a groundbreaking concept watch inspired directly by the famous ancient mechanism. Designed to reproduce the astronomical functions of its ancient predecessor on a wristwatch scale, the timepiece represented an extraordinary technical achievement.

The MP-04 Antikythera incorporated highly complex indications inspired by the original device, including displays linked to lunar cycles, eclipses, zodiac positions and astronomical calendars. Through this ambitious project, Hublot demonstrated how ancient scientific ingenuity could inspire modern haute horlogerie.

The Antikythera SunMoon Legacy

A year later, Hublot expanded the concept with the Antikythera SunMoon.

Inspired by the world of the Antikythera Mechanism, the watch features displays for both the sun and moon while offering a unique indication of the actual zodiac sign corresponding to a specific date. Unlike conventional zodiac interpretations, the watch takes into account the precession of the equinoxes, delivering a more scientifically accurate representation.

The Antikythera SunMoon remains one of the most unusual and technically fascinating creations in Hublot’s history, reflecting the brand’s passion for combining science, astronomy and watchmaking.

Innovation Beyond Traditional Watchmaking

The Antikythera project highlights a lesser-known side of Hublot’s activities.

Through Hublot Xplorations, the brand actively supports scientific research, technological development and cultural preservation initiatives. Beyond underwater archaeology, the programme has contributed to ambitious projects including the European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission, reinforcing Hublot’s commitment to exploration and discovery.

This approach reflects Hublot’s long-standing philosophy of the “Art of Fusion”, bringing together diverse worlds including technology, science, history and watchmaking.

A Modern Exploration of Humanity’s Relationship with Time

For watch enthusiasts, the Antikythera story offers a compelling reminder that the fascination with measuring time predates modern horology by centuries.

By supporting archaeological research and developing technologies that help uncover humanity’s scientific heritage, Hublot is contributing to a deeper understanding of one of history’s most remarkable achievements.

The Antikythera expedition is not simply an exploration of an ancient shipwreck. It is an exploration of humanity’s enduring desire to understand the cosmos, measure the passage of time and push the boundaries of knowledge.

In that respect, the mission embodies the very spirit of watchmaking itself.

Final Thoughts

Hublot’s involvement in Antikythera demonstrates how a modern luxury watch brand can contribute meaningfully to scientific research and cultural preservation while remaining connected to the values that define fine watchmaking.

Through Hublot Xplorations, advanced underwater technology and a shared passion for discovery, the brand continues to bridge the gap between ancient innovation and modern horology.

The result is a fascinating journey that reminds us that the quest to understand time is as relevant today as it was more than two millennia ago.

Hublot at LVMH Watch Week 2026

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A Study in Fusion: Sport, Symbolism, Design and the Modern Icon

At LVMH Watch Week 2026 in Milan, Hublot did not simply unveil new watches—it articulated a philosophy. From elite sport to avant-garde fashion, from cultural symbolism to two decades of industrial design leadership, the brand’s latest creations form a cohesive editorial narrative around one core belief: innovation is not a department, it is an attitude.

Presented from the heart of Milan, Hublot’s 2026 novelties reinforce the Art of Fusion as both method and mindset—where materials, mechanics, culture and emotion coexist without hierarchy.

Big Bang Tourbillon Novak Djokovic GOAT Edition

When Achievement Becomes Architecture

The most emotionally charged release of the week is the Big Bang Tourbillon Novak Djokovic GOAT Edition, a trilogy created as a living tribute to Novak Djokovic, whose career statistics have redefined modern tennis.

This is not commemorative watchmaking in the traditional sense. Limited initially to 101 pieces, the trilogy mirrors Djokovic’s professional victories at launch and is divided by tennis surface:

  • 72 blue for hard courts

  • 21 orange for clay

  • 8 green for grass

The 44mm case is crafted from a proprietary Hublot composite made using Lacoste polo shirts and HEAD tennis racquets, while the mid-case employs ultra-resistant Titaplast®, one of the strongest polymers ever used in horology.

Inside, the MHUB6035 automatic tourbillon movement abandons convention entirely. Its three-dimensional mainplate is engineered to resemble tennis racquet strings, while the power-reserve barrel evokes the texture of a tennis ball. At just 56 grams, the watch is designed to withstand actual play—an unprecedented claim for a tourbillon.

This is not a watch inspired by sport; it is a watch engineered from sport.

Big Bang Original Unico

Twenty Years of an Icon, Refined

Two decades after the Big Bang disrupted Swiss watchmaking, Hublot returned to its origin point with the Big Bang Original Unico—a modern rearticulation of a design that changed the industry in 2005.

Refined to a versatile 43mm case, the watch now houses Hublot’s fully in-house Unico chronograph calibre, featuring five patented innovations and a flyback function. A sapphire caseback reveals the movement, while ergonomic upgrades—curved lugs, a rubber-clad crown, improved pushers—enhance daily wearability.

Four references anchor the collection:

  • Black Magic (full black ceramic)

  • Titanium

  • Titanium Ceramic

  • King Gold Ceramic

The Big Bang Original Unico is not nostalgia-driven. It is a reminder that icons survive by evolving—technically, ergonomically and aesthetically.

Big Bang Unico SR_A

Industrial Design, Humanised

Hublot’s collaboration with British designer Samuel Ross enters a pivotal new chapter with the Big Bang Unico SR_A

For the first time, the SR_A design language is paired with the Unico manufacture chronograph. Limited to 200 pieces, the watch features a 42mm satin-finished and polished black ceramic case, paired with a newly developed honeycomb-structured rubber strap—a signature Ross motif rooted in architecture and industrial systems.

The skeletonised dial exposes the column wheel and chronograph mechanism, making the engineering as visible as the design intent. Compared to the earlier SR_A tourbillon editions, this release marks a deliberate shift: more wearable, more accessible, yet uncompromising in identity.

It is where contemporary design culture meets real-world functionality.

Big Bang & Spirit of Big Bang Coal Blue

Colour as Engineering

With Coal Blue, Hublot introduces one of its most nuanced colours to date—a mineral, stormy blue developed exclusively for the Big Bang and Spirit of Big Bang families

Neither overtly bold nor traditionally conservative, Coal Blue shifts between grey, black and blue depending on light. The shade debuts across four references, including the 43mm Big Bang Original Unico and 42mm Spirit of Big Bang, both featuring solid dials inspired by carbon-fibre geometry with enhanced three-dimensional depth.

Mechanically, the Big Bang Original Unico houses the flyback Unico calibre with a three-day power reserve, while the Spirit of Big Bang runs on the high-frequency HUB4700 beating at 5 Hz. Shared elements—titanium cases, rubber straps and the One-Click interchangeability system—unify the range.

Here, colour is not decoration; it is material expression.

Spirit of Big Bang Year of the Horse

When Carbon Becomes Cultural Art

For Lunar New Year 2026, Hublot introduces the Spirit of Big Bang Year of the Horse Frosted Carbon, a limited edition of 88 pieces that fuses cultural symbolism with material virtuosity.

The tonneau-shaped 42mm case is crafted entirely in frosted carbon, while the dial features hand-laid carbon marquetry combined with gold-plated appliqués forming a dynamic horse motif inspired by Tang dynasty artistry. Each fragment of carbon is individually cut and assembled by hand, transforming a high-performance material into a form of contemporary horological art.

Powered by the HUB1710 automatic movement, the watch delivers a 50-hour power reserve and continues Hublot’s tradition—since 2016—of reinterpreting the Lunar New Year through modern engineering rather than ornament alone.

It is symbolism, executed with discipline.

Classic Fusion Yohji Yamamoto All Black Camo

The Philosophy of Black

In one of its most intellectually aligned collaborations, Hublot reunites with Japanese fashion icon Yohji Yamamoto for the Classic Fusion Yohji Yamamoto All Black Camo, limited to 300 pieces.

Rendered in 42mm matte black ceramic, the watch explores black not as absence, but as essence. A monochrome camouflage pattern emerges subtly on the dial—black on black—shifting with light and movement. The smoked sapphire caseback reveals the MHUB1110 automatic movement, while the strap blends fabric and rubber in a tactile nod to Yamamoto’s couture language.

This is the first time the Yamamoto collaboration enters the Classic Fusion family, marking a quieter, more philosophical interpretation of the All Black concept—where luxury is defined not by shine, but by restraint.

Classic Fusion Sage Green

Contemporary Calm

Balancing the technical intensity of the Big Bang, Hublot’s Classic Fusion Sage Green collection introduces a softer, fashion-forward tone across 33mm, 42mm and 45mm titanium cases.

The pastel sage green dial—paired with specially developed rubber straps featuring a Milanese mesh-inspired texture—embodies modern elegance without sacrificing Swiss watchmaking credibility. From the diamond-set 33mm to the brand’s first sage green chronograph in 45mm, the collection highlights how subtle colour can redefine a classic without overpowering it.

Classic Fusion Chronograph UEFA Europa League Titanium Carbon

Football, Materialised

Completing the line-up is the Classic Fusion Chronograph UEFA Europa League Titanium Carbon, a 50-piece limited edition celebrating Hublot’s long-standing commitment to football.

The 42mm grade 5 titanium case is paired with a carbon-fibre bezel inlaid with orange fibreglass—each bezel uniquely patterned. Powered by the HUB1153 automatic chronograph, the watch features Europa League branding on the dial and caseback, and is delivered with a miniature trophy replica.

It is a collector’s piece that remains wearable, technical and unmistakably Hublot.

Closing Perspective

Hublot’s LVMH Watch Week 2026 presentation is unified not by aesthetics, but by intent. From Djokovic’s GOAT trilogy to the philosophical restraint of Yohji Yamamoto’s All Black, from Lunar New Year symbolism to twenty years of Big Bang evolution, each release reinforces the same idea:

Fusion is not about mixing for effect—it is about creating meaning through contrast.

In Milan, Hublot didn’t just show what’s new. It showed where modern watchmaking is headed.

Hublot Classic Fusion Yohji Yamamoto All Black Camo Redefines the Art of Black

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Hublot and legendary brand Yohji Yamamoto unite once again to redefine the art of black. For the fourth time since their first collaboration in 2020, they elevate black from a color to the Classic Fusion Yohji Yamamoto All Black Camo. A limited edition of 300 pieces where every texture and contrast are intentional. Matte black ceramic sculpts the 42mm case into light and depth, a monochrome camouflage pattern adds rhythm and motion while fabric and rubber fuse seamlessly on the strap.

This collaboration is more than fashion or watchmaking. It’s about vision. About how far you can strip something down to its essence. Both Hublot and Yohji Yamamoto have built their legacies on the same foundation: questioning the meaning of luxury. Both create through deconstruction. Hublot first broke Swiss tradition in 1980 with its Art of Fusion, blending gold with rubber, innovation with heritage. Since its debut at the Paris Fashion Week in 1981, Yohji Yamamoto redefined the conventions of fashion, using black as a response against excess and fashion’s norms.

For both creators, black is not absence, it is essence. Hublot pioneered the All Black concept in 2006, where light is defined by volume and texture, beyond its color. When Yohji Yamamoto first presented the collection in Paris in 1981, the black silhouettes were seen as revolutionary, an anti-fashion statement that freed creation from decoration. At Hublot, black is sculpted through material: matte ceramics, smoked sapphire, surfaces that play with shadow. For Yohji Yamamoto, black is woven through fabric: wool, silk, cotton layered to breathe and shift. Both treat black as visible and invisible.

“For Yohji Yamamoto, black reveals what truly matters, it purifies form, letting silhouette and texture speak. At Hublot, we treat black as a living material, sculpted, layered, folded where each surface interacts differently with light. This project marks our very first collaboration on a Classic Fusion model, and together, we share the belief that luxury is not what shines, but what endures”, stated Julien Tornare, CEO of Hublot.

Camouflage, reimagined in Yohji Yamamoto’s language, becomes a study in movement and material. On the Classic Fusion Yohji Yamamoto All Black Camo, the pattern appears as monochrome relief, black on black, dynamic under changing light.

“Black is modest and arrogant at the same time” affirmed Yohji Yamamoto.

The 42mm matte black ceramic case absorbs light and sculpts shadow. The black-on-black camouflage dial shifts subtly with movement, alive with contrast. The smoked sapphire caseback unveils the MHUB1110 Hublot automatic calibre and its skeletonized rotor while preserving a monochrome mystery. The strap, crafted from fabric and rubber, echoes the Japanese designer’s tactile couture and Hublot’s technical precision. The signature of Yohji Yamamoto is incorporated into the design of each of the 300 custom All Black boxes. The new Classic Fusion Yohji Yamamoto All Black Camo is available at a selection of Hublot points of sale and online at hublot.com.

HUBLOT

In 1980 and for the first time, a watch dared to put a gold case on a rubber strap, turning the luxury watch world upside down in the process. Named for the porthole-shaped bezel with its exposed screws, Hublot was born and with it, the Art of Fusion.

In 2005 the brand took this exercise in creative thinking to a new level with the Big Bang and its iconic design, size and layered construction case. That same year, Hublot received the Best Design award at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. Since then, spurred by this revolutionary mindset, the Big Bang has never stopped reinventing itself. The twenty-first century has its first watch Icon.

The concept of fusion is omnipresent, the guiding principle for every collection. Big Bang timepieces reshape the geometries of time; Classic Fusion balances boldness and restraint, while the Exceptional Timepieces overwrite expectations to create unprecedented horological objects. With its disruptive approach of challenging convention, Hublot’s DNA is transcribed in the Unico, Meca-10 and tourbillon in-house movements, to add another tier of meaning to the Art of Fusion.

Alchemy is ingrained into Hublot and not just at La Manufacture. Magic can take place on a football pitch, producing partnerships with major events (UEFA Champions League and UEFA EuroTM). Sometimes it happens at a concert, a basketball match, an artistic performance or at a unique gastronomic experience with Hublot’s family of starred Chefs. And so, the Hublot Vibes come to life, through shared moments of exaltation amongst the Hublotistas, its very own community of proud Hublot owners. The Art of Fusion goes beyond the tangible. It is a way of being, the Hublot way of life.

Yohji Yamamoto

Since his debut runway show in Paris in 1981, Yohji Yamamoto has been revolutionizing the fashion world through his philosophy of “conquering fashion through antithesis” – namely, an antithesis to traditional western clothing. Armed with a spirit of rebellion, he expresses his design philosophy though creating pieces that have endured the test of time, and which challenge taboos and propose radical convictions.

REFERENCE: 542.CI.6670.NR.YOY
300-piece limited edition

CASE
Microblasted Black Ceramic
Sapphire with Anti-reflective Treatment
Screws: Black plated H-Shaped polished Titanium
Size: 42 MM
Thickness: 10.4 MM
Water resistance: 5 ATM / 50M
CASE-BACK
Microblasted Black Ceramic

BEZEL
Microblasted Black Ceramic Screws 6 H-shaped Titanium
(Black plated polished Titanium)

DIAL
Black and Grey Camo Printing
Hands: Black plated matt

MOVEMENT
HUB1110 Self-winding Movement
No. of Components: 177
Jewels: 25
Frequency (Hz): 4 (28’800 A/h)
Power Reserve: Approx. 48 Hours

STRAP AND CLASP
Black Fabric and Black Rubber
Black-plated steel and Black-plated steel deployant Buckle.

Hublot MP-17 Arsham Splash — The Art of Time in Motion

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When art meets horology, time becomes fluid.

The Hublot MP-17 Meca-10 Arsham Splash Titanium Sapphire marks the next evolution of the brand’s creative collaboration with Daniel Arsham — American artist, sculptor, and Hublot Ambassador. Following the experimental MP-16 Arsham Droplet, this wrist-worn sculpture channels the beauty and movement of water, transforming timekeeping into an art form.

Sculpting Time Through the Art of Fusion

Hublot’s Art of Fusion has long been about blending materials, ideas, and worlds. The MP-17 takes that philosophy to a new dimension — merging Arsham’s “fictional archaeology” with Hublot’s modern mechanical mastery.

Every element — from its frosted sapphire bezel to its microblasted titanium case — celebrates transparency, structure, and motion. The splash-shaped dial opening represents a single moment of impact, forever suspended.

The Mechanics of Motion

Powered by the HUB1205 Manufacture Meca-10 movement, this hand-wound engine delivers a remarkable 10-day power reserve, visible through both the dial and caseback. Measuring 42mm across and just 15.35mm thick, it achieves sculptural balance and everyday wearability — a rare combination in Hublot’s MP series.

Green accents — Arsham’s signature tone — energize the hands, numerals, and power-reserve indicator, while the openworked dial reveals the intricate depth of the movement beneath.

The Fluidity of Time

Arsham once described his work as “collapsing time — you’re not quite sure if it’s an object from the past or the future.”

That tension defines the MP-17 Splash. The design blurs the boundaries between liquid and solid, past and present. It’s an exploration of time as a tangible medium — sculpted, contained, and in perpetual motion.

Edition of 99

Limited to just 99 pieces, the MP-17 Meca-10 Arsham Splash Titanium Sapphire stands as both collectible art and high watchmaking. It invites wearers — and viewers — to perceive time not as it passes, but as it flows.

“This collaboration explores the fluidity of time through a case inspired by the perfect geometry of a water droplet,” says Daniel Arsham. “Its transparent structure captures the clarity and motion of water — suspended, precise, and always in flux.”

Technical Specifications

Reference: 917.NJ.6909.RX

Case: Shiny Microblasted Titanium, 42mm

Bezel: Frosted Sapphire with Six H-shaped Screws

Caseback: Sapphire with Anti-reflective Treatment

Thickness: 15.35mm

Water Resistance: 50m

Dial: Rhodium-plated, Arsham Green Superluminova

Movement: HUB1205 Manufacture Manual-winding Skeleton

Power Reserve: 240 hours (10 days)

Strap: Black Rubber with Arsham Monogram

Clasp: Titanium Deployant Buckle

Limited Edition: 99 pieces

Hublot Marks 10 Years with UEFA Champions League: Classic Fusion Chronograph Titanium in Legendary Blue

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This year, two legacies align. 70 years of the European Cup. 10 years of Hublot as Official Watch. Lift the moment. Wear the legend.

In football, timing is everything. Since 2015, Hublot has been the Official Watch of the UEFA Champions League, measuring greatness, second by second, goal by goal, glory by glory. To celebrate 10 years of unforgettable moments, Hublot introduces the Classic Fusion Chronograph UEFA Champions League Titanium, a limited-edition timepiece that kicks off the 2025/26 season in style, available in just 100 pieces. Dressed in legendary blue. Powered by the spirit of champions.

Since joining the UEFA Champions League stage in 2015, Hublot has timed over 800 matches, logging everything from the most spectacular goals to the most unforgettable comebacks. Every second counted.

Every memory captured. As the European Cup celebrates 70 years, from its roots in 1955 to becoming theworld’s most watched annual sporting event, Hublot is proud to have been part of the last decade. Together, we’ve shared the moments that live forever.

The Classic Fusion Chronograph UEFA Champions League Titanium is a collector’s item for true football aficionados. This 100-piece limited edition features a 42mm satin-finished and polished titanium case, a gradient blue dial and the UEFA Champions League logo applied on the 3 o’clock counter. The strap fuses black rubber with blue calf leather, proudly bearing the iconic UEFA Champions League starball emblem.

Because legends deserve more than a box, each watch is presented in a custom wooden case, complete with an official miniature UEFA Champions League trophy replica: the only one you don’t have to win to lift, but that makes you feel like a winner every time you wear the watch.

Hublot CEO, Julien Tornare stated: “Football isn’t just a game, it’s a feeling. From the roar of the crowd to the silence before a penalty, every beat matters. And this watch is built to beat with you. Football has the power to unite, inspire and move us. It’s hearts racing, nations watching, legends rising. At Hublot, we celebrate the joy of shared moments and the thrill of chasing greatness. That’s what drives us. Because we don’t just measure time, we celebrate it!”

The Classic Fusion Chronograph UEFA Champions League Titanium is available at Hublot boutiques worldwide and on Hublot.com.

BIG BANG 20TH ANNIVERSARY – A CELEBRATION OF THE BIG BANG REVOLUTIONARY MINDSET

In 2005 the Big Bang marked the advent of a new era in watchmaking, more closely attuned than ever to the privileges of its name. Few timepieces have transformed contemporary watchmaking like the Big Bang. Twenty years after its launch, it remains the incarnation of a Manufacture that constantly pushes the boundaries of the unknown. Through exclusive materials and in-house movements, led by the Unico and the Meca-10, the Big Bang breaks with tradition —a notion it has never completely embraced. Singular for its bold aesthetic, plural for its versatility, this is the Big Bang.

ABOUT UC3

UC3 unites European football’s governing body UEFA and the European Club Association (ECA), representing more than 700 top European clubs, around a new vision for managing commercial rights to UEFA club competitions (the “UCCs”). It is the commercial entity responsible for generating revenues from the UCCs and creating value for our partners. UC3 oversees the management, sales and delivery of all commercial rights (including media, sponsorship and licensing rights) for UEFA’s elite men’s and women’s club competitions.

Hublot Loves Football Timeline

2006 I Sponsor of the Swiss National Football Team, the first time a luxury brand entered into a partnership in football
2008 I Official Watch for UEFA EURO in Austria and Switzerland
2008 I Official Timekeeper for Manchester United FC
2010 | Official Timekeeper for FIFA World Cup in South Africa
2011 I Official Timekeeper for AFC Ajax Amsterdam
2012 I Official Watch for UEFA EURO in Poland and Ukraine
2012 I Official Timekeeper for Juventus FC
2012 I Official Timekeeper for FC Bayern Munich
2013 I Official Timekeeper for Paris Saint-Germain FC
2014 I Official Timekeeper for FIFA World Cup in Brazil
2015 I Official Timekeeper for FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada
2015 I Official Timekeeper for Chelsea FC
2015 I Official Watch for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
2016 I Official Watch for UEFA EURO in France
2018 I Official Timekeeper for FIFA World Cup in Russia
2019 I Official Watch for UEFA Women’s Champions League
2019 I Official Watch for UEFA Nations League Finals
2019 I Official Timekeeper for FIFA Women’s World Cup in France
2020 I Official Timekeeper for Premier League
2021 I Official Watch for UEFA Conference League
2021 I Official Watch for UEFA EURO in Europe
2022 I Official Watch for UEFA Women’s EURO in England
2022 I Official Timekeeper for FIFA World Cup in Qatar
2023 I Official Timekeeper for FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand
2024 I Official Watch for UEFA EURO 2024 in Germany
2025 I Official Watch for UEFA Women’s EURO in SwitzerlandClassic Fusion

Chronograph UEFA Champions League Titanium

REFERENCE: 541.NX.5170.VR.UCL25

Limited edition XX/100

HANDS: Rhodium plated polished

DIAL: Satin-finished Gradient Blue UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Logo Applique on the 3 Hour Counter

CASE: Satin-finished and Polished Titanium

Size: 42 mm
Thickness: 11.9 mm
Water resistance: 5 ATM / 50 M
Screw: H-Shaped polished Titanium
Glass: Sapphire Anti-reflective treatment
Crown: Polished Titanium
Pushers: Polished Titanium

CASEBACK: Sapphire with Anti-reflective treatment and UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Logo Printed

BEZEL:Satin-finished and Polished Titanium

MOVEMENT

HUB1153 Self-winding Chronograph
Thickness: 6 mm
Diameter: 28.00 (12½´´´)
Number of components: 269
Date: Window at 6H
Jewels: 39
Frequency (HZ): 4 (28’800 A/H)
Power reserve (hours): Approx 48H

STRAP AND CLASP

Black Rubber and Blue Calf with
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Logo Printed
Stainless steel Deployant Buckle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PATRICK MAHOMES JOINS HUBLOT’S ELITE

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HUBLOT ANNOUNCES NFL SUPERSTAR PATRICK MAHOMES AS A BRAND AMBASSADOR, BRINGING HIS RECORD-BREAKING LEGACY TO THE WORLD OF HIGH-END WATCHMAKING

Hublot, the Luxury Swiss watchmaker renowned for its bold designs and unparalleled craftsmanship, is pleased to announce three-time Super Bowl Champion and Quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes as its newest brand ambassador. As one of the most disruptive and dynamic figures in modern sports, Mahomes embodies the spirit of innovation and excellence that Hublot celebrates around its timepieces and partnerships.

Patrick Mahomes said, “Partnering with Hublot is an honor—it’s a brand that understands the value of timeliness, precision, and also performance. I’m proud to be a part of a legacy that was built on mastering time with style”

A Game Changer in the World of Sports

Known for his exceptional athleticism and ability to perform under pressure, Mahomes has already broken multiple records and led his team to historic victories, including three Super Bowl championships and two-time MVP honors, to name a few. His innovative playing style and leadership on and off the field have redefined the quarterback position, making him a true game changer in the world of sports.

Much like Hublot, Patrick Mahomes redefines precision and performance—challenging norms and pushing boundaries with every throw, every game, and every season. He is the only quarterback in history to throw for over 5,000 yards in both college and the NFL in a single season. Mahomes reached 300 career touchdown passes faster than any quarterback in league history, holds the record for the most total yards in a single NFL season, and became the youngest QB to start in four Super Bowls. With three Super Bowl titles and two league MVPs already to his name, Mahomes isn’t just playing the game—he’s transforming it. His relentless pursuit of greatness aligns seamlessly with Hublot’s commitment to performance, culture, and style. Mahomes embodies passionate singularity—a rare fusion of talent, vision, and unyielding ambition that sets him apart as one of the most electrifying athletes of his generation. Beyond his athletic achievements, he shares a deep appreciation for the art of horology, innovation, and staying ahead of the curve, making this collaboration a natural and powerful match.

Excellence and Record-Breaking Ambition

Hublot has long been associated with excellence in the world of sports, having collaborated with some of the greatest athletes of all time, including Usain Bolt, Novak Djokovic, Kylian Mbappé, amongst others. Together, Mahomes and Hublot will continue to break records, inspire greatness, and elevate the standard of what it means to be the best both on and off the field.

“There are good players. Great players. And then, there’s Patrick Mahomes! Patrick is a true champion who represents everything that Hublot stands for. He is a leader, he has a vision, he brought a new style of playing for the beauty of the game, all of this with confidence, passion and instinct. At Hublot we recognize that mindset: a relentless pursuit of excellence, the courage to take risks and do it differently than others, and the dedication to continually break new ground. I have no doubt we’re up to great things next to Patrick and I can’t wait that together we will inspire billions around the world” stated Julien Tornare, Hublot CEO.

BIG BANG 20TH ANNIVERSARY – A CELEBRATION OF THE BIG BANG REVOLUTIONARY MINDSET

In 2005 the Big Bang marked the advent of a new era in watchmaking, more closely attuned than ever to the privileges of its name. Few timepieces have transformed contemporary watchmaking like the Big Bang. Twenty years after its launch,  it remains the incarnation of a Manufacture that constantly pushes the boundaries of the unknown. Through exclusive materials and in-house movements, led by the Unico and the Meca-10, the Big Bang breaks with tradition —a notion it has never completely embraced. Singular for its bold aesthetic, plural for its versatility, this is the Big Bang.

Hublot Classic Fusion Essential Series goes Taupe

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After setting the tone with its sought-after Essential Grey editions, Hublot now shifts the dial. This time, to taupe. Say hello to Volume IV: the new Classic Fusion Essential Taupe, released in two sizes: 42 mm and 45 mm. These two online-exclusive mark the fourth edition in Hublot’s Essential monochrome series. As with its predecessors, the Essential Taupe is a collector’s milestone.

Hublot may be known for bold moves, disruptive materials and colors you can spot across the room, but it also knows how to speak softly and make a big impact. Witness the Essential Taupe editions: radically refined and crafted for those who lead with timeless confidence. Taupe isn’t just a color, it’s a conviction. A pitch-perfect blend of grey and brown, it’s soft-spoken but strong, grounded yet elevated. It is worn effortlessly, beyond any label. Genderless, seasonless and bold.

Both the 42 mm and 45 mm models feature a polished and satin-finished titanium case and bezel, a sunray taupe dial and an eye-catching strap that fuses rubber and fabric in matching tones. Two signature elements of the Essential collections stand out: a distinctive woven thread unique to the strap and the tone-on-tone aesthetic with its unmistakable monochrome look. Beneath the anti-reflective sapphire crystal ticks a self- winding movement, offering up to 48 hours of power reserve and 5 ATM water resistance. Each timepiece features all the hallmarks of a genuine Classic Fusion: a bezel featuring six functional screws with H-shaped heads, three central hands and a discreet date window.

For those who need a refresh on the Essential color series, it is one of the Manufacture’s most sought-after vintages thanks to its exclusive nature: a single model, a single color, sold through a single channel. The Essential Taupe is the fourth release, preceded by the Big Bang Unico Essential Grey, the Spirit of Big Bang Essential Grey and last year’s Classic Fusion Essential Grey!

The Classic Fusion Essential Taupe is available exclusively online at hublot.com.

REFERENCE: 511.NX.4610.NR.HEC25

CASE
Polished and satin-finished Titanium
Size: 45 MM
Thickness: 10.95 MM
Water Resistance: 5 ATM / 50 M

CASE-BACK
Satin-finished Titanium

BEZEL
Satin-finished and Polished Titanium

DIAL
Sunny Taupe

MOVEMENT
HUB1112
Self-winding Movement
Frequency (HZ): 4 (28’800 A/h)
Power reserve: Approx. 48 Hours
Number of components: 185
Jewels: 25

STRAP AND CLASP
Taupe rubber
and Taupe fabric
Stainless steel Deployant Buckle

 

REFERENCE: 542.NX.4610.NR.HEC25

CASE
Polished and satin-finished Titanium
Size: 42 MM
Thickness: 10.4 MM
Water Resistance: 5 ATM / 50 M

CASE-BACK
Satin-finished Titanium

BEZEL
Satin-finished and Polished Titanium

DIAL
Sunny Taupe

MOVEMENT
HUB1110
Self-winding Movement
Frequency (HZ): 4 (28’800 A/h)
Power reserve: Approx. 48 Hours
Number of components: 177
Jewels: 25

STRAP AND CLASP
Taupe rubber
and Taupe fabric
Stainless steel Deployant Buckle

HUBLOT’S BIG BANG UNICO AND BIG BANG ONE CLICK IN PETROL BLUE AND MINT GREEN

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Hublot’s Chromatic Ceramic in full bloom: introducing the Big Bang Unico and Big Bang One Click 33mm pair in Petrol Blue and Mint Green Ceramic.

There’s an undeniable allure when it comes to vividly coloured ceramics. Going where no watch brand has gone before and continuing to explore the full spectrum of its possibilities, Hublot once again demonstrates its unrivalled mastery of the material with two new colours, making their debut in two pairs of emblematic Big Bang models. Unisex in their appeal and inspired by fashionable yet timeless spring tones, these two new ceramic colours are complementary yet vastly different. Evocative, alluring and simply like nothing else out there.

Deep, warm and with just a hint of green, the Petrol Blue ceramic is unlike any other blue ceramic out there. Evoking the depths of the open seas and the calmness of verdant forests, it’s got just the right brightness to stand out and reflect its multitude of tones, yet subtle and chic enough to remain unostentatious and fit with many colours and styles. Its teal undertones bring about a sense of calm and composure, which explains why it has been adopted so fervently by designers and aesthetes.

True to its name, Mint Green ceramic takes on a pastel hue that’s bright and cool. One of the many shades of green in nature’s palette, mint green features a hint of blue that lends it a refreshing touch that exudes peace and tranquillity. A very popular tone this spring season, it brings light and calmness to any outfit or situation and can be easily matched with complementary colours.

These two new ceramic colours are being introduced across two models: the Big Bang Unico 42mm and the Big Bang One Click 33mm. Demonstrating the versatility of the Petrol Blue and Mint Green tones, these two iconic Big Bang silhouettes provide the perfect canvas. The more compact 42mm version of the Big Bang Unico, showcasing Hublot’s in-house developed and manufacture automatic chronograph calibre, and the Big Bang One Click 33mm, a symbol of femininity, creativity and independence with a diamond-set steel bezel. Petrol Blue and Mint Green ceramic also mark the first time that a Big Bang One Click 33mm model is crafted in ceramic.

Regardless of the model or colour, the tones of the Petrol Blue and Mint Green ceramics are matched by the rubber strap, which can be swapped on both the Big Bang Unico 42mm and Big Bang One Click 33mm using the quick strap-change system integrated into the case. The open dial of the Big Bang Unico and the solid dial of the Big Bang One Click 33mm also take on the same hues as their ceramic cases.

The Big Bang Unico 42mm and Big Bang One Click 33mm in both Blue Ceramic and Mint Green are a seasonal creation that’s limited in time, available from Hublot boutiques and authorized retailers.

BIG BANG UNICO PETROL BLUE CERAMIC

BIG BANG UNICO MINT GREEN CERAMIC

REFERENCE
441.ES.5121.RX: PETROL BLUE CERAMIC
441.GS.5221.RX: MINT GREEN CERAMIC

DIAL
Mint Green or Petrol Blue Skeleton

CASE
Polished Mint Green or Petrol Blue Ceramic “One-Click”
Diameter 42 MM
Thickness 14.50 mm
Water Resistant 100

MOVEMENT
MHUB1280
UNICO Manufacture Self-winding
Chronograph Flyback Movement with Column Wheel
Main plate & Bridges: Anthracite Ruthenium-plated
Date: Calendar Display at 3.00 Oscillating Weight: Anthracite Ruthenium-plated Circular Satin- finished Tungsten
Swiss Silicon Lever Escapement No. of Components: 354 Jewels: 43
Frequency (HZ): 4 (28’800 A/h) Power reserve: Approx. 72 Hours

CASE-BACK
Polished Mint Green or Petrol Blue Ceramic and Sapphire Crystal with Anti-reflective Treatment

STRAPS AND CLASP
Mint Green or Petrol Blue Lined Rubber Straps
Titanium Deployant Buckle Clasp

BEZEL
Polished Mint Green or Petrol Blue Ceramic “One- Click” System
Screws: 6 H-Shaped Titanium

BIG BANG ONE CLICK PETROL BLUE CERAMIC DIAMONDS

BIG BANG ONE CLICK MINT GREEN CERAMIC DIAMONDS

REFERENCE
485.ES.5171.RX.1204 : PETROL BLUE CERAMIC
485.GS.5271.RX.1204: MINT GREEN CERAMIC

CASE
485.ES.5171.RX.1204 : Polished Petrol Blue “One-Click” System
485.GS.5271.RX.1204:Polished Mint Green “One-Click” System
Diameter 33 MM Thickness 10.55 mm Water Resistant 100m

MOVEMENT
MHUB1120
Self-winding Movement
Date: Window at 3.00
Oscillating Weight : HUBLOT Design Polished and Microblasted Tungsten Rotor
Escapement: Swiss Lever Escapement No. of Components: 169
Jewels : 18
Frequency (HZ): 4 (28’800 A/h) Power reserve: Approx. 40 Hours

CASE-BACK
Polished Mint Green or Petrol Blue Ceramic and Sapphire Crystal with Anti-reflective Treatment

BEZEL
Polished Stainless Steel Set with 36 Diamonds for ~0.76ct
Screws: 6 H-Shaped Titanium DIAL
Shiny Mint Green or Petrol Blue

STRAPS AND CLASP
Mint Green or Petrol Blue Structured Lined Rubber Straps
Stainless Steel Deployant Buckle Clasp

ONE CLICK TO SUMMER MODE

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SUMMER CELEBRATIONS START IN MYKONOS WITH THE NEW BIG BANG UNICO SUMMER 2025

If there’s one thing not to miss this season, it’s the launch of the new Big Bang Unico Summer 2025 and the unforgettable Hublot Summer event that comes with it. Since 2017, Hublot has been beach-hopping through the most exclusive Mediterranean hotspots, bringing its bold energy to the places where summer never sleeps. In the heart of Mykonos, Hublot Ambassador and the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt and Friend of the Brand, Mattia Vitale, member of DJ trio Meduza set the tone for an exclusive summer celebration with press, clients, KOLs and members of the Hublot family. Drenched in sun-kissed orange and Mediterranean blue, the Big Bang Unico Summer 2025 captures the essence of endless days under the sun, warm sand between your toes and waves gently lapping the shore.

“Summer and its festive spirit have been celebrated at Hublot for the past 8 years. The Big Bang Unico Summer 2025 reflects what Hublot stands for: bold, vibrant and unforgettable moments. It’s not just about a watch launch or a party, it’s a feeling. A celebration of summer, joy, friendship, team spirit and above all the incredible people who make Hublot what it is” explains Julien Tornare, CEO of Hublot.

A SPLASH OF INNOVATION

Crafted in Hublot’s signature high-tech ceramic, the Big Bang Unico Summer 2025 micro blasted orange case glows like the golden hour, while the sky-blue bezel mirrors the boundless sea. Light, bold and effortlessly cool, it’s made for those who live where the sun meets the waves.

As light as a sea breeze with its featherlight micro blasted ceramic, yet tough for any adventure with its high-resistance ceramic, this watch is ready for every bold, spontaneous dive – from pool party to deep waters – with its 100m water-resistance. A watch, cool enough, to switch effortlessly from beach mode to sunset lounging and party mode in seconds, thanks to its patented One-Click strap system. A timepiece versatile enough, that comes with three interchangeable straps – sky blue, dark blue or orange, all three featuring white-lined rubber – to match your mood & style anytime.

From the inside out, Hublot’s innovation shines from its cutting-edge color ceramic technology to the in-house Unico manufacture movement. Since 2018, Hublot has redefined ceramic with bold, patented colors and extreme durability. Engineered for intensity, its high-tech formula is harder, denser and more scratch-resistant than traditional ceramics. Vibrant, unbreakable and 100% Hublot. Since 2010, the Unico movement has set the standard for in-house innovation, precision and performance. Designed for versatility, its groundbreaking architecture delivers reliability and cutting-edge mechanics. Bold, engineered and 100% Hublot.

BIG BANG UNICO SUMMER 2025

REFERENCE: 441.ES.5199.RX

Limited edition of 100 pieces

DIAL:
Matte Sky Blue and Orange

CASE:
Microblasted Orange Ceramic.
“One-Click” System.
Size: 42 MM
Thickness: 14.50 MM
Water Resistance: 10 ATM / 100 M

MOVEMENT
HUB1280 Unico Manufacture
Self-winding Chronograph
Flyback Movement with Column wheel
Main Plate & Bridges: Blue-plated
Date Calendar Display at 3.00
Oscillating Weight: Blue-plated
Circular Satin-finished Tungsten
Swiss Silicon Lever Escapement

CASE-BACK
Microblasted Orange Ceramic
and Sapphire Crystal with Anti-
reflective Treatment

STRAP AND CLASP
Sky Blue and White Lined Rubber Straps
Additional Straps
Dark blue and white Lined Rubber Straps
Orange and White Lined Rubber Straps
Titanium Deployant Buckle Clasp

BEZEL
Microblasted Sky Blue
Ceramic
Screws: 6 H-shaped
Titanium

Hublot Big Bang MECA-10 Concrete Jungle: Where Swiss Craftsmanship Meets NYC Grit

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When one of Switzerland’s most innovative watchmakers decides to capture the soul of New York City, the result is nothing short of spectacular. Enter the Hublot Big Bang MECA-10 Concrete Jungle — a limited edition timepiece that marries raw urban edge with fine horological engineering. More than just a watch, it’s an audacious statement piece that blends art, industry, and identity in one unmistakable package.

A Watch Born from the Streets of NYC

New York City is many things: a melting pot of cultures, a temple of fashion, a financial powerhouse, and above all, a place that never stops moving. The Concrete Jungle nickname was born from the city’s towering skyscrapers and steel veins of subway lines. With this limited edition, Hublot doesn’t merely pay homage to New York’s energy — it captures and encapsulates it in wearable form.

The bezel, crafted from actual concrete, is a world first for luxury watchmaking. Hublot microblasted and reinforced the concrete to ensure durability without compromising on weight or comfort. The result? A texture and aesthetic unlike anything else on the market — bold, grainy, and authentically urban.

This material choice isn’t just cosmetic. It serves as a tactile reminder of the city’s unyielding character. Every detail of the Big Bang MECA-10 Concrete Jungle evokes the architectural DNA of New York — from its industrial look to its robust, no-nonsense build.

The Engine: MECA-10 Manual-Winding Movement

At the heart of this creation is Hublot’s in-house HUB1201 MECA-10 manual-winding skeleton movement — a technical masterpiece known for its power and performance. Launched in 2016, the MECA-10 was celebrated for redefining traditional mechanical watchmaking by offering a power reserve of 10 full days, a rare feat in modern horology.

The movement features a highly architectural design, visible through both the front and back of the watch. Its dual parallel barrel system provides not only extended autonomy but also a sense of mechanical drama. The power reserve indicator, located at 6 o’clock, uses a rack-and-pinion system reminiscent of industrial machinery.

Each component is a lesson in form and function. The skeleton dial allows for an immersive view into the mechanics, with bridges and gears laid out like a city grid. It’s not just a watch — it’s a skyline on your wrist.

Materials That Redefine Luxury

Hublot has always been a pioneer in using unconventional materials, and the Big Bang MECA-10 Concrete Jungle continues this legacy under the brand’s “Art of Fusion” philosophy. The materials chosen are not only innovative but meaningful:

  • Concrete Bezel: An industry first, it encapsulates NYC’s toughness and creativity.
  • Black Ceramic Case (45mm): Lightweight, durable, and scratch-resistant. Its matte finish complements the rawness of the concrete bezel.
  • Interchangeable Straps: Grey fabric strap with velcro fastner and a Black Rubber Strap

The combination of these materials results in a watch that is rugged yet refined, industrial yet luxurious. It’s designed for those who are not afraid to push boundaries — in style, in life, and in their choice of timepiece.

Exclusivity Etched in Stone — and Steel

Only 10 pieces of the Big Bang MECA-10 Concrete Jungle exist in the world. This ultra-limited release solidifies its status as not just a collector’s item but a wearable piece of art. Each watch is individually numbered and features an engraved caseback that reads “CONCRETE JUNGLE” — a tribute to the city that inspired it.

In a world of mass production, this level of exclusivity is rare and refreshing. It creates a sense of connection between the wearer and the watch. Owning one isn’t just about luxury; it’s about being part of a story that bridges continents, cultures, and crafts.

NYC Meets Swiss Craft: The Cultural Fusion

Why New York? Because the city represents much of what Hublot stands for: innovation, dynamism, bold aesthetics, and constant reinvention. It is a global capital that blends heritage with hustle — just like Hublot, which fuses traditional Swiss watchmaking with modern design and unexpected materials.

This cultural intersection makes the Big Bang MECA-10 Concrete Jungle a wearable ambassador of two worlds. It’s a Swiss engine wrapped in NYC attitude. It’s where haute horlogerie meets hip-hop culture, art deco meets street art, and legacy meets modernity.

Designed for the Urban Connoisseur

The ideal wearer of the Concrete Jungle is someone who sees time not as a constraint, but as a canvas. They are collectors, yes, but also creators. People who live and move to their own rhythm. Whether it’s a Wall Street disruptor or a Brooklyn-based designer, this watch is made for individuals who thrive in cities that never sleep.

This timepiece is as much a fashion statement as it is a feat of engineering. Paired with streetwear or worn with tailored suits, it transcends traditional luxury watch categories. It speaks to a new generation of buyers who value rarity, story, and edge over heritage alone.

Final Thoughts: Time Told with Swagger

The Hublot Big Bang MECA-10 Concrete Jungle is not for the faint of wrist. It’s for those who see time not just as a measurement, but as a medium for expression — rugged, rare, and radically different. From its groundbreaking materials to its powerful movement and cultural symbolism, this watch defines what it means to be bold in 2025.

For Hublot, it represents yet another leap forward in watchmaking innovation. For collectors and connoisseurs, it’s an opportunity to own a piece of New York — not the postcard version, but the real, unfiltered, unstoppable city. A concrete jungle, cast in steel and driven by gears.

SQUARE BANG TOURBILLON 4-DAY POWER RESERVE

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The Square Bang adds a whole new dimension to the Tourbillon

Why are watches round? Because their most basic component– the wheel – is round. It’s as simple as that. Perhaps too simple for Hublot, though, who was certainlynot going to build the future of Haute Horlogerie on conventions from the past.

In 2022, the Nyon-based Manufacture unveiled a brand-new collection, its third, andlatest addition to the Big Bang family, made up of different shaped watches: the round Big Bang, the tonneau-shaped Spirit of Big Bang, and the Square Bang. Square. Powerful. Radical. The essence of the Big Bang encapsulated in a square case with each side measuring 42mm, now available in some twenty variations, all Manufacture chronograph pieces. Until now.

The Square Bang Tourbillon 4-Day Power Reserve is the first Square Bang with two central hands. It also features many other firsts. The first to offer a 3D carbon case. The first to be regulated by a Tourbillon.

The first to contain only square bridges.

To achieve this result, Hublot made full use of the capacities of its in-house Manufacture. The MHUB6023 manual movement was especially developed for the Square Bang Tourbillon. The timepiece is the perfect fusion of form and function, technique and design. Each of the bridges are square or rectangular, bearing the 174 components essential to this calibre. Every surface also features a subtle combination of matte and satin finishes to  beautifully accentuate the different depths at which the various bridges are set.

“Until now, advances in square watches have been rather timid, usually confined to the case alone. With the Square Bang Tourbillon 4-Day Power Reserve, we wanted to take the exercise to its logical conclusion, by designing a movement whose architecture is also fully right-angled. The bridges are straight, clean and sharp, as if to protect a movement that always beats to the rhythm of a perfect circle, that of the Tourbillon, barrel and power reserve. The fusion is complete,” explains Julien Tornare, CEO of Hublot.

UNCOMPROMISINGLY SQUARE

To reinforce the square geometry, the main components of the timepiece are distributed over the four sides of the square: winding on the right, power reserve on the left, large barrel on top and tourbillon below. The balance is perfect, and nothing escapes the discerning eye since the entire movement is
skeletonised. Powerful yet ethereal, the openwork composition leaves its angles and straight lines suspended in mid-air. The complex architecture is ingenious, with technical and aesthetic meetings in perfect fusion to create a mechanism whose lightness is equalled only by its uniqueness, as the first
watch composition of its kind developed by Hublot.

To celebrate the arrival of the first Tourbillon in the Square Bang family, Hublot has designed a bespoke case for it, made entirely from carbon and measuring 42mm. The first in the collection, its 3D finish is created using a carbon composite, woven into vertical and horizontal lines. The structure is built around a square motif, in keeping with the spirit of the Square Bang. The same inspiration is found on the rubber strap, which is also textured with square motifs, ensuring continuity between the different elements of the watch exterior and, above all, guaranteeing the perfect harmony of the piece.

The new Square Bang Tourbillon offers an extended power reserve of four days, with the indicator at nine o’clock counting down the remaining days and hours. To ensure that each of these is measured with optimum precision, its tourbillon is fitted with a silicon escapement that makes it resistant to the
magnetic disturbances and temperature variations of everyday life.

SSQUARE BANG TOURBILLON 4-DAY POWER RESERVE

REFERENCE: 805.QD.0170.RX

MOVEMENT:
MHUB6023 Manufacture
Manual winding Power Reserve
Skeleton Tourbillon
Black-plated bridges
Polished Rhodium-plated Balance
Tourbillon Escapement
Frequency: 3Hz (21’600 A/h)
Power reserve (hours): 96h minimum
Number of components: 174
Jewels: 25

DIAL:
Sapphire Crystal

CASE:
3D Carbon Fiber
“One-Click” System.
Size: 42 MM
Thickness: 13.20 MM
Water Resistance: 3 ATM / 30 M

CASE-BACK:
3D Carbon Fiber and Sapphire
Crystal with Anti-reflective Treatment

BEZEL:
3D Carbon Fiber
Screws: 6 H-shaped
Titanium

STRAP AND CLASP
Black Structured Rubber Straps
Black Ceramic and Black-plated
Titanium Deployant Buckle Clasp

THE SINGULARITY OF AN ICON: HUBLOT UNVEILS A FUSION OF THE BIG BANG ORIGINAL AND BIG BANG UNICO FOR THE COLLECTION’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY

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20 years can seem like a long time. But time is relative, and in the case of the Big Bang, two decades have gone by in a blink. In that time, Hublot has forged itself into the undisputed leader of innovation in materials, design and technicity. Hublot and its Big Bang have gone from one showstopper to another, ceaselessly reinventing the codes and building on a spirit of revolution, audacity and playfulness. With many world-firsts and genre-defying feats, the Big Bang will go down in history as the first truly iconic watch of the 21st century and a beacon of creativity in a field that’s usually confined by history and tradition. A true point of singularity, after which nothing can be the same.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the manufacture’s most emblematic collection, Hublot has revisited some of the most significant milestones in the collection’s history in a true act of fusion, combining the original Big Bang’s design with the current Big Bang Unico, resulting in five limited edition
Big Bang models. Each of the five editions combines the most emblematic details from the first Big Bang models and the later Big Bang Unico, making these 20th anniversary pieces commemorative by bridging the past, present and future of the Big Bang.

All five models feature a redesigned case with the distinctive layered construction that recalls the earliest Big Bangs with pinched lugs and a knurled bezel edge, as well as the distinctive Big Bang silhouette. The engraved dials with a carbon fibre-inspired relief motif feature the iconic riveted Arabic
numerals and indexes and, just like the original Big Bangs, but this time filled with Super-LumiNova like the Big Bang Unico models.

The dial features two counters, one for the small seconds at 9 o’clock and one for the minutes of the chronograph at 3 o’clock, though now driven by the Unico automatic manufacture chronograph movement, with a commemorative gold rotor marking the 20th anniversary of this modern icon. The structured rubber strap with a treaded lozenge pattern, reminiscent of the very first Big Bangs, is fastened to the case using the Big Bang Unico’s One Click strap-change mechanism integrated in the case. With these five editions, Hublot sought to highlight a selection of materials that stand out as the
manufacture’s source of pride, which have earned it immense expertise to create truly outstanding pieces.

TITANIUM CERAMIC & KING GOLD CERAMIC

Back to where it all begins, the original fusion. When the Big Bang entered the scene in 2005, it did so with two versions that would set the tone for the collection according to the philosophy of the “Art of fusion”, earning Hublot and the Big Bang world recognition. The combination of steel or gold, fibreglass, rubber and ceramic with a patterned dial recalling the woven look of carbon fibre and just a touch of red is immediately identifiable. For the Big Bang 20th Anniversary editions, limited to 500 pieces in titanium ceramic and 250 pieces in King Gold ceramic, Hublot has optimized every detail. The case features a new 43mm diameter, with slightly curved pinched lugs. The polished bezel brings back the knurled bezel edge that was a prominent feature of the earliest Big Bang models. It also marks the reappearance of the rubber-tipped rectangular pushers found in the first Big Bang references, along with the textured lozenge patterned rubber strap, which is easily swappable thanks the One-Click system integrated in the case.

The carbon-patterned dial has also been redesigned for an even more dramatic three-dimensional visual impact and more pronounced interplay of shadows and textures. Taking cues from the Big Bang Unico, the Arabic numerals and hour markers are filled with Super-LumiNova for optimal legibility in all situations. The red accents on the chronograph indicators further enhance the readability. Powered by the Unico automatic flyback chronograph manufacture calibre, the Big Bang 20th anniversary pieces feature a special gold oscillating weight, and a specially engraved crown with rubber insert features a special Hublot 20th anniversary logo.

RED CERAMIC

Ceramic has always played an integral role in the genesis and evolution of the Big Bang. But what Hublot has done in the past years is truly pushing the envelope by producing ceramic in vivid colours that the world of watchmaking has never seen before. No small feat, coloured ceramic are extremely difficult to master. From selecting the right pigments to applying the right pressures and temperatures to maintain the material’s structural integrity and keep the colour homogenous, a lot of trial and error is required to get it just right as the process has to be adapted for each colour. The first of Hublot’s in-house developed and made coloured ceramics was red ceramic, first unveiled in 2018. To mark this important achievement as the first of many developments in which Hublot stands at the forefront of innovation, the Big Bang 20th Anniversary Red Magic edition of 100 pieces completes the quintet of commemorative pieces. The combination of bright red ceramic with a carbon-patterned dial is as evocative as it is boldly and proudly singular.

ALL BLACK

Few design codes have been as dramatic and game-changing in contemporary watch design as Hublot’s All Black. A daring and unprecedented concept first unveiled in 2006 with the first Big Bang All Black limited edition, the watch broke all the norms that we had come to expect from a luxury timepiece. The focus wasn’t functionality or readability, but to a bold concept of “invisible visibility” whereby stripping away all colours and light offers a mesmerizing and stealthy allure where even the most miniscule details shine under a different light. For the 20th anniversary of the Big Bang, Hublot is once again reinterpreting this defiant concept in the Big Bang 20th Anniversary All Black Edition.

Crafted in matte & polished black ceramic, the 43mm case gives way to a black carbon-pattern dial, marking the first time such a combination has occurred in a Big Bang All Black model. A limited edition of 500 pieces, this commemorative edition is sure to please those who are nostalgic for the early Big Bang years or simply seeking a bold, individual expression.

MAGIC GOLD

One of Hublot’s first forays into the world of advanced materials, Magic Gold truly lives up to its name. Announced in 2011 as the world’s first and only scratch-resistant 18-karat gold alloy, Magic Gold represents all that the Hublot’s R&D department seeks to pursue: New solutions for creativity and alleviating the shortcomings of traditional materials and metals. Magic Gold combines the resilience of ceramic with shine and lustre of gold, resulting in a unique material that exhibits a golden hue with a slight green tent, and a hardness that makes it impervious to scratches and oxidation. Developed at the Hublot manufacture and produced within its own foundry, Magic Gold is the stuff of science-fiction. A limited edition of 100 pieces, the Big Bang 20th Anniversary Magic Gold edition combines the unique 18-karat gold alloy with a carbon-patterned dial and gilt hands and markers for the perfect futuristic contrast of tones and textures.

On the commemorative Big Bang 20th Anniversary editions, Hublot CEO Julien Tornare shared, “The Hublot Big Bang is undoubtedly one of the modern icons of 21st century watchmaking. This year, we’re not only looking back at all that Hublot has achieved through the Big Bang, but also looking towards the future and all the potential it still holds and possibilities it offers. I am immensely proud of what the Big Bang 20th Anniversary capsule collection represents by bridging the nostalgia of 20 years ago with the present and future of what the Hublot manufacture is capable of accomplishing. Here’s to the next 20 years!”

HUBLOT UNVEILS THE WORLD’S FIRST MULTICOLOR CERAMIC WATCH WITH THE BIG BANG UNICO MAGIC CERAMIC LIMITED EDITION

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At Hublot, innovation takes on many forms. A driving force at the forward-looking manufacture, the need to ceaselessly push the limits and break boundaries to conjure astonishing creations and world-firsts is what keeps its creativity in perpetual overdrive.

After becoming an industry leader of a wide range of materials from coloured sapphire and vividly chromatic ceramic to inventing the world’s first scratch-resistant 18k gold alloy, today, Hublot unveils a true innovation that’s been several years in the making and unlike anything else: multi-coloured ceramic, dubbed “Magic Ceramic”.

For over 10 years, Hublot has been at the vanguard of developing and producing coloured ceramics, and remains the only watch manufacture capable of producing vibrantly coloured ceramics in-house. Thanks to the expertise of its R&D and Materials & Metallurgy teams, who take on the role of “alchemists of time” by conjuring things previously thought impossible, Hublot has accomplished what has long been considered a holy grail of ceramics. Nothing short of revolutionary, this achievement marks the beginning of a new world of creative possibilities and artistic expression and liberty.

More than just a simple layering of pigments, achieving multi-coloured ceramic requires innovative thinking and a deep understanding of ceramics and how colours are reproduced. While others have attempted to create multicoloured ceramics, none have come close to what Hublot has achieved.

Each pigment used for colour must go through different temperatures during the baking and moulding processes of the ceramic components. The challenge therefore lies in finding the perfect balance to obtain a homogeneous and flawless result – time and time again. Always leading and never following, Hublot’s new “Magic Ceramic” is born of a pending patent process and is making its debut in the Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic, a limited edition of just 20 pieces that offers a glimpse of one of the countless possibilities that this innovation offers.

On this latest innovation by the Hublot manufacture, Director of R&D Mathias Buttet shared, “I feel an immense pride in seeing our team bring to life a material that perfectly embodies Hublot’s soul: a subtle blend of science, alchemy, and playful boldness. After more than four years of research, we have mastered the art of combining vivid, patented colors—a true technical feat. Thanks to the creativity and talent of our young engineers taking the lead, Hublot’s scientific approach and innovating spirit will continue to astonish.”

Intriguing, captivating and simply beyond reason or logic, the coloured ceramic looks like nothing else out there. In the Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic, the bezel, crafted in dark grey ceramic, gives way to intense blue circles arranged in a seemingly random and organic pattern. Like a work of contemporary abstract or pop art, the way the circles are perfectly and seamlessly integrated within the rest of the ceramic is a testament to the ingenuity of the patent-pending process.

Within the Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic beats the UNICO automatic flyback chronograph movement, conceived, developed and manufactured entirely within Hublot’s ateliers. It is finished in a grey tone matching the dominant tone of the multi-coloured ceramic. A full black lined rubber strap completes the look of this singular work of watchmaking-come-art. This combination of the manufacture’s first automatic in-house chronograph movement and its latest groundbreaking achievement in ceramic
brings Hublot’s vast range of know-how full circle.

The Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic is a limited edition of 20 pieces that will go down in history as a world first, and marks the beginning of a new creative avenue for Hublot to explore to the fullest extent.

The future is bright… and multicolored.

BIG BANG UNICO MAGIC CERAMIC

REFERENCE
441.CIB.1171.R

CASE
Microblasted and Polished Black
Ceramic. “One-Click” System.

Size: 42 MM
Thickness: 14.50 MM
Water Resistance: 10 ATM / 100 M

CASEBACK
Microblasted and Polished Black
Ceramic and Sapphire Crystal
with Anti-reflective Treatment

BEZEL
Polished Bi-color Black
Ceramic with twilight blue
dots

DIAL
Matt black

MOVEMENT
HUB1280 UNICO Manufacture
Self-winding Chronograph
Flyback Movement

Main Plate & Bridges: Black-plated
Date Calendar Display at 3.00
Oscillating Weight: Black-plated
Circular Satin-finished Tungsten

Frequency (HZ): 4 (28’800 A/h)
Power reserve: Approx. 72 Hours
Number of components: 354
Jewels: 43

STRAP AND CLASP
Full Black Lined Rubber Straps
Black Ceramic and Black-plated
Titanium Deployant Buckle Clasp

PRICE
30’000 CHF
34’300 EUR
33’000 USD
28’300 GBP

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HUBLOT CLASSIC FUSION CHRONOGRAPH TITANIUM KING GOLD GREEN

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Celebrating India’s Heritage with a Touch of Gold and Green

Hublot unveils the Classic Fusion Chronograph Titanium King Gold Green, a Special edition exclusively for the Indian market. This timepiece celebrates the 20 years of presence of Hublot in India & pays homage to country’s rich culture and its global influence. The olive green dial symbolizes prosperity and growth, while the King Gold accents reflect India deep-rooted love for gold.

GOLD : A TIMELESS CONNECTION TO PROSPERITY

Crafted with a satin-finished and polished titanium case, the watch features an 18K King Gold bezel, embodying India’s enduring affinity for gold: a universal symbol of prosperity, beauty and auspiciousness. Celebrated in Indian culture as a marker of purity and enlightenment, gold carries deep spiritual and traditional significance. As gifting gold is believed to bring good fortune, the King Gold detail becomes a tribute to this tradition.

GREEN: A SYMBOL OF GROWTH & RENEWAL

The sunburst green dial and its matching green alligator leather strap with black rubber lining reflect India’s vibrant landscapes as well as its cultural symbolism of hope and renewal. A nod to one of the three colors adorning the national flag, this lush shade evokes the country’s rich natural beauty.

“India’s growing influence in business, art, technology and culture inspires us everyday. This timepiece carries part of the national story. The olive green dial represents hope, growth and a greener tomorrow, while the King Gold embodies the richness of tradition and pride. With this special edition, we honor India’s heritage while celebrating its bold future.” -JULIEN TORNARE, HUBLOT CEO

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BIG BANG UNICO SAILING TEAM: HUBLOT SETS SAIL AGAIN

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This limited edition of 100 pieces made from carbon fibre, like Alan Roura’s IMOCA, represents the fusion between the skipper, his racing craft, and the Hublot technology designed to optimise his performance.

This is a bold timepiece that goes back to Hublot’s maritime roots.Back in 2004, Hublot was a small independent brand when it first unveiled the Subaquaneus, its first technical watch designed for the sea: a timepiece from a maison whose connection to the ocean is reflected in its very name (Hublot is French for “porthole”).

Twenty years later, everything has changed. Hublot has become an integrated manufacture and one of the most disruptive brands on the market. While Research & Development is the driving force behind the brand’s watchmaking explorations, its love for the sea is as deep as ever, anchored even more firmly ever since Hublot has partnered with the Swiss professional sailor, Alan Roura.

Since 2022, the Swiss skipper has been sailing the seas, from the Route du Rhum and the Vendée Globe, to the Transat Jacques-Vabre and the Vendée-Arctique, with Hublot by his side. This intrepid sailor is ready to conquer the waves, sporting the very best in watchmaking technology on his wrist:

This exceptional timepiece is the new Big Bang Unico Sailing Team, produced as a limited edition of just 100 pieces. The timepiece is decked in the same black and yellow colours as Alan Roura’s IMOCA. This choice of colours is intentional, the black and yellow combination is a nod tothe black and gold that adorned the very first Hublot Classic Original of the 1980s. Combining yellow gold with a black rubber strap was a bold, unconventional move. The kind of daring that has built the Manufacture’s reputation for over 40 years.

Alan Roura is Swiss, Hublot is Swiss, the watch is Swiss Made: there is no doubt about their shared provenance. The Swiss origins of the sailor, his chronograph and his sponsor can be seen on his boat as well as on his watch: the same Swiss flag is embossed on the hull of the yacht and on the watch’s counter at 9 o’clock, bearing “SUI 7”, the sail number that identifies his IMOCA in ocean races.

Watchmaking and ocean racing are united by common values. They constantly strive to reach new heights: precision, robustness, design and performance. The Big Bang Hublot Sailing Team has all this and more. Like Alan Roura’s IMOCA, the timepiece wears a suit of polished carbon fibre armour, which incredibly robust and lightweight the choice of this material embodies the fusion between man and machine, between the skipper, his boat and his chronometer, essential for precision-timing his racing performance. Alan Roura’s Big Bang Unico Sailing Team captures the essence of the Hublot IMOCA with which he sails: a natural extension of his craft, worn on the wrist. The sailor, his watch and his racing craft become one.

With a diameter of 42 mm, this is a compact and sinewy creation. Its strap is made of fabric with an ultra- resistant black, one-piece polyurethane coating, the surface of which appears to be woven like a sail.

“HUBLOT” is features prominently across the strap, drawing its inspiration from the mainsail of the skipper’s IMOCA which sports this exact same name. Hublot’s logo – the brand’s stylistic signature, is like a flag flown at sea. The medium, the font, the colour and orientation are exactly the same on the watch as on the IMOCA, once again emphasising the total fusion between the two, and between the skipper and his sponsor. And the timepiece features a specially designed black ceramic folding clasp to anchor the chronometer to the wrist.

The heart of the piece features the very latest generation of the Unico Manufacture calibre, the HUB1280 self- winding chronograph. Boasting a power reserve of three days, 354 components and a rate of 4 Hz, it reveals its aesthetic signature – its iconic column wheel – at 6 o’clock, the design of which is reminiscent of the winches used by Alan Roura to trim his sails.

“This is the third year running that I’ve worked with Hublot. I’m impressed, as always, by their ability to constantly push their own limits. I have been sailing with a Big Bang Original since 2022, but this Unico Sailing Team is even lighter and more robust. In racing, everything comes down to precision and reliability. I need to be able to count on my equipment 200%. It’s the fusion of the skipper and his equipment that makes the difference.”
ALAN ROURA,  SKIPPER

BIG BANG UNICO SAILING TEAM

REFERENCE

441.QX.1149.NR.ARA24

Limited to 100 pieces

 

CASE

Shiny Black Carbon Fiber

Diameter: 42 mm

Thickness: 14,5 mm

Water resistance: 10 ATM

CASEBACK

Shiny Black Carbon Fiber

BEZEL

Shiny Black Carbon Fiber

DIAL

Matt black

MOVEMENT

Movement HUB1280

Unico Manufacture, Self-Winding

Chronograph

Frequency: 4 Hz (28’800 A/H)

Power reserve (hours): 72

Number of components : 354

Jewels : 43

 

STRAP AND CLASP

Black Fabric with Velcro and

Black Ceramic Sport Buckle

Additional Black and Yellow Lined

Structured Rubber Strap

Black ceramic and Black-plated

Titane Deployant Buckle Clasp

 

PRICE

22’900.00 CHF

26’200.00 EUR

25’200.00 USD

21’600.00 GBP

SPIRIT OF BIG BANG YEAR OF THE SNAKE

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Hublot continues it’s tradition of celebrating the zodiac animals of the Chinese lunisolar calendar in creative and surprising ways with the Spirit of Big Bang Year of the Snake.

A symbol associated with wisdom, charm and transformation, the snake holds a special place in the Chinese zodiac system. Since 2016, Hublot has celebrated each Chinese new year with an artfully rendered special edition of the Spirit of Big Bang. Reinterpreting these symbolic animals in contemporary and unexpected ways, Hublot has crafted an ornate rendition of the snake that extends from the dial to the case and even the strap in the Spirit of Big Bang Year of the Snake, a limited edition of 88 pieces.

The Spirit of Big Bang’s signature open dial revealing the inner working of the chronograph movement is inhabited by a golden snake. Striking and three-dimensional, the gold-plated snake is crafted with lifelike details that have been engraved with astounding precision thanks to the latest advancements in laser technologies. Carefully positioned as if slithering around the chronograph’s three counters, the serpent immediately catches the eye and intrigues.

The black barrel-shaped ceramic case features Hublot’s patented One-Click strap changing mechanism, and is topped by a screwed ceramic bezel that is engraved to reveal a pattern of snake scales. This pattern extends to the black rubber strap, which has a uniquely velvet finish with a slight shimmer, even though it is entirely made of a single piece of rubber with an innovative embossing technique.

The Spirit of Big Bang Year of the Snake is powered by the Hublot automatic skeleton chronograph calibre HUB4700, which ia s modernized descendant of the historic and highly prized El Primero, considered the first Swiss high-frequency integrated chronograph calibre ever made. Visible from both the open dial and sapphire display back, the movement hosts a number of technical innovations and advancements compared to the original from 1969, including a low-friction silicon escape wheel.A limited edition of 88 pieces, the Spirit of Big Bang Year of the Snake is available at Hublot boutiques and authorized retailers around the world.

SPIRIT OF BIG BANG YEAR OF THE SNAKE

REFERENCE: 642.CI.0180.RX.CNY25

Limited to 88 pieces

CASE: Microblasted and Polished Black Ceramic
Diameter: 42 MM
Thickness: 14.1 MM
Water resistance: 10 ATM / 100 M

CASEBACK: Microblasted and Polished Black Ceramic

BEZEL: Microblasted and Polished Black ceramic
Engraved with Snake Skin Texture

DIAL: Sapphire Crystal with Gold-plated Snake Applique

MOVEMENT: HUB4700 Self-winding Skeleton Chronograph
Frequency (HZ): 5 (36’000 A/H)
Power reserve (hours): 50
Number of components : 278
Jewels : 31

STRAP AND CLASP:Black Rubber with Snake Skin Texture
Black Ceramic and Black-plated
Titanium Deployant Buckle

PRICE:

31’900 CHF
36’500 EUR
35’100 USD
30’100 GBP

 

SPIRIT OF BIG BANG SANG BLEU ALL BLACK PAVÉ

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New All Black release: black diamonds tattooed into monochrome geometry.

With the Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu All Black Pavé, Swiss tattoo artist Maxime Plescia-Buchi engraves Hublot’s distinctive codes in black ink, merging Hublot’s revolutionary All Black concept, debuted in 2006, with the signature barrel-shaped Spirit of Big Bang case.

This new All Black release marks the latest evolution of their joint creative journey since 2016. Hublot x Sang Bleu – since 2016 Hublot and Maxime Plescia-Buchi, founder of Sang Bleu, have brought tattoo artistry into the world of high horology, transforming tattoo art into wearable timepieces. Their partnership blends intricate geometric designs with Hublot’s technical craftsmanship and materials. Since their first collaboration in 2016, they
have released over a dozen designs, starting with the Big Bang Sang Bleu in 2016, followed by a second edition in 2019, and the Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu in 2023.

Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu All Black Pavé

Hublot’s monochromatic All Black “invisible visibility” concept has revolutionized watch design since 2006, introducing a new approach where aesthetics take precedence over immediate readability. By removing color contrasts and emphasizing varying shades of black through innovative materials, textures, and shapes, this black-on-black design has become a striking expression of understated luxury for nearly two decades. The latest All Black comes in the Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu All Black Pavé. Limited to just 200 pieces, this edition features a 42mm polished black-plated case adorned with 180 black diamonds, totaling approximately 2.4 carats. Maxime Plescia-Buchi’s iconic tattoo artistry, defined by sharp lines and intricate geometric patterns, gives the watch its distinctive three-dimensional design. The engraved geometry flows from the case to the bezel, adding depth and texture.

Powered by the HUB4700 Self-winding Skeleton

Chronograph movement, the watch boasts a 50-hour power reserve. Paired with a black rubber strap and a black ceramic and titanium folding clasp. The Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu All Black Pavé will make its debut in China, three months ahead of its global release.

“The Hublot x Sang Bleu creations are the ink of time, carving my artistic vision in a new dimension: time permanently engraved into the geometry of watches. My collaboration with Hublot is like an architectural project; the Spirit of Big Bang collection represents the third wall of our shared structure, blending geometric aesthetics with enhanced ergonomics for a unique design. The black-diamond tattoo adorning the Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu All Black Pavé add captivating depth to my sharp lines and intricate shapes, reinforcing the three-dimensional design of this tonneau-shaped watch and making it truly unique.” MAXIME PLESCIA-BUCHI-SANG BLEU FOUNDER, HUBLOT AMBASSADOR

“Enduring collaborations define us at Hublot. Our eight-year creative synergy with Maxime Plescia-Buchi has produced unique models fusing geometric design, artistic precision, and profound symbolism – inking the essence of time into watches. Together, we continually push the boundaries of design and craftsmanship, showcasing our innovative spirit and commitment to what makes Hublot unique. From the All Black to the Tonneau-Shape revolutions, our collaboration redefines identity, spatial design and architectural dimension through the distinct geometry and symmetry of Sang Bleu, ensuring our watch designs remain unique.” JULIEN TORNARE-HUBLOT CEO

SPIRIT OF BIG BANG SANG BLEU ALL BLACK PAVÉ

REFERENCE: 648.CX.0114.RX.1600.MXM24

CASE

Polished Black-plated set with 80
Black Diamonds
Diameter: 42 mm
Thickness: 15.7 mm
Water Resistant: 10 ATM / 100 M

CASE BACK

Polished Black Ceramic

BEZEL

Polished Black-plated set
with 100 black diamonds

DIAL

Sapphire Crystal

MOVEMENT

HUB4700 Self-winding Skeleton Chronograph
Frequency (Hz): 5 (36’000 A/H)
Power reserve: 50 hours
Number of components: 278
Jewels: 31

STRAP AND BUCKLE

Strap: Black Smooth Rubber
Clasp: Black Ceramic and Black-plated Titanium Deployant Buckle

PRICE

CHF 42’900.00
EUR 49’100.00
USD 47’100.00
GBP 40’500.00

SR_A HUBLOT 3.0 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DR SAMUEL ROSS MBE

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Faithful to Hublot’s ‘Art of Fusion’, the brilliant artist and designer Samuel Ross takes his creativity to new heights through considered and accomplished work involving a variety of materials and colours. This new edition of the Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Carbon SR_A by Samuel Ross, presented during Miami Art Week, embodies this constantly evolving approach.

For 44 years, Hublot has been incessantly innovating, pushing the technical and aesthetic boundaries of its models. A subtle balance between watchmaking expertise and a vision of the future, Hublot timepieces are stunningly contemporary. This success has been made possible by cutting-edge research into materials and collaborations with some of the world’s leading artists and designers. Samuel Ross has spectacularly combined these two aspects.

Artist and Designer Samuel Ross has defined his perspective through the arts, through developing architecture for the body. Through founding both companies A-Cold-Wall***, since 2015, and SR_A since 2019, Ross has pioneered a signature design language that has translated to immersive, radical collaborations, developing and establishing a global, esteemed cult audience. This has been achieved by developing a new millennial perspective in luxury goods, the arts and fashion through his European atelier SR_A – co-founded in the same year he was awarded the Hublot Design Prize.

In 2020, to celebrate the watchmaker’s 40th anniversary, the artist unveiled the REFORM sculpture, which inspired the design of the Big Bang Tourbillon Samuel Ross, the first collaboration between Samuel Ross and Hublot on a timepiece. The model expresses the artist’s love of colour and geometry, and especially a shared passion for the ‘fusion’ of materials, one of the Hublot brand’s hallmarks.

This pioneering model led to the new Big Bang Tourbillon Carbon SR_A by Samuel Ross being unveiled during Miami Art Week. Having worked with shades of orange and green, the artist chose to redefine the materials used, while introducing a new chromatic variation based around the colour blue.

Retaining its 44 mm diameter and 13.75 mm thickness, the emblematic Big Bang case features a honeycomb pattern in a new grey finish that extends to the movement. Highlighted by a two-tone finish on the bezel—satin finish on the top and a shiny microblasted finish on the side—it is completed with hands and hour markers enhanced by two shades of blue, one dark and one light. The lighter shade also adorns the crown moulding. The 3 o’clock-9 o’clock flanks and the bezel lugs are made from a frosted grey carbon, while the dial is in sapphire. As with the two previous versions, the Big Bang Tourbillon Carbon SR_A by Samuel Ross is powered by the Manufacture calibre HUB6035, whose 264 components include a self-winding micro-rotor and, naturally, a skeleton tourbillon visible at 6 o’clock. The power reserve is 72 hours. The flexible rubber strap is finished in the dark blue already featured on the minute hand and hour markers and is perforated with the same honeycomb motif as the case. It can be adjusted thanks to a clasp that has also been redesigned.

Only 50 examples of this new Big Bang Tourbillon Carbon SR_A by Samuel Ross will be available for sale, each presented in a specially designed collector’s box.

“By reflecting on how to use the latest technology and materials as tools to offer a contemporary vision of watchmaking that focusses on people, surprising them with original details or bringing a smile to their face with a touch of playful colour, we are trying to create a design that speaks a universal language that is both elegant and simple to understand. I look forward to continuing to work alongside Hublot Manufacture and its teams.” – DR SAMUEL ROSS- ARTIST, DESIGNER, AND HUBLOT AMBASSADOR

Ross’s story to date

Ross has won numerous awards including Forbes 30 under 30, three British Fashion Awards, the GQ fashion award, the Hublot Design Prize, a Hon. Doctorate for his services to the arts, and an M.B.E for his services to Fashion in 2024.

Ross’ artworks and garments sit in the permanent collections of The Met, New York, and Victoria & Albert Museum, London. He has exhibited with White Cube and Friedman Benda. Ross’ long-term collaboration with the late Virgil Abloh is well documented, being his first design assistant.

Through his maison SR_A, Ross has pioneered a signature design language that has translated to immersive, bold partnerships establishing a global, esteemed cult audience. Ross is partnered with institutions including the Kings Trust and The Royal College of art, under the SR_A artists grants programme.

Ross also founded A-COLD-WALL* in 2015, the company was acquired in 2024.

REFERENCE
428.NQ.0100.RX.SRA24
Limited to 50 pieces

CASE
Shiny Microblasted Titanium and Frosted grey Carbon
Size: 44 MM
Thickness: 13.75 MM
Water Resistance: 3 ATM / 30 M

CASEBACK
Satin-finished Titanium

BEZEL
Satined and shiny microblasted Titanium

DIAL
Sapphire Crystal with indexes 4h & 7h with dark blue SuperLuminova
Indexe 9h with light blue SuperLuminova

MOVEMENT
HUB6035
Manufacture, Self-winding microrotor,
skeleton tourbillon 7.17 mm

Frequency (HZ): 3 (21’600 A/H)
Power reserve (hours): 72
Number of components : 264
Jewels : 26

STRAP AND CLASP
First bracelet: Dark Blue smooth rubber

Additional bracelet: Black smooth rubber

PRICE
130’000.00 CHF
149’000.00 EUR
143’000.00 USD
124’000.00 GBP

CLASSIC FUSION CHRONOGRAPH ARTURO FUENTE KING GOLD

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Hublot celebrates the 25th Anniversary of OpusX with a special edition Classic Fusion Chronograph.

A shared drive towards uncompromising excellence and a passion for enjoying the finer things to enhance life’s most precious moments. At the Arturo Fuente Cigar Factory, where the Fuente family has been crafting some of the world’s most sought-after cigars since 1912, Hublot and Carlito Fuente unveiled their latest collaborative timepiece that celebrates the 25th anniversary of OpusX, regarded by cigar aficionados as one of the finest and most delectable cigars in the world. In what has become a tradition after 12 years of friendship, Carlito Fuente saw the watch for the first time, among journalists and friends of the brand at the Fuente Factory.

Over the last thirty years, Chateau de la Fuente, the beautiful estate where the Fuente Family cultivates tobacco leaves and handcrafts its coveted Fuente Fuente OpusX (FFOX) cigars, Carlito Fuente decided to build the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, a much needed school and health program, as well as an art academy, for the local community. With the foundations of the Art Academy, laid in 2019 and which Hublot was humbled to take part in, children receive the best education and support, while also developing and nurturing local artistic talents. The Art Academy, which has already been operational for a while, was officially inaugurated on the special occasion of OpusX’s 25th anniversary.

With a celebratory theme of gold and green, the 6th special edition series was created by Hublot and inspired by the invaluable vision of Carlito Fuente, the creator of the world renowned Fuente Fuente OpusX luxury brand.

And yet, the Classic Fusion Chronograph Arturo Fuente King Gold is starkly different from all other editions that have come before. It marks the first time that a Fuente is done in a 42mm Classic Fusion Chronograph case, and the first with both the case and bezel in King Gold. It also features a laser-engraved motif of tobacco leaves but only on the bezel.

The dial is done an a vibrant emerald green tone with a sunray-patterned finish and a gradient “fumé” effect that darkens towards the edges, adding contrast and depth. The anniversary version of the OpusX logo in gold and green is emblazoned on the constant seconds counter at 3 o’clock. The dial’s green tone is perfectly matched with the alligator leather and rubber strap’s tone.

Hidden from plain sight as a special treat reserved just for the owner, the Classic Fusion Chronograph Arturo Fuente King Gold edition features an elaborate case back. Made in solid 18k King Gold, the case back is engraved and lacquered with a special OpusX 25th Anniversary artwork. Beneath it beats the HUB1153 automatic chronograph calibre, with a power reserve of 48 hours.

Such a radiant piece celebrating a significant milestone for one of the most cherished names in the world of premium cigars deserves a special presentation. The Classic Fusion Chronograph Arturo Fuente King Gold comes in a grand, green lacquered watch box that doubles as a cigar humidor, designed in collaboration with Manny Iriarte, long time creative partner.

The Classic Fusion Chronograph Arturo Fuente King Gold edition is a limited edition of 50 pieces, available at Hublot boutiques and authorized retailers.

The honor and privilege of building such a wonderful relationship with Hublot, which I consider family, has been one of my greatest lifetime achievements. Over these many years of incredible success, we have been able to spread love all over the world!

CARLITO FUENTE

REFERENCE: 541.OX.8980.LR.OPX24

LIMITED EDITION XX/50

CASE

Satin finished and Polished 18K King

Gold

Size: 42 MM

Thickness: 11.9 MM

Water Resistance: 5 ATM / 50 M

CASEBACK

Satin finished and Microblasted

18K King Gold with OPX24 logo engraved

BEZEL

Engraved satin-finished and

polished 18K King Gold

DIAL

Gradient green sunray

MOVEMENT

HUB1153 Self-winding Chronograph

Frequency: 4 Hz (28’800 A/H)

Power reserve (hours): 48

Number of components : 269

Jewels : 39

STRAP AND CLASP

Black Rubber and Green Alligator

Strap

18K Gold 5N and Black plated

Stainless Steel Deployant Buckle

PRICE

36’900.00 CHF

42’200.00 EUR

40’500.00 USD

34’900.00 GBP

BIG BANG UNICO NOVAK DJOKOVIC

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ROBUST, LIGHT, SUSTAINABLE: A BIG BANG UNICO INSPIRED BY OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND 24 GRAND SLAM TITLE HOLDER NOVAK DJOKOVIC’S WINNING MINDSET.

Inspired by Djokovic’s incredible record-breaking achievements, Hublot designed a watch that captures Hublot Ambassador Novak Djokovic’s agility on the court and highlights Hublot’s approach to sustainable innovation. Together, they present an extraordinary watch inspired by the strength and determination that led Djokovic to become the greatest tennis player of all time. Driven by Hublot’s commitment to innovation and unique mastery of materials, the Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic is made of Djokovic’s HEAD racquets and Lacoste polos. Novak Djokovic’s racquets and shirts are metamorphosed into an exceptional watch that takes on a second life as a unique talisman.

Journalists and special guests gathered in Paris for an immersive experience into Olympic gold medalist and 24 Grand slam titles holder Djokovic’s winning mindset, brought to life through a unique performance, a discussion between Hublot CEO, Julien Tornare and Novak Djokovic, and the official reveal of the Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic. The tone was set by the charisma of Djokovic, an unmatched player, who earlier this year in the City of Light aced another remarkable career title winning Olympic gold; with this brilliant triumph Djokovic made history as only the 5th player to complete the Golden Slam, winning all four major titles and an Olympic gold medal in singles.

A Legendary Mindset

Novak Djokovic became a part of the Hublot family in 2021. Since then, the Swiss luxury watchmaker has been there to support the tennis player’s greatest achievements and watch Djokovic reaffirm himself as the tennis GOAT.

Djokovic’s story is now legendary. Djokovic turned professional in 2003 and has rewritten tennis history, breaking records, defying the odds, achieving the impossible and overcoming adversity. Since winning his first Grand Slam at the Australian Open in 2008, Djokovic has dominated the most competitive period in tennis history, elevating the game at every turn. Now a 24-time Grand Slam singles champion, Djokovic’s passionate will and determination have shone through in his journey and solidified his ongoing legacy.

By striving to be the best and giving his all-in pursuit of his dreams, Djokovic embodies the same powerful values that define Hublot’s unique approach to fine watchmaking. The bigger the challenge, the more glory in overcoming it.

“To reach where I am today, it has required extensive work both physically and most importantly, mentally. The psychology of the game is very important, and when I play, each moment needs to be precise and intentional. This is especially true with what I wear during preparation and competition, as it becomes part of my body, my mind. Every detail is critical to my ability to stay focused and determined. This new watch is an extension of this mindset and represents key moments from my 2023 season, a landmark year in my career. It is a symbol of every game, every moment. It has been an incredible experience to collaborate with Hublot to create this special watch.”
NOVAK DJOKOVIC – HUBLOT AMBASSADOR AND TENNIS GOAT

A Fusion of Excellence and Innovation

Hublot was given a challenge: to create an incredibly light watch with a sustainable component. Known for pushing the boundaries in terms of research and development, Hublot was able to not only create a new material but a highly personal one at that. Hublot developed a composite made up of 25 HEAD racquets as well as 17 dark blue and 15 light blue Lacoste polos used by Djokovic during his 2023 season, the year in which the world witnessed Djokovic make history and break records with 24 Grand Slams singles titles.

These materials have been developed and used to make the watch as light as possible without losing any strength or resilience. In many ways, the R&D process for this watch mirrors Djokovic’s determination to aim for excellence.

The composite that makes up the case and bezel of the watch is made of Epoxy resin reinforced with quartz powder and glass veil that has been fused with the recycled racquets and shirts. The resulting material is speckled with fragments of light & dark blue textiles and black carbon to create a singular camo aesthetic. An innovative approach, representative of Hublot’s ambition for endless reinvention.

To ensure a feather-light feeling on the wrist, Hublot had to find a way to reduce the weight of the watch. Instead of using traditional sapphire crystal, the Swiss luxury watchmaker has chosen tempered Gorilla glass, a material used in high-end electronics and two times lighter than sapphire. An achievement made possible by the relentless drive of Hublot’s innovation and materials teams to create singular watches while pursuing the brand’s engagement to move towards meaningful products, made with awareness.

At the heart of the watch lies the Unico manufacture chronograph movement. Synonymous with the bold and always different character of the brand, the movement was a natural choice for this special piece. Nonetheless, the standard Unico movement in brass had to be reinvented to reduce the weight of the watch. To do so, Hublot chose aluminum, prized for its lightness, and anodized in light blue or grey to echo the camo color scheme of the case. In doing so, Hublot’s engineers were able to reduce the weight of the movement by 27%, shedding almost a third of its weight. Aluminum has also been used for some case components such as side pieces (3H-9H), sub-bezel, bezel lugs, pushers, crown and case-back.

The Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic comes with four straps for four different styles. The first bracelet is a “Lacoste” tennis wristband that attaches to the watch head with the One Click System, making the watch the perfect tennis companion. The second style is a blue elastic strap, this combination weighs a total of 49.5 grams, lighter than a tennis ball! The third style features a light blue Velcro strap with a polished blue aluminum sports buckle. The last style is a white rubber strap with titanium deployant buckle.

Highly Collectible

Fans of the tennis player and collectors alike will appreciate the details that have been added to the watch, such as a yellow second pusher or the slightly domed and curved bezel screws reminiscent of a tennis ball. The Novak Djokovic logo is visible on the second hand and on the oscillating weight.

The Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic, limited to 100 pieces, is housed in Hublot’s sustainably sourced, high quality wooden watch box. Created entirely from oak, including its hinges, it is carved from mostly massive, traceable wood, whose sourcing and manufacture both promote short supply chains. The watch box features a unique design created exclusively for this limited-edition.

Owners of the watch will also receive a Lacoste sport wristband and a Lacoste polo signed by Hublot Ambassador and all-time record-holder of 24 Grand Slam single titles, Novak Djokovic.

Be among the first to own the new Hublot Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic. Available now online at Hublot.com and in Hublot Boutiques.

REFERENCE
441.QKB.5120.NR.DJO24
Limited to 100 pieces

WEIGHT
On Elastic Strap: 49.5g
On Velcro Strap: 54g
On Tennis Wristband: 65g
On Rubber strap: 75g

CASE
Matte blue recycled composite with
Novak Djokovic’s polos and racquets
Diameter: 42 mm
Thickness: 14.5 mm
Water resistance: 10 ATM / 100 M
CASEBACK Polished Sky Blue Anodizing
Aluminium

BEZEL
Matte blue recycled
composite with Novak
Djokovic’s polos and racquets

DIAL
Matte sky blue with white
luminescent indexes

MOVEMENT
Unico Manufacture, Self-Winding
Chronograph in Sky Blue PVD
Aluminium
Frequency: 4 Hz (28’800 A/H)
Power reserve (hours): 72
Number of components : 354
Jewels : 43

STRAP AND CLASP
first strap: tennis wristband
second strap: blue elastic
third strap: blue velcro fastener fabric
fourth strap: white rubber strap
Polished Blue Aluminium Sport
buckle (for velcro bracelet)
Titanium Deployant Buckle (for
rubber strap)

PRICE
CHF 48’000
EUR 54’900
USD 52’700
GBP 45’300

VENDEE GLOBE: ALAN ROURA, HUBLOT AND THE WHOLE OF SWITZERLAND READY TO TAKE ON THE MOST EXTREME SPORTING CHALLENGE!

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Pride, joy and determination. These three emotions are in the hearts of Alan Roura and everyone at Hublot as they await the start of the tenth edition of the Vendée Globe in a few days’ time. Together, they are about to take on the world’s most extreme single-handed sporting challenge, and experience its addictive rhythm.

A date with the oceans awaits. At 13:02 on Sunday 10th November, Alan Roura will officially be setting off on his third consecutive Vendée Globe aboard the IMOCA Hublot, adding his name and that of the prestigious watch manufacture to the annals of Swiss sporting history!

“The emotion is as strong as ever, perhaps even stronger than it was four years ago, because the public is back and the popular support is even crazier than I remember”, explained the 31-year-old sailor a few days before the start, his collector’s carbon fibre “Big Bang Unico Sailing Team” watch on his wrist.

Over the last three weeks, some 2.5 million people have flocked to Les Sables d’Olonne to admire the spectacular boats and salute the solo sailors who are preparing to take on this incredible journey around the globe. This record turnout, four years on from the previous edition which had to be held without spectators due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to be repeated on Sunday for the legendary pass down the Les Sables d’Olonne channel!

“The only thing that counts is pushing your limits”

Almost 1000 days ago, the young Swiss sailor knocked on Hublot’s door to share his project and his desire to take on the “Everest of the Seas”. His fighting spirit, passion, daring and enthusiasm immediately won over the legendary manufacture.

“We don’t need to underscore the reasons behind our collaboration with Alan. Our maritime DNA is in our name: Hublot, meaning “porthole”. We are a manufacture born gazing out to the open ocean. Ocean racing technology is progressing as fast as our R&D. The recently launched Big Bang Unico Sailing Team represents the very best we have to offer for supporting ocean racing. For now, at least. Because for Hublot, as for Alan, the only thing that counts is pushing our limits”, says Julien Tornare, CEO of Hublot.

This is a philosophy shared by the most experienced sailor of his generation, finisher of two Vendée Globe races, and holder of the North Atlantic record. “In Switzerland, we all have a certain idea of what constitutes performance, precision and commitment. I’m not someone to rest on my laurels. Taking too much for granted is a sure path to failure. I want to push the envelope even further; to surpass others, but above all to surpass my own limits”.

“A wonderful human adventure”

The time trial has officially begun for Alan Roura, who now has some 45,000 kilometres ahead of him. Leaving the legendary Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn in his wake, Alan Roura will have to dig deep to complete this extraordinary challenge, without assistance or stopovers, a feat only 200 sailors have managed since the event was created 35 years ago!

Along the way, the sailor will undoubtedly have to face many trials and tribulations, but Alan Roura knows he can count on the unfailing support of his partners in this 100% Swiss project, with the entire nation behind him, supporting their countryman. “My wish for this Vendée Globe is to be able to share my joy at being at sea with my team, my partners and all the Swiss people who are following me. Yes, there will be difficulties, ups and downs, twists of fate. That’s part of the game. But I want to concentrate on the positive, and show that the Vendée Globe is above all a fantastic human adventure!”

REFERENCE

441.QX.1149.NR.ARA24
Limited to 100 pieces

CASE

Shiny black carbon fibre
Diameter: 42 mm
Thickness: 14.5 mm
Water resistance: 10 ATM

CASE BACK

Shiny black carbon fibre

BEZEL

Shiny black carbon fibre

DIAL

Matt black

MOVEMENT

Movement HUB1280
UNICO Manufacture self-winding chronograph

Frequency: 4 Hz (28,800 Vib/h)
Power reserve (hours): 72
Number of components: 354
Jewels: 43

STRAP AND CLASP

Black fabric with Velcro® and black ceramic sport buckle
Additional black and yellow lined structured rubber strap
Black ceramic and black-plated titanium deployant buckle clasp

PRICE

22,900.00 CHF
26,200.00 EUR
25,200.00 USD
21,600.00 GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A date with the oceans awaits. At 13:02 on Sunday 10th November, Alan Roura will officially be setting off on his third consecutive Vendée Globe aboard the IMOCA Hublot, adding his name and that of the prestigious watch manufacture to the annals of Swiss sporting history!

 

“The emotion is as strong as ever, perhaps even stronger than it was four years ago, because the public is back and the popular support is even crazier than I remember”, explained the 31-year-old sailor a few days before the start, his collector’s carbon fibre “Big Bang Unico Sailing Team” watch on his wrist.

 

Over the last three weeks, some 2.5 million people have flocked to Les Sables d’Olonne to admire the spectacular boats and salute the solo sailors who are preparing to take on this incredible journey around the globe. This record turnout, four years on from the previous edition which had to be held without spectators due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to be repeated on Sunday for the legendary pass down the Les Sables d’Olonne channel!

 

 

 

 

“The only thing that counts is pushing your limits”

 

Almost 1000 days ago, the young Swiss sailor knocked on Hublot’s door to share his project and his desire to take on the “Everest of the Seas”. His fighting spirit, passion, daring and enthusiasm immediately won over the legendary manufacture.

 

“We don’t need to underscore the reasons behind our collaboration with Alan. Our maritime DNA is in our name: Hublot, meaning “porthole”. We are a manufacture born gazing out to the open ocean. Ocean racing technology is progressing as fast as our R&D. The recently launched Big Bang Unico Sailing Team represents the very best we have to offer for supporting ocean racing. For now, at least. Because for Hublot, as for Alan, the only thing that counts is pushing our limits”, says Julien Tornare, CEO of Hublot.

 

This is a philosophy shared by the most experienced sailor of his generation, finisher of two Vendée Globe races, and holder of the North Atlantic record. “In Switzerland, we all have a certain idea of what constitutes performance, precision and commitment. I’m not someone to rest on my laurels. Taking too much for granted is a sure path to failure. I want to push the envelope even further; to surpass others, but above all to surpass my own limits”.

 

“A wonderful human adventure”

 

The time trial has officially begun for Alan Roura, who now has some 45,000 kilometres ahead of him. Leaving the legendary Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn in his wake, Alan Roura will have to dig deep to complete this extraordinary challenge, without assistance or stopovers, a feat only 200 sailors have managed since the event was created 35 years ago!

 

Along the way, the sailor will undoubtedly have to face many trials and tribulations, but Alan Roura knows he can count on the unfailing support of his partners in this 100% Swiss project, with the entire nation behind him, supporting their countryman. “My wish for this Vendée Globe is to be able to share my joy at being at sea with my team, my partners and all the Swiss people who are following me. Yes, there will be difficulties, ups and downs, twists of fate. That’s part of the game. But I want to concentrate on the positive, and show that the Vendée Globe is above all a fantastic human adventure!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HUBLOT

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon.  For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

 

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

 

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and large complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

 

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day.

 

Over 140 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

 

 

 

 

 

BIG BANG UNICO SAILING TEAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REFERENCE CASE CASE BACK BEZEL  
 

441.QX.1149.NR.ARA24

Limited to 100 pieces

 

 

 

  

Shiny black carbon fibre

Diameter: 42 mm

Thickness: 14.5 mm

Water resistance: 10 ATM

 

 

  

Shiny black carbon fibre

  

Shiny black carbon fibre

 

 

  
DIAL MOVEMENT STRAP AND CLASP PRICE
 

Matt black

 

 

  

Movement HUB1280

UNICO Manufacture self-winding chronograph

 

Frequency: 4 Hz (28,800 Vib/h)

Power reserve (hours): 72

Number of components: 354

Jewels: 43

 

  

Black fabric with Velcro® and black ceramic sport buckle

Additional black and yellow lined structured rubber strap

Black ceramic and black-plated titanium deployant buckle clasp

  

22,900.00 CHF

26,200.00 EUR

25,200.00 USD

21,600.00 GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A date with the oceans awaits. At 13:02 on Sunday 10th November, Alan Roura will officially be setting off on his third consecutive Vendée Globe aboard the IMOCA Hublot, adding his name and that of the prestigious watch manufacture to the annals of Swiss sporting history!

“The emotion is as strong as ever, perhaps even stronger than it was four years ago, because the public is back and the popular support is even crazier than I remember”, explained the 31-year-old sailor a few days before the start, his collector’s carbon fibre “Big Bang Unico Sailing Team” watch on his wrist.

Over the last three weeks, some 2.5 million people have flocked to Les Sables d’Olonne to admire the spectacular boats and salute the solo sailors who are preparing to take on this incredible journey around the globe. This record turnout, four years on from the previous edition which had to be held without spectators due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to be repeated on Sunday for the legendary pass down the Les Sables d’Olonne channel!

 

“The only thing that counts is pushing your limits”

Almost 1000 days ago, the young Swiss sailor knocked on Hublot’s door to share his project and his desire to take on the “Everest of the Seas”. His fighting spirit, passion, daring and enthusiasm immediately won over the legendary manufacture.

“We don’t need to underscore the reasons behind our collaboration with Alan. Our maritime DNA is in our name: Hublot, meaning “porthole”. We are a manufacture born gazing out to the open ocean. Ocean racing technology is progressing as fast as our R&D. The recently launched Big Bang Unico Sailing Team represents the very best we have to offer for supporting ocean racing. For now, at least. Because for Hublot, as for Alan, the only thing that counts is pushing our limits”, says Julien Tornare, CEO of Hublot.

This is a philosophy shared by the most experienced sailor of his generation, finisher of two Vendée Globe races, and holder of the North Atlantic record. “In Switzerland, we all have a certain idea of what constitutes performance, precision and commitment. I’m not someone to rest on my laurels. Taking too much for granted is a sure path to failure. I want to push the envelope even further; to surpass others, but above all to surpass my own limits”.

“A wonderful human adventure”

The time trial has officially begun for Alan Roura, who now has some 45,000 kilometres ahead of him. Leaving the legendary Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn in his wake, Alan Roura will have to dig deep to complete this extraordinary challenge, without assistance or stopovers, a feat only 200 sailors have managed since the event was created 35 years ago!

Along the way, the sailor will undoubtedly have to face many trials and tribulations, but Alan Roura knows he can count on the unfailing support of his partners in this 100% Swiss project, with the entire nation behind him, supporting their countryman. “My wish for this Vendée Globe is to be able to share my joy at being at sea with my team, my partners and all the Swiss people who are following me. Yes, there will be difficulties, ups and downs, twists of fate. That’s part of the game. But I want to concentrate on the positive, and show that the Vendée Globe is above all a fantastic human adventure!”

 

 

 

HUBLOT
Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and large complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day.

Over 140 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

 

BIG BANG UNICO SAILING TEAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

REFERENCE CASE CASE BACK BEZEL

441.QX.1149.NR.ARA24
Limited to 100 pieces

Shiny black carbon fibre
Diameter: 42 mm
Thickness: 14.5 mm
Water resistance: 10 ATM

Shiny black carbon fibre
Shiny black carbon fibre

DIAL MOVEMENT STRAP AND CLASP PRICE

Matt black

Movement HUB1280
UNICO Manufacture self-winding chronograph

Frequency: 4 Hz (28,800 Vib/h)
Power reserve (hours): 72
Number of components: 354
Jewels: 43

Black fabric with Velcro® and black ceramic sport buckle
Additional black and yellow lined structured rubber strap
Black ceramic and black-plated titanium deployant buckle clasp
22,900.00 CHF
26,200.00 EUR
25,200.00 USD
21,600.00 GBP

 

 

Hublot presents the MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Sapphire Rainbow

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The latest creation from HUBLOT and celebrated Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami is finally here – and it may well be the duo’s most eye-catching and exceptional creation to date. Introducing the MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Sapphire Rainbow,
reimagining the artist’s iconic smiling flower as a sapphire sculpture set with colorful gemstones and fitted with HUBLOT’s first central tourbillon movement. A limited edition of only 20 pieces.

Transcending the preconceived notions of contemporary art, Takashi Murakami created his own art movement dubbed “Superflat”, extending from fine arts such as painting, sculptures and installations to more commercial media such as fashion and animation. Blurring the line between high and low arts, Murakami melds the aesthetic of the Japanese artistic tradition with contemporary art and culture. Of all his works, the most iconic is the smiling flower, which HUBLOT has sought to bring into a watchmaking context through several collaborative pieces.

The MP-15 is the symbol of a friendship in full bloom, born from a shared passion for breaking down boundaries and going beyond expectations. HUBLOT first began working with Murakami in 2021, with a shared drive of breaking down boundaries and going beyond expectations with their respective artforms. After  his eponymous Classic Fusion models and a series of NFT artworks paired with unique pieces, HUBLOT and Takashi Murakami took their partnership to the next level with the unveiling of the MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon for the Only Watch 2023 charity auction. Reimagining one of Murakami’s most emblematic motifs, the MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon took on the “smiling flower” and transfigured it from Murakami’s signature aesthetic into a wearable sculpture that seamlessly merges contemporary art, avant-garde watchmaking and exceptional gem-setting; the latter of which HUBLOT has pioneered with unexpected techniques and a mastering of the perfect rainbow effect. This requires carefully selecting gemstones that work together in a perfect transition of tones.

Meticulously crafted from a block of Sapphire crystal, the modestly sized 42mm smiling flower case features twelve petals. True to Murakami’s highly chromatic palette, the twelve petals feature polished Titanium inlays that are set with 444 colored gemstones in total, including brilliant-cut Rubies, Pink Sapphires, Amethysts, Blue Sapphires, Blue Topazes, Tsavorites and Yellow or Orange Sapphires. These stones are grouped together so that each petal is in a different vibrant color, just like the original Murakami smiling flower.

More than just an incredible feat of gem-setting however, the MP-15 features a truly revolutionary mechanical caliber. At the heart of the HUB9015 calibre is the central flying tourbillon, which can be admired through the domed sapphire crystal engraved with two twinkling eyes and a smiling mouth. A first for HUBLOT, the central tourbillon is an exceedingly rare type of complication that demands advanced engineering and reimagining how a mechanical movement is built. In the MP-15, it is animated by means of a manual-winding caliber that boasts an exceptional power reserve of 120 hours – enough to run for nearly a whole week. To make the winding experience as effortless as possible, HUBLOT has created a special rechargeable stylus that’s placed on the crown, which winds the twin barrels in 100 revolutions.

With this work of sculptural, wearable art, the notion of innovative and original watchmaking nonetheless takes center-stage. Surrounding the MP-15’s central flying tourbillon and keeping its view unobstructed, the hours and minutes are indicated by two hand tips that revolve around its periphery. The hands are actually positioned beneath the tourbillon cage, with just their tips bent upwards and outwards thanks to an intricate co-axial construction. Making the reading of time effortless and intuitive, the opening features a flange ring set with twelve baton hour markers, each continuing the color of the petal. The visual intrigue of the MP-15 is further
enhanced by the fact that most of the movement’s components have been skeletonized, which appear as if floating in a vacuum. A true feat of superlative watchmaking.

The finishing touch comes in the form of the strap, which is transparent and decorated with Takashi Murakami’s signature flower motif. Like the case, the deployant buckle is crafted in Sapphire crystal and Titanium.

An artistic endeavor that’s bound to garner the appreciation of contemporary art lovers for its audacity and discerning watch aficionados for its complexity, the MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Sapphire Rainbow is a limited edition of 20 pieces, available to HUBLOT boutiques and authorized retailers around the world upon request.

MP-15 TAKASHI MURAKAMI TOURBILLON SAPPHIRE RAINBOW

REFERENCE: 915.JX.4802.RT.1199
LIMITED EDITION XX/20

CASE
Polished Sapphire Crystal
Size: 42 MM
Thickness: 13.40 MM
Water Resistance: 3 ATM / 30 M

CASEBACK
Polished Sapphire Crystal

BEZEL
Polished Titanium set with
444 Colored Gemstones
Rubies, Pink Sapphires,
Amethysts, Blue Sapphires,
Blue Topazes, Tsavorites,
Yellow or Orange
Sapphires
DIAL
Polished Transparent
Composite Resin

MOVEMENT
HUB9015 Manual-winding Tourbillon
Components: 236
Jewels: 25
Frequency: 3 (21’600 A/H)
Power Reserve: Approx. 120 hours
STRAP AND CLASP
Transparent decorated rubber
Sapphire crystal and titanium deployant buckle

PRICE
340’000.00 CHF
389’000.00 EUR
374’000.00 USD
323’000.00 GBP

HUBLOT AND SORAI UNITED FOR CHANGE

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Hublot introduces the Spirit of Big Bang SORAI, a 30-piece limited-edition created in support of SORAI, the conservation organisation founded by former international cricketer, conservationist and Hublot Ambassador Kevin Pietersen.

Hublot continues its partnership with SORAI – Save Our Rhinos Africa and India – the rhino conservation organisation founded by former international cricketer and Hublot ambassador Kevin Pietersen. Hublot is United for Change, believing that the impact of the collective is essential in bringing the change that will conserve and protect our planet for future generations. The rhino is still threatened with extinction, impacting the stability of the 5 keystone species that play a crucial role in the safekeeping of our ecosystem and environment. Hublot introduces the Spirit of Big Bang SORAI, a 30-piece limited-edition of the iconic tonneau-shaped hand-wound tourbillon created in support of SORAI’s mission. This is the fourth Hublot x SORAI watch and as before, part of the proceeds from sales of the watch will be donated to the organisation as it continues the fight to protect the rhino.

Even though the tireless activities of SORAI and its partners have significantly increased awareness of the threat to the rhino and made a powerful contribution to the preservation of the species, the crisis continues. According to the WWF, half a million rhinos roamed Africa and Asia at the beginning of the 20th century, a figure that has now dropped to just 27,000 as the dual problems of poaching and habitat loss continue to pose an existential threat to rhino and other keystone wildlife species. The black, Javan, and Sumatran rhino are all listed as critically endangered.

But by being United for Change, there is good news. Conservation programmes such as those supported by SORAI have helped increase the population of Indian rhinos from around 200 at the turn of the 20th century to around 4,000 today, while black rhinos have doubled in number over the past two decades. Hublot is proud to support SORAI as it empowers conservation agencies to continue this work and bring positive change.

Tackling the rhino crisis together

SORAI is a socially conscious enterprise founded in 2018 by former England cricket captain and conservationist Kevin Pietersen, who was born in South Africa and grew up with a passion for the natural world. SORAI’s mission is to unite complementary communities, businesses and actors to ensure that Africa and India’s keystone species survive and thrive in the world – forever.

Among the many organisations and projects funded by SORAI is Care for Wild in South Africa, a grassroots organisation that rescues and cares for abandoned, injured or orphaned endangered species, particularly rhino. Rhino are poached for the value of their horn, which in some countries is still believed to have medicinal or spiritual value, despite being made of keratin, a protein that also forms the basis of our hair and nails. Poaching is a highly complex problem fuelled by poverty and the international criminal network, and much of SORAI’s vision is to support pioneering anti-poaching education and enforcement programmes. These are problems for which there is no quick fix, but SORAI is in it for the long haul, enabled
by the support of businesses such as Hublot.

“First of all, I want to thank Hublot for continuing to support SORAI and our mission to conserve and protect the world’s rhino population. It really does make a difference. The challenge wildlife conservation teams face on the ground is sadly still hugely challenging and often incredibly dangerous. It’s a battle out there as conservationists and park rangers tackle poachers and combat the illegal trade of rhino horn. We have to go on working together to educate people about how important the rhino is to the environment and to make sure they know that rhino horn has no medicinal value – no more than fingernails. We’re doing everything we can to support those brave men and women at the front line, which wouldn’t be possible without Hublot’s backing. Donations from sales of these beautiful watches make a tangible difference to combating poaching, developing and implementing new technologies and raising awareness of the threat to this magnificent animal. I want everyone who buys this new watch to understand the power of their contribution and to know they did something to empower positive change. Thank you so much.”  KEVIN PIETERSEN FOUNDER OF SORAI, HUBLOT AMBASSADOR FORMER INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER

Every minute counts: time for change

The Hublot Spirit of Big Bang SORAI is the fourth watch created in support of SORAI, and the first Spirit of Big Bang. Its 42mm case is cast in the same micro-blasted and polished “warm grey” ceramic created by Hublot for SORAI to capture the distinctive colour of a rhino’s skin and first seen in the Big Bang Unico SORAI 2023. The watch is set on a grey fabric strap and supplied with a second strap in black rubber with a striking grey and beige camouflage pattern. Powering the watch is the HUB6020 Manufacture calibre, a hand-wound, skeletonised tourbillon with a five-day power reserve. It provides the watch with an asymmetrical display that sits poised between two sapphire crystals and that delicately balances a time display at 3 o’clock and a power reserve indicator between 8 and 9 o’clock. The Spirit of Big Bang SORAI will be limited to 30 pieces.

Hublot’s ambition is to leverage its global reach and this new watch to ignite critical conversations around the rhino and environmental issues, and to inspire a new generation of conservationists. By being United for Change and harnessing the impact of the collective, Hublot believes that together we can forge a path to a better future.

SPIRIT OF BIG BANG TOURBILLON SORAI 645.FX.8020.NR.SOA24
LIMITED EDITION

Size 42 MM
Thickness 13.25 MM
Water Resistance 3 ATM / 30 M

CASE
Microblasted and Polished Grey ceramic

Screw: Black plated H-Shaped polished and microblasted Titanium

Crown: Polished and microblasted Black plated Titanium with black Overmolded with rubber

Case back: Microblasted and Polished Grey Ceramic

BEZEL
Microblasted and Polished Grey Ceramic

DIAL
Sapphire Crystal

HANDS
Grey varnished matt

MOVEMENT
HUB6020: Manufacture Manual winding Power Reserve Skeleton Tourbillon Movement
Thickness: 4 mm
Diameter: 31.65 x 33.30
Number of components 183

Jewels: 25
Frequency (HZ): 3 (21’600 A/H)
Power reserve (hours): 115

STRAP
First Bracelet: Grey Fabric with Velecro and Black Ceramic Sport Buckle Included
Additional Bracelet: Black Rubber with Camouflage Decor, Dark Grey, Light Grey and Beige

CLASP
Black ceramic and Black titane Deployant Buckle

 

HUBLOT’S HOMAGE TO HAWAIʻI: THE BIG BANG UNICO ʻO KA MUA

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Hublot’s ethos of the Art of Fusion celebrates tradition and innovation, a philosophy beautifully embodied in a new limited-edition timepiece designed exclusively for Hawaiʻi. The name ‘O Ka Mua means “the first,” as Hublot has created the first limited edition timepiece for the Hublot Honolulu Ala Moana boutique.

Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, the Big Bang Unico ‘O Ka Mua embodies the essence of Hawaiʻi through its Polynesian design elements and the natural beauty of the islands. With the Hawaiian Islands intricately embedded on the case back of the watch, the dial consists of concentric patterns that feature designs inspired by its nature. The central sun, a key symbol in Polynesian culture, is framed by designs reminiscent of turtles, weaving patterns, waves, and shark teeth—emblems that pay homage to Polynesian artistry. Hublot’s cutting-edge materials and watchmaking expertise bring these cultural symbols to life. The honu (turtle) symbolizes longevity and peace, the shark’s teeth represent adaptability, protection, and guidance, and the waves symbolize life, change, and the unknown. This unique combination pays homage to Polynesia’s aesthetic heritage and crafts a meaningful masterpiece that resonates deeply with the spirit of Hawaiʻi.

Powered by Hublot’s iconic UNICO movement, an emblem of the Maison’s watchmaking mastery, is the driving force behind this exquisite timepiece. The in-house automatic chronograph caliber, features the column wheel and dual-clutch mechanism on the dial side, ensuring unmatched precision and reliability. With a 72- hour power reserve and silicon components in its escapement to minimize friction, the UNICO movement delivers enhanced performance. Its modular design not only support a variety of complications but also accommodates custom enhancements, making it a versatile and revolutionary element of Hublot’s distinguished watch collection. More than an engineering feat, this movement is a tribute to Hublot’s savoir- faire and seamlessly blends Polynesian motifs with Swiss watchmaking excellence.

Each limited-edition timepiece is accompanied by two interchangeable straps: Hublot’s classic black lined rubber strap and a versatile calf leather strap artfully embossed with motifs reflecting the watch’s Polynesian-inspired dial and case design, offering both style and functionality for every occasion. This Hawaiʻi exclusive marks the opening of the Hublot Honolulu Ala Moana boutique in 2021 and is limited to 25 pieces, melding fine craftsmanship with rich Hawaiian culture.”

THE GREENBOX CASE

The Big Bang ‘O Ka Mua is presented in Hublot’s Greenbox Case with the design of the timepiece etched on top. This newly launched box, developed for use within all current Hublot watch collections, is a testament to Hublot’s commitment to sustainability. The unique case, including its hinges, is crafted entirely from oak and is carved from mostly massive, traceable wood, promoting short supply chains and responsible sourcing. It is designed to be a reusable item, with 98 percent of its removable interior made from eco-friendly and recycled components. The case is made from recycled fabrics, plastic yarns, PET, and recycled paper and cardboard that are eco-labeled, making it a smart choice for the environmentally aware consumer.

HUBLOT

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and high complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day.

Over 135 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

 

REFERENCE 
441.CL.0197.VR.HAW24
Limited to 25 pieces

CASE 
Microblasted Black Ceramic
Diameter: 42mm
Thickness: 14.5 mm
Water resistance: 10 ATM / 100 M

CASEBACK: Microblasted Black Ceramic

BEZEL: Microblasted Blue Ceramic

DIAL: Blue

MOVEMENT 

HUB1280
Frequency: 4 (28’800 A/H)
Power reserve (hours): 72
Number of components: 354
Jewels: 43

STRAP AND CLASP 

First Bracelet: Blue calf
Additional Bracelet: Blue lined rubber
Black Ceramic and Black titane Deployant Buckle

PRICE

25,700.00 USD

HUBLOT’S THREE LIMITED EDITIONS FOR THE LOVE OF ARGENTINE FOOTBALL

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Hublot is launching two Big Bang Unicos and one Classic Fusion in partnership with the Argentine Football Association (AFA).

 

Some years are more important than others. For football fans, and supporters of the Argentine team in particular, 2022 was one of those years. On Sunday 18 December 2022, Argentina and France finished level at three-all in the final but, in the end, it was Argentina that won their third World Cup 4-2 on penalties.

This marked a historic moment not only for Argentina, but also for Hublot. Having been involved with football since 2006, the Nyon-based Manufacture had begun its partnership with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) just four months earlier; The watchmaking company and the national team had decided to join forces on 1 September that same year. Already the Official Timekeeper of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Hublot has now successfully created a fusion between the Argentine team and the World Cup it won on 18 December 2022.

Hublot Loves Argentina!

Hublot’s love for Argentina is nothing new. In 2010, the Nyon-based Manufacture unveiled a Big Bang Maradona limited to 250 pieces. And the love story didn’t end there. When Hublot and the AFA merged their talents in 2022, Hublot produced 100 Big Bang e pieces in honour of Argentina. And today marks the first time that Hublot has produced a series of mechanical chronographs exclusively for the AFA.

To celebrate this exceptional journey which, since the final on 18 December 2022, has placed Argentina at the centre of the footballing world, Hublot is paying tribute to the AFA by launching three special editions for all its fans: two Big Bang Unicos and one Classic Fusion.

Family DNA

These special editions have three points in common. Firstly: all three are limited editions: the Big Bang Unico Titanium AFA (25 pcs), King Gold (10 pcs) and Classic Fusion AFA (140 pcs). Secondly: all three models are chronographs: the ultimate complication for sporting feats. The two Big Bangs are driven by the latest- generation Unico Manufacture movement – the HUB1280 – while the Classic Fusion is powered by the HUB1143 calibre.

Finally, the third point in common is that they are all dressed in blue, the colour of Argentina. The national flag of Argentina features blue stripes, and the two Big Bangs pay tribute to the national team’s home kit with this same shade of sky blue. For away matches, the team wears a navy blue shirt, which has been reproduced on the Classic Fusion.

The most exclusive of the three pieces is the Big Bang Unico King Gold, which is available as a limited edition of 10 pieces. Measuring 42 mm in diameter, it features a ceramic bezel in sky blue to match the official jersey of the AFA – the Albiceleste – a shade which is also picked up on the piece’s rubber strap. The case and pushers are made of King Gold, Hublot’s proprietary alloy containing platinum. This alloy offers a warmer gold colour than traditional 18K 5N gold. The indexes, hands and counters on the dial side also feature King Gold.

At 9 o’clock, the small seconds is laser-engraved with a reproduction of the authentic World Cup, as won in 2022. The same detail is found on the Big Bang Unico Titanium – available in a limited edition of 25 pieces – with which it also shares a ceramic bezel and strap in Albiceleste sky blue.

Finally, the 45-mm Classic Fusion Chronograph Titanium sports the navy blue of the team’s away kit. This colour features on the ceramic bezel and strap, as well as on the sunray dial of this limited edition of 140 pieces.

“What makes Hublot different in the world of football is not only the strength of its commitment to our players and teams, but also its loyalty. The “Hublot loves Football” campaign has been running for almost 20 years now. Our fans feel this love and know this passion: it’s an emotional, intimate bond between us. We are very proud to have three limited series that celebrate the fusion of our sporting and watchmaking talents. – CLAUDIO TAPIA PRESIDENT, ARGENTINE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (AFA)

HUBLOT

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and large complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific
Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day.

Over 130 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

BIG BANG UNICO TITANIUM
ASOCIACIÓN DEL FÚTBOL ARGENTINO

REFERENCE 
441.NE.2080.RX.AFA24
Limited to 25 pieces

CASE 
Satin-finished and Polished Titanium
Diameter: 42 mm
Thickness: 14.5 mm
Water resistance: 10 ATM

CASEBACK 
Satin-finished Titanium

BEZEL
Satin-finished and Polished
Sky Blue Ceramic

DIAL
Matt white with white counter

MOVEMENT
HUB1280 Unico Manufacture, Self-Winding Chronograph
Frequency: 4 (28,800 Vib/h)
Power reserve (hours): 72
Number of components: 354
Jewels: 43

STRAP AND CLASP
First strap: White and Sky Blue
Structured Lined Rubber
Additional Strap: White Structured
Lined Rubber
Titanium Deployant Buckle

BIG BANG UNICO KING GOLD
ASOCIACIÓN DEL FÚTBOL ARGENTINO

REFERENCE 
441.OE.2080.RX.AFA24
Limited to 10 pieces

CASE 
Satin-finished and Polished 18K King Gold
Diameter: 42 mm
Thickness: 14.5 mm
Water resistance: 10 ATM

CASEBACK 
Satin-finished 18K King Gold

BEZEL
Satin-finished and Polished
Sky Blue Ceramic

DIAL
Matt white with white counter

MOVEMENT
HUB1280 Unico Manufacture, Self-
Winding Chronograph
Frequency: 4 (28,800 Vib/h)
Power reserve (hours): 72
Number of components: 354
Jewels: 43

STRAP AND CLASP
First strap: White and Sky Blue
Structured Lined Rubber
Additional Strap: White Structured
Lined Rubber
18K King Gold and Titanium
Deployant Buckle

CLASSIC FUSION CHRONOGRAPH TITANIUM
ASOCIACIÓN DEL FÚTBOL ARGENTINO

REFERENCE 
521.NL.7180.RX.AFA24
Limited to 140 pieces

CASE 
Satin-finished and Polished Titanium with King Gold pushers, Crown and Screws
Diameter: 45 mm
Thickness: 13.05 mm
Water resistance: 5 ATM

CASEBACK
Satin-finished Titanium

BEZEL
Satin-finished and Polished
Blue Ceramic

DIAL 
Sunray blue plated with Silver
counter

MOVEMENT 
HUB1143 Self-winding Chronograph
Frequency: 4 (28,800 Vib/h)
Power reserve (hours): 42
Number of components: 280
Jewels: 59

STRAP AND CLASP
Blue Lined Rubber Strap
Stainless Steel Deployant Buckle

CLASSIC FUSION ESSENTIAL GREY: Volume III

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Hublot is writing the third chapter in the story of its Essential Grey. The 2024 release includes two Classic Fusion models in a radiant grey, available exclusively online.

Hublot is reprising its iconic Essential Grey collection. It is one of the Manufacture’s most popular vintages thanks to its exclusivity: a single model, a single colour, once a year, sold through a single channel.

More than an event, the arrival of the Essential Grey has come to define the Hublot year. Collectors are eagerly awaiting this moment – especially those who succeed in getting their hands on all the consecutive vintages, making up a complete set of pieces. These collectors are rare, but some managed to obtain first the Big Bang Unico Essential Grey, followed by the Spirit of Big Bang Essential Grey, and they are now looking forward to completing the hat-trick with the new Classic Fusion Essential Grey!

“The Essential Grey is one of our most eagerly awaited recurring series. It’s the kind of curve ball we like at Hublot: At a time when so many brands and studios are struggling to guess what the next colour trend will be, we have decided to keep this essential grey, unique and different, year after year, because we know it will be a timeless collector’s item. In fact, its success proves that it already is!”  -RICARDO GUADALUPE, HUBLOT CEO

This year, the decision to choose the Classic Fusion model was no coincidence. Alongside its most disruptive creations, Hublot likes to regularly highlight the importance of its founding models. This has recently led to the appearance of understated, streamlined ‘Time Only’ versions of the Big Bang. Essential Grey is part of this same dynamic: A reminder that Hublot, beyond its world of unbridled creativity, is first and foremost a leading watch manufacturer, the creator of numerous designs which, for more than 30 years, have been at the forefront of the watchmaking scene. Iconic, timeless watches that, even without bright colours and complications, remain monuments to design and elegance.

This is what defines the two Classic Fusion pieces in the 2024 Essential Grey vintage. Both come with 100% titanium cases and bezels, the first measuring 42 mm, the second 45 mm. Both feature all the hallmarks of a genuine Classic Fusion: integrated bracelet, satin-finished bezel with 6 functional screws with H-shaped head, exclusive textured rubber strap, and sunray finished dial with three central hands complemented by a discreet date window.

The most discerning customers will appreciate a subtlety that they may be the only ones to see: As the diameters of the two models differ by 3 mm (42 mm and 45 mm), Hublot has ensured that they are fitted with a calibre adapted to each volume (10.4 mm high for the first, 10.95 for the second). This refinement reflects the extreme attention to detail so dear to the hearts of watchmaking collectors.

The 42 mm Classic Fusion Essential Grey beats to the rhythm of the HUB1110 calibre, which is just 3.61 mm thick, while its 45 mm big brother is powered by the HUB1112 movement, measuring 4.26 mm. This “made- to-measure” choice shows respect for the design and engineering, which perfectly blends the forms and functions specific to each case. In the interests of fairness, however, each piece offers the same level of mechanical excellence, with a guaranteed power reserve of 42 hours.

HUBLOT

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and high complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day.

Over 135 Boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

CLASSIC FUSION ESSENTIAL GREY / 45 mm

REFERENCE
511.NX.5610.NR.HEC24

CASE
Satin-finished and Polished Titanium
Diameter: 45 mm
Thickness: 10,95 mm
Water resistance: 5 ATM / 50 M

CASE BACK
Satin-finished Titanium

BEZEL
Satin-finished and Polished
Titanium

DIAL
Grey sunray
MOVEMENT
HUB1112
Frequency: 4 Hz (28’000 A/H)
Power reserve (hours): 42
Number of components : 63
Jewels : 25

STRAP AND CLASP
Grey Rubber with Grey Fabric Strap
Stainless Steel Deployant Buckle

PRICE
7’700.00 CHF
8’800.00 EUR
8’500.00 USD
7’300.00 GBP

HUBLOT BIG BANG UNICO ALL BLACK SCHLOSS SCHAUENSTEIN

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Hublot and Andreas Caminada’s castle of Schauenstein celebrate 20 years with the special edition Big Bang Unico All Black Schloss Schauenstein

 

Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot and acclaimed chef Andreas Caminada proudly unveil a remarkable timepiece in celebration of the Schauenstein castle’s restaurant’s two decades of innovation and excellence. This occasion sees the introduction of the limited-edition Big Bang Unico All Black Schloss Schauenstein, a creation which epitomizes the fusion of haute horlogerie and culinary mastery.

The Art of Gastronomy

Blending meticulous expertise and a passion for fine artistry with time, gourmet cuisine and Haute Horlogerie share essential elements. Precise timing is vital for chefs, from ordering to plating up on the pass and through to service. This shared mentality has intertwined Hublot with the world of gastronomy. Hublot admires haute cuisine and those who convey their savoir-faire onto their dishes, skillfully fusing ingredients to create uniqueness while staying authentic. This connection has fostered remarkable partnerships and, notably, the iconic Big Bang Unico Gourmet watch.

This expansive universe continues to evolve, illuminating new opportunities to explore the bond between Hublot and a chef, starting in 2017 with the one and only Andreas Caminada.

A Tale of Fusion

The story of the Big Bang Unico All Black Schloss Schauenstein goes all the way back to 2004 when Hublot redefined luxury watchmaking with the concept of “The Art of Fusion,” blending traditional craftsmanship with avant-garde materials. Around the same time, Andreas Caminada took his culinary odyssey to new heights, taking over the historic Schauenstein castle, earning him prestigious Michelin stars for his innovative cuisine.

Over the past two decades, both Hublot and Andreas Caminada have personified the art of individuality in their respective fields. Hublot’s groundbreaking creations, including the iconic Big Bang and Classic Fusion lines, mirrored Caminada’s unrelenting pursuit of perfection and culinary artistry at the castle. This shared dedication naturally led to an inevitable partnership in 2017, when the 3 Michelin Stars chef joined the Hublot Family as a brand ambassador. Since then, Caminada has garnered numerous acclaims, including the Sustainable Restaurant Award, and continues to amaze with each passing year. Collaborating in events such as the Art of Fusion Night in 2019 alongside Hublot, this culinary maestro consistently reinvents the fine dining experience, remaining true to Art of Fusion ethos. This relationship culminates in a collaborative celebratory watch, the perfect tribute to such a talent.

“To celebrate this incredible milestone in my career and the birthday of the Schauenstein castle with a partner like Hublot is one of my biggest prides. The Big Bang Unico All Black Schloss Schauenstein is the perfect representation of what this moment means and transpires the essence of our culinary journey—a harmonious blend of tradition, creativity, and uncompromising quality” – ANDREAS CAMINADA, HUBLOT AMBASSADOR AND 3 MICHELIN-STARRED CHEF

“Our collaboration with Andreas Caminada represents the ultimate fusion of innovation and excellence, celebrating 20 years of pushing boundaries in both watchmaking and gastronomy. And we will not stop here.” -RICARDO GUADALUPE, HUBLOT CEO

The Schauenstein Castle is located in the village of Fürstenau, known as the smallest city in the world, in Switzerland’s Grisons canton. This captivating setting exudes a timeless allure and embodies the cherished ‘Swissness Attitude’ valued by Hublot. Within the acclaimed triple Michelin-starred restaurant, Chef Caminada immerses guests in an exploration of culinary awakening, echoing Hublot’s philosophy of perpetual exploration in crafting extraordinary pieces.

In honor of the 20-year jubilee of the Schauenstein castle and of Caminada’s culinary prowess, Hublot unveils its new Big Bang Unico All Black Schloss Schauenstein, underscoring its commitment to distinction and support for the best in their fields.

As the watch’s name suggests, the concept revolves around the color black, highly prominent throughout the various features of the timepiece, a design philosophy inspired by Andreas Caminada’s looks and reflecting Hublot’s desire to explore ‘invisible visibility’ in high fashion style. The watch features a 42mm microblasted black ceramic case, offering a sleek, modern aesthetic, with black plated H-shaped polished and microblasted titanium screws and a satin-finished black plated titanium crown with black rubber. The bezel, made of microblasted and polished black ceramic, complemented by the satined and microblasted black plated pushers, add depth and texture to the design. Additionally, the microblasted black ceramic case back is engraved with a depiction of Schauenstein’s castle in shimmering silver tones.

Elevating the watch, the matte black dial serves as a canvas for the applied silver-toned logo of Andreas Caminada on the small seconds counter, reflecting the spirit of culinary fineness. The black plated satin-finished hands provide a striking contrast against the dial.

At the heart of the Big Bang Unico All Black Schloss Schauenstein beats the in-house Hublot HUB1280 self-winding chronograph movement. Introduced in 2010 as the first movement designed by the manufacture, the Unico calibre saw refinement in 2018 with the launch of the 1280 reference, a slimmer iteration tailored to a broader range of wrists, used in this new release in collaboration with chef Caminada.

The watch proudly exhibits its inner workings with a skeletonized dial, offering a glimpse of the column wheel automatic winding mechanism that orchestrates its chronograph functions, and a date at 3 o’clock. Boasting a 72-hour power reserve and enhanced accuracy, it incorporates five patents for facilitated assembly, modernized architecture, and increased performance. The Unico 2 calibre offers a sleek 42-mm case and notable technical developments, including gentler winding, faultless chronograph display, and exceptional shock resistance, further emphasizing the best for the best with this limited edition.

The Big Bang Unico All Black Schloss Schauenstein comes in a presentation case complete with a black ceramic and black titanium deployant buckle clasp on the black lined rubber strap. Each watch is accompanied by a signed booklet by Andreas Caminada, a custom-engraved knife, and a knife block, reflecting Caminada’s passion for precision and authenticity in watchmaking and gastronomy.

Limited to just 20 pieces, each watch is a symbol of exclusivity and craftsmanship. Additionally, a unique piece, customized with the Fundaziun Uccelin logo, will be auctioned for charity during the AC Masters event, taking place on June 11th, offering collectors a unique opportunity to own an exceptional timepiece.

HUBLOT

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and high complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the
specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day.

Over 135 Boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

 

BIG BANG UNICO ALL BLACK SCHLOSS SCHAUENSTEIN

REFERENCE 

Big Bang Unico All Balck
Schloss Schauenstein
441.CI.1110.RX.SSH24
Special Edition XX/20

CASE 

“One-Click” System
Microblasted Black Ceramic
Sapphire Crystal Glass with Anti-Reflective Treatment
Satin-finished Black Crown Plated
Titanium with Black Rubber
Diameter: 42 mm
Thickness: 14,5 mm
Water Resistant: 10 ATM/ 100 M

CASE BACK

Microblasted Black Ceramic

HANDS

Black Plated Satined and
Microblasted Hands

BEZEL

Microblasted and Polished
Black Ceramic

DIAL

Matt Black

MOVEMENT

HUB1280 Unico Manufacture Self-Winding Chronograph
Frequency: 4 Hz (28’800 A/H)
Power reserve: 72H
Number of components: 354
Jewels: 43

STRAP AND BUCKLE

Black Lined Rubber Strap
Black Ceramic and Black
Titanium Deployant Buckle

PRICE

25’900.00 CHF
29’600.00 EUR
28’500.00 USD
24’500.00 GPB

HUBLOT AND DANIEL ARSHAM REDEFINE THE POCKET WATCH WITH THE ARSHAM DROPLET

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Renowned for its innovative spirit, luxury Swiss watchmaker Hublot, has unveiled a groundbreaking collaboration with acclaimed contemporary artist Daniel Arsham. The result of this visionary partnership is the Arsham Droplet, a revolutionary timepiece that reimagines the classic pocket watch, blending antique form with futuristic materials and production methods. The Arsham Droplet represents an incredible piece of art that can be enjoyed in three different ways: a pocket watch, a pendant or an eye-catching table clock.

Hublot and contemporary artist Daniel Arsham, known for his unique style of transforming everyday objects into “future relics,” have come together to create this captivating fusion of past, present and future. The Arsham Droplet seamlessly unites Hublot’s technical mastery and Arsham’s distinctive artistic vision, delivering a timepiece that pushes the boundaries of traditional watchmaking.

Inspired by the organic, fluid forms found in nature, the Arsham Droplet represents a true milestone in the world of horology. This collaboration is a testament to the shared commitment of both Hublot and Arsham to creating truly exceptional and transformative experiences that challenge the status quo.

Crafted from a harmonious blend of titanium, rubber and sapphire crystal, the Arsham Droplet reflects Hublot’s unparalleled attention to detail and commitment to innovation. Measuring 73.2mm (length) x 52.6 mm (width) x 22.5 mm (thickness), the ergonomic and tactile design fits
perfectly in the hand, allowing for a truly immersive and engaging horological experience.

At the heart of the watch lies Hublot’s iconic Meca-10 manufacture movement, which boasts an impressive 10-day power reserve that ensures the timepiece can be enjoyed for extended periods without the need for frequent winding, further enhancing the user’s connection with this one-of-a-kind creation.

 

Over the past decade, Arsham has partnered with a wide range of brands and notable figures. Fusion is key for him, and his past projects have showcased an ability to innovatively blend art, design, and popular culture. This collaboration with Hublot is a natural extension of his artistic practice, as both brands share a commitment to pushing the boundaries of their respective fields.

Limited to just 99 examples, the Arsham Droplet is a true collector’s item and a masterpiece of modern watchmaking. With its distinctive rounded drop shape and unparalleled complexity, the timepiece challenges conventional notions of what a pocket watch can be.

The organic design is complemented by a titanium case and rubber bumpers, reflecting a bold departure from traditional watchmaking norms. Presented with two titanium chains, each featuring Hublot’s patented double “one-click” system for seamless attachment, the timepiece can be worn in multiple ways from a necklace to a pocket watch, or displayed as a sculptural centerpiece on its decorative titanium and mineral glass table stand.

Featuring a sandwich construction, with two exquisitely crafted domed teardrop-shaped crystals, the open worked titanium case resembles delicate lace woven in a droplet pattern. The side bumpers are in a custom Arsham Green rubber and with the artist’s monogram stamped onto the surface.

The case boasts a double sealing system with no less than 17 O-ring seals, ingeniously placed to guarantee a perfect seal. The timepiece also displays Hublot’s iconic design elements, including the brand’s signature six H-shaped screws.

Incorporating the latest advancements in watchmaking technology, the Arsham Droplet boasts a water resistance of 30 meters, ensuring durability and reliability in any setting. With its exceptional craftsmanship and innovative design, this limited-edition masterpiece is destined to become a cherished collector’s item.

For more information about the Arsham Droplet and other Hublot creations, please visit hublot.com. For more information about Daniel Arsham, please visit danielarsham.com.

“The Arsham Droplet is a true testament to the power of collaboration. By combining Hublot’s technical expertise with my own artistic vision, we have created a timepiece that transcends the traditional pocket watch, blending the past, present and future in a captivating and unexpected way.” -DANIEL ARSHAM, HUBLOT AMBASSADOR AND CONTEMPORARY ARTIST

“Together with Daniel, we made the impossible possible! The Arsham Droplet is a testament to Hublot’s unwavering dedication to pushing the boundaries of both form and function. This groundbreaking timepiece is a true work of art, seamlessly blending our horological expertise with Daniel Arsham’s visionary artistic vision. The Arsham Droplet represents an incredible piece of art that can be enjoyed in three different ways: a pocket watch, a pendant or a table clock.” -RICARDO GUADALUPE, HUBLOT CEO

HUBLOT

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and high complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day. Over 135 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

DANIEL ARSHAM

Daniel Arsham is a New York based artist whose practice spans fine art, architecture, performance, and film. Arsham’s iconic works meld the past, present and future, showcasing the malleability and power of nostalgia, often through references to moments of the late 20th century. Eroded casts of modern artifacts and contemporary human figures, his works are crafted out of geological material such as sand, selenite and volcanic ash. These materials allow for the appearance and aesthetic of erosion or archeological, future relics, as Arsham has dubbed them. Arsham has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Orange County Museum of Art, Musée Guimet, Paris, France; UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Dune, China; MOCO Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; HOW Museum, Shanghai, China; The Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit, Michigan; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; among others. Arsham’s works have been exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria Triennial, Melbourne, Australia; The Athens Biennale in Athens, Greece; Musée Fenaille, Rodez, Carré d’Art de Nîmes, and Paris La Défense, France; Frieze Sculpture, London, U.K.; and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, SCAD Museum, Savannah, Georgia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the New Museum and MoMA PS1, New York, USA; among others.

REFERENCE 

916.NX.5202.NK

Limited to 99 pieces

CASE

Shiny Microblasted Titanium with Arsham Green Colour Rubber Bumpers

Size: 73.2mm (length) x 52.6 mm (width) x 22.5 mm (thickness)

Water resistance: 3 ATM / 30 M

H-Shaped polished and microblasted Titanium Screws

Sapphire Crystal Glass with Anti- reflective treatment

CASEBACK

Microblasted M3 Titanium

Skeleton engraved and printed Arsham Green Colour & Black

Crown

Shiny Microblasted and

Polished Titanium

DIAL AND HANDS MOVEMENT STRAP AND CLASP PRICE

Semi-Matte Varnished,

Arsham Green Colour

Arsham Index at 12 o’clock, made in 3D in Black / ArshamGreen Colour

Semi-Matte Varnished, Arsham Green Colour Hands

MOVEMENT

HUB1201 Manufacture MECA-10 manual winding

Grey PVD treatment – Luminescent

Green Arsham Colour

Power Reserve Indicator

Frequency (HZ): 3 (21’600 A/H)

Power reserve (hours): 240

Number of components: 223

Jewels: 24

STRAP AND CLASP

Necklace: Full Titanium with Polished Links /

Shiny Microblasted

Clasp and One-click Tip

Pocket Chain: Full Titanium with Polished Links/ Shiny Microblasted

Carabiner and One-click Tip

Table Stand: Microblasted Titanium / Polished

Green Arsham Colour

Sphere and Mineral Magnifying Glass

PRICE

80’000.00 CHF

92’000.00 EUR

88’000.00 USD

76’000.00 GBP

 

 

BIG BANG UNICO ORANGE CERAMIC: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

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A new ceramic colour is making its appearance at the heart of the Big Bang Unico: a vibrant orange, the result of a unique alchemy and a flawless resistance to shocks and scratches.

If there is something Hublot excels at, it is disruption and unbridled creativity. But, sometimes, it is also known for those little touches that quietly and profoundly change the landscape of watchmaking. Such is the case today, after vivid red and yellow, the Manufacture introduces the first vivid orange ceramic.

Historically, ceramics were first available in unobtrusive colours: black and white. Hublot has gradually changed the game by exploring other shades. The Big Bang has introduced different variations of blue, grey and green. Then, in 2019, it presented a world first when the first brightly coloured ceramic was released: a vibrant red. The second of these achievements came in 2021, with a stunning yellow piece. But the Big Bang collector is not someone who is content with the status quo. Far from it! Hublot has therefore continued to innovate and develop new colours, the very latest of which is this orange.

Developing an original ceramic colour is as simple to say… as it is complex to achieve. The workload should not be underestimated: it requires in-depth research & development. Which additives are needed? In what proportions? What type of firing, at what temperature, and for how long? How can it be machined? Should it have a satin finish? Or polished? How resistant is it to impacts? What about scratches? What pressure? What chemical recipe?

This is just a small part of the specifications that govern the development of a new ceramic. And every single aspect is exacting, as the standards guaranteed by Hublot for its ceramic are among the most stringent on the market. 100% internal expertise, patent-protected.

“Ceramic is part of Hublot history, but it’s a history that is still being written. We’ve never stopped innovating. It’s in our DNA. From our first ceramic bezel in 2005 to the 100% ceramic cases – which we are currently the only company to master in such a wide array of vivid colours. And that’s just the beginning. We’ve got a lot more to come!”  – RICARDO GUADALUPE HUBLOT CEO

 

The new Big Bang Unico Orange Ceramic follows in the footsteps of its predecessors. It offers a unique, perfectly uniform colour, whatever exterior component it is used to adorn. It is finished to a very high watchmaking standard, with a perfect mirror polish all over. A blend of high technology and savoir faire were necessary to achieve this level of excellence on all the components, due to their diverse shapes, thicknesses, and angles.

Hublot has recreated the exact colour of the ceramic for the indices, counters on the dial and hands, as well as for the integrated rubber strap. This strap features the patented “One-Click” system for quick, tool-free changes.

This series is limited to 250 pieces. At its heart beats the Unico Chronograph Manufacture calibre. This is the very latest generation of the automatic flyback chronograph movement developed by Hublot. Guaranteeing a three-day power reserve (72 hours), it retains the same aesthetic signature: column wheel at 6 o’clock, bicompax layout (small seconds at 9 o’clock, 60-minute counter at 3 o’clock with integrated date), silicon escapement, and the always demonstrative and powerful skeleton architecture. The Unico sits inside the iconic Big Bang case. This version is 42 mm in diameter and features the famous 6 titanium ‘H’ shaped bezel screws and lugs on either side of the case that echo the design of a ship’s porthole.

HUBLOT

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to unrivalled expertise in terms of complications,vmanufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and large complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. “Hublot Loves Football” has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s involvement in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day.

 

Over 130 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

CASE

REFERENCE

441.CU.5910.RX

SIZE

42 mm

CASE

Polished Orange Ceramic

BEZEL

Polished Orange Ceramic

WATER RESISTANCE

100m or 10 ATM

CRYSTAL

Sapphire with Anti-reflective Treatment 

DIAL

Orange Skelton

MOVEMENT

MOVEMENT

HUB1280 UNICO Manufacture Self-winding Chronograph Flyback Movement with Column Wheel

POWER RESERVE

72 Hours

STRAP & CLASP

STRAP

Black and Orange Structured Lined Rubber Straps

CLASP

Black Ceramic and Black-plated Titanium Deployant Buckle Clasp

HUBLOT Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu: Tattoo-etched sapphire

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Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu. A high-tech creation incised into the transparency of sapphire.

Tattoo-etched sapphire, new boundaries pushed back.

After 8 years of collaboration between Hublot and Maxime Plescia-Buchi, we finally have a creation in sapphire. The three-dimensional geometry and the indelible features of Sang Bleu have been inked into Hublot’s high-tech material of choice. A geometric watch to be tattooed on your wrist, combining intensity and softness, strength and subtlety. Hublot has once again demonstrated its ability to combine craftsmanship and technology with this hyper-complex timepiece.

Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu

Since 2016, the Hublot x Sang Bleu collaboration has seen the celebrated typographer, tattooist, artist, and founder of Sang Bleu, Maxime Plescia-Buchi, set down his indelible and distinct features, and stamp his three-dimensional geometry with both relief and depth onto Hublot watches. From the Big Bang in 2016 to Spirit of Big Bang in 2023, 2024 is once again making its mark.

Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu Sapphire – A play on similarities and differences.

It has kept the Spirit of Big Bang, maintaining the 42 mm diameter and the soul of the barrel shape, while offering a different aesthetic finish. It is a watch that, even with its ultra-generous proportions and assertive shape, offers perfect ergonomics to suit all wrist sizes, both feminine and masculine. There’s no change onthe movement side, with the HUB4700, a skeletonised automatic chronograph with date at 4.30, 50-hour power reserve and its oscillating weight redesigned in the Sang Bleu style. The inspired design remains the same, a watch incised, chiselled, angled and faceted by Sang Bleu, revealing and overlaying hexagons, rhombuses and triangles redrawing forms and volumes, feature by feature. The playful relief and depth in Maxime’s features takes on a new dimension, as the sapphire reveals an entirely new personality.

 

Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu Sapphire – A contrasting softness of features incised into the hardness of the sapphire

The sapphire now extends from the dial – which already revealed the HUB4700 self-winding skeleton chronograph movement through the disc hands designed by Sang Bleu – to the case and the bezel, enhancing the watch’s organic design. The complexity of the design of the collection, plus the demanding geometry of Maxim Plescia-Buchi’s polygonal tattooing, meant that Hublot once again had to push back the boundaries of machining sapphire. Under the impact of the sapphire’s transparency, the purity of the Sang Bleu features, which remain sharp and methodical, expresses itself here in an ultra-light minimalist style, both visually and on the wrist. A fascinating and highly demanding material, whose total transparency required an absolutely perfect level of finish.

Thanks to 3D machining and over 100 hours of work, the Spirit of Big Bang Sapphire Sang Bleu is practically as hard and scratch resistant as a diamond (9 on the Mohs scale, compared to 10 for diamonds). The only remaining non-transparent elements are the crown, the push buttons, the screws on the case, the 6 H-shaped screws on the bezel, and the folding clasp, all cut out of titanium, and the components of the movement.

Produced in a run of 100 pieces; making this a collector’s edition!

“Beneath Maxime’s spatially redesigned features, it is like we achieve this duality every time, whereby the watch’s DNA is simultaneously identical and yet so very different. While the sapphire gives Maxim’s three-dimensional tattoos a new geometric aesthetic, it has also provided us with the opportunity to reconsider their technical production, to take on new challenges, to optimize our processes, and to overcome new constraints. Each model drives us to improve ourselves in a quest for both technical and aesthetic excellence. To machine sapphire into the demanding geometry of Sang Bleu’s polygonal tattooing meant that we once again had to push back our boundaries in the mastery of this iconic material. There is no longer any doubt that Hublot is the leader in making sapphire timepieces!”  – RICARDO GUADALUPE, HUBLOT CEO

“2024 marks eight years of collaboration with Hublot, and three iterations: the first in 2016 with the Big Bang Sang Bleu; the second in 2019 with the Big Bang Sang Bleu II; and finally the Spirit of Big Bang in 2023. While every design is produced using a similar approach, transposing the principles of my tattooing across to Hublot’s specific watchmaking space, the result is different every time, as it is applied to a different base. In 2016, it was the Big Bang 3 Hands, in 2019, the Big Bang Chronograph and in 2023 the Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph. This time, in addition, we are transposing what the DNA itself has become, the fusion of Hublot and Sang Bleu, onto a Hublot signature material never before applied to our collaboration: sapphire. This is a highlight for this collaboration because sapphire is, in itself, the most noble material used in the watchmaking industry, while it simultaneously bestows something ghost-like and
futuristic, virtually architectural, onto the pieces. This corresponds exactly to what I seek to produce in all my projects.”  -MAXIME PLESCIA- BUCHI, FOUNDER OF SANG BLEU, HUBLOT AMBASSADOR

SPIRIT OF BIG BANG SANG BLEU SAPPHIRE

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

REFERENCE: 648.JX.0102.RT.MXM24

SIZE: 42 mm

CASE: Polished Sapphire Crystal

BEZEL: Polished Sapphire Crystal

WATER RESISTANCE: 50m or 5 ATM

CRYSTAL: Sapphire with Anti-reflective Treatment

DIAL: Sapphire Crystal Dial

MOVEMENT: HUB4700 Self-winding Skeleton Chronograph Movement

POWER RESERVE: 50 Hours

STRAP: White Transparent Smooth Rubber Straps

CLASP: Titanium Deployant Buckle Clasp

HUBLOT UNVEILS A NEW INTERPRETATION OF SAPPHIRE

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BIG BANG MP-11 14-DAY POWER RESERVE WATER BLUE SAPPHIRE

 

The MP-11, featuring its sculptural 7-barrel movement with a 2-week power reserve, makes its debut in a brand-new sapphire colour: a radiant and translucent water blue. A new colour is added to Hublot’s palette of sapphire tones, a major first for this Manufacture Piece.

“The uniqueness of Hublot – a fully integrated Manufacture – lies in its technical excellence interms of both its movements and its exterior. R&D is at the heart of our DNA, and each MP, shaped by our profoundly innovative approach, is an opportunity for us to test new sapphires that may later become part of our regular collections. Our MPs are a laboratory, an exploration of what the watchmaking of tomorrow might look like today” 

RICARDO GUADALUPE, HUBLOT CEO

For some, it was just yesterday. For others, it has been an eternity. Just think: Baselworld 2018! Yet, Hublot regularly set the heart of the watchmaking world aflutter, beating to the rhythm of creations that defied all convention. The MP-11 was no exception. Six years on, it remains what it has always been: first, unique and different.

It has to be said that the bar is very high: seven barrels, and a 14-day power reserve. Quite a benchmark to reach! But beyond the numbers, there is the technology, which remains the pinnacle of inventiveness in watchmaking. To maintain a conventional height (10.9 mm), the seven barrels are coaxial and vertical. They are not integrated into the thickness of the movement. They are physically in front of it, set at 90° to it.

To allow their 336 hours of power reserve to reach the movement, Hublot had to design a tailor-made device: a 90° transmission which uses a helical worm gear, following the principle of an endless screw. The wheel in question is clearly visible between 9 and 10 o’clock. To ensure harmony with this mechanism, Hublot has taken care to place the balance opposite it at 2 o’clock, with its rate at 4 o’clock. The Hublot HUB9011 calibre, with 270 components, is also distinguished by its patented index-assembly system and silicon escapement which protects the movement from any electromagnetic or thermal interference.

A very slowly rotating disc (one revolution every two weeks) indicates the remaining power reserve as close as possible to its energy source, directly at the head of the seven aligned barrels. Furthermore, by echoing the shape of the barrels, the sapphire crystal naturally creates a magnifying effect on this signature element of the watch. The Big Bang MP-11 can be wound manually using the large, fluted crown with a worm screw type relief that echoes the helical gear, or an electric Torx stylus. This sculptural construction is truly worthy of the name “Manufacture Piece”, earning its place in the MP collection.

A new variation of water blue sapphire

The MP-11 has been the power behind the most daring aesthetic interpretations: ceramic, SAXEM, Magic Gold, 3D carbon. But sapphire remains Hublot’s material of choice. The Manufacture is the undisputed master in its use, with probably the widest range of shades in the watch industry. The 2024 edition of the MP-11 is no exception to the long tradition of innovation at the heart of Hublot’s DNA. For the first time, it will be available in “Water Blue” sapphire.

This new shade is based on a new chemical formula, a custom development, and an exclusive transparency index, yet still boasts all the usual properties of sapphire: brilliant, luminous, perfectly inalterable, and resistant to knocks and scratches. We must also highlight its exemplary polishing, a very delicate operation usually completed by hand. The result required compliance with a very strict set of specifications, and took several years to develop and test, in particular to simulate accelerated ageing and guarantee flawless water-resistance. The result is close to perfection, in line with the MP spirit.

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

 

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and high complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day. Over 130 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

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HUBLOT ANNOUNCES RENOWNED ARCHITECT MA YANSONG NEW FRIEND OF THE BRAND

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MA Yansong’s architecture and Hublot’s watchmaking share a common vision of transforming their art into an interactive, 3D experience, fusing the natural and the human-made, creating advanced designs with an affinity for Nature.

MA YANSONG: AT ONE WITH NATURE

MA Yansong, the visionary Founder and Principal Partner of MAD Architects (2004), redefines architecture with a focus on emotional and spiritual needs, blending humanity and Nature. Born in Beijing in 1975, MA set up his own practice two years after achieving his Masters from Yale. He has spent 20 years gaining international acclaim for his imaginative and human centric designs. His renowned projects – including the Harbin Opera House and Absolute Towers – showcase a unique symbiosis of the natural and human-made. MA, the first Chinese architect to win an overseas landmark project, sees architecture as a medium to reconnect people with Nature, fostering respect and harmony. MA has garnered admiration through his masterfully crafted, spatiotemporal, sculptural forms disappearing into the city and landscape; forms that are driven by intuition, expression and emotion.

“As Hublot welcomes MA Yansong as a Friend of the Brand, his fusion of storytelling, cultural exploration and architectural innovation aligns seamlessly with our commitment to a future which celebrates designs that are bold and imaginative, continuous and fluid, complex and three-dimensional. His mission to explore and contribute to the ideal future of living, along with his advanced designs conceived with an affinity for Nature, echo the contribution we would like to bring through watchmaking. He is a source of inspiration in his unique and different way of building bridges between Nature & Humanity, creating buildings as constructed Nature.” RICARDO GUADALUPE HUBLOT CEO

“Hublot & I share the conviction that architecture and watchmaking are not just about buildings or watches, but instead both involve massive relearning to become non-conformists. My first, unique and different approach to architecture is a methodical exploration of humanity, Nature and creativity. In the way Hublot explores the wealth of natural materials, we share this belief in a symbiosis between the natural and human-made. We believe in design more responsive to human emotion, placing equal emphasis on technology and Nature.” MA YANSONG ARCHITECT

FIRST. UNIQUE. DIFFERENT IN HIS OWN WAY

In terms of what makes MA’s vision and work first, unique and different in his own way, there is also a strong connection to how MA and Hublot envision their contribution to the future of both architecture and watchmaking.

Innovative fusion of tradition and modern design

MA Yansong distinguishes himself through a unique sense of aesthetic appeal inspired by traditional Chinese elements and modern design principles.

Breaking barriers through innovation and distinctiveness

As an architect, MA Yansong is celebrated for pushing boundaries, embracing innovation and shaping a distinctive narrative in the world of contemporary architecture.

Organic forms challenging conventional norms

His architecture is characterized by organic, flowing forms featuring neutral skins, in perpetual continuation of the site and natural landscape, challenging conventional norms.

Rethinking design to be at one with Nature

MA’s creations often evoke a sense of harmony with nature, integrating buildings into their surroundings and environment, fostering a sense of unity. MA Yansong creates buildings of freedom that rethink our fellowship with Nature.

MA YANSONG

Architect, Artist

Ma Yansong is recognized as an important voice in the new generation of architects. He is the first Chinese architect to win an overseas landmark-building project and to design an oversea cultural landmark.

As the founding partner of MAD Architects, Ma leads design of every projects in all scale and form, including the art and cultural development of MAD, with the vision to create a new balance among society, the city, and the environment through architecture. Since designing the “Floating Island” in 2002, Ma has been exploring the ideal future of living through international practices, with representative works as Absolute Towers, Harbin Opera House, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, FENIX Museum of Migration, etc. Parallel to his design practice, he also explores the cultural values of cities and architecture through domestic and international solo exhibitions, publications, and art works.

In 2008, Ma Yansong was selected as one of the “20 Most Influential Young Architects” by ICON magazine. Fast Company named him one of the “10 Most Creative People in Architecture in 2009” and one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business in 2014.” In 2010 he received the “RIBA International Fellowship”. In 2014 he was awarded “Young Global Leaders (YGL)” by the World Economic Forum.

Ma holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture from Yale University, and a Bachelor’s degree from the Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture. He has been an adjunct professor at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Tsinghua University, and the University of Southern California.

HUBLOT

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-colored ceramics and sapphires) and its Manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and high complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day. Over 135 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervor and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

HUBLOT SPIRIT OF BIG BANG DEPECHE MODE

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Designed in collaboration with Depeche Mode, the new Spirit of Big Bang Depeche Mode pays tribute to the British band’s latest album and world tour, Memento Mori, vouching to live fully in the present and reflect on the value of time. This concept is symbolised on the watch by a skull motif embellished with an hourglass.

Fourteen years have already passed since Hublot and Depeche Mode announced their first collaboration, dedicated to raising public awareness and funds for several environmental and humanitarian causes. Since then, this partnership has been renewed with each of the British band’s subsequent tours and has raised over USD $2.3 million for the Teenage Cancer Trust and charity:water.

In March 2023, Depeche Mode announced its big comeback with the release of Memento Mori , its 15th studio album, along with a worldwide concert tour. Still in collaboration with the band, which has sold over 100 million albums, Hublot is helping to raise funds and awareness for Conservation Collective, a global charity that unites a network of regional philanthropic foundations working to protect, conserve and restore natura l environments. Thanks to Depeche Mode & Hublot funding, the first round of projects tackling plastic pollution at the grassroots in 2023 supported seven impactful initiatives across seven countries, with three more rounds of funding set to empower even more positive change. The projects aim to turn the tide on plastic by driving locally led waste management, plastic-free and clean-up initiatives.

It was against this backdrop that Hublot and Depeche Mode teamed up again in Berlin, 11 years after their first joint event in the German capital, to release a new limited-edition watch: The Spirit of Big Bang Depeche Mode. The Spirit of Big Bang’s signature tonneau shape is designed with Hublot’s iconic All Black aesthetic. Created in collaboration with Depeche Mode, the design combines the skull motif—an emblem seen in the video announcing the band’s return—with an hourglass to symbolise the passage of time. The centre of the dial is filled with small black ceramic spheres that symbolically flow back and forth as the wrist moves, conveying the concept of Memento Mori. This Latin phrase, meaning ‘remember you must die’, is intended to prompt reflection on the transience of life. Alongside the dial, the initials DM, the British band’s logo, appear at 6 o’clock. The indices take the form of pyramid-shaped studs, a motif echoed on the black ceramic bezel.

Measuring 42 mm, the barrel-shaped case is made of sand-blasted and polished black ceramic. It houses a self-winding HUB1710_SD calibre movement with a 50-hour power reserve. Each of the Spirit of Big Bang Depeche Mode comes with two straps, which are easily interchangeable thanks to the patented One Click system. The first is made from recycled materials and Velcro, in line with Conservation Collective’s plastic pollution initiatives. The second, in black rubber, closes with a black titanium folding clasp. It includes the pyramid-shaped studs already featured on the bezel and dial, creating an exceptionally ‘rock’ vibe.

Each of the 100 pieces in this limited edition will come in a special box containing a wonderful surprise: a 10” vinyl single of Depeche Mode’s Wagging Tongue, only available as part of this package, and produced using green energy and recycled PVC!

 

“Memento Mori encourages us to be more mindful of just how fragile our existence is. This is why joining forces once again with our trusted friends at Hublot makes so much sense. Together, we can raise public awareness of environmental issues and support Conservation Collective in their efforts to protect our planet and life in all its forms” – Martin Gore, Member of Depeche Mode

“For almost 14 years now, Hublot has been working alongside Depeche Mode to protect Humankind and our environment. Memento Mori makes us conscious of the passing of time. This is something that we, as watchmakers, are naturally aware of. This is a serious issue, but one that we approach with joy and energy inspired by the music of Depeche Mode.” – Ricardo Guadalupe, HUBLOT CEO

“We are delighted and hugely grateful to have the support of Hublot and Depeche Mode as we work to turbocharge environmental restoration efforts in a growing list of places around the world. Conservation Collective now comprises twenty locally focused environment foundations, and each one of them is providing support to grassroots organisations which are creating cascading positive change in each of those places. This new funding from Hublot and Depeche Mode is a gamechanger for these efforts.” – Ben Goldsmith, Conservative Collective

CONSERVATION COLLECTIVE

Ben Goldsmith founded Conservation Collective in 2020 to open new channels of philanthropic funding to boost and amplify the impact of local environmental initiatives.

Environmental philanthropy faces two key challenges: persuading people to direct money to the biggest issue of our time and getting that money to the most effective environmental initiatives.

Conservation Collective has a proven and winning formula for both.

We build clubs of donors linked to places they care passionately about, to open new channels of funding for nature restoration. We have seen that people are instinctively ‘place-based’, and that when it comes to conservation and philanthropy, we are all more likely to want to protect the places we know and love.

We set up, incubate, and support local environmental foundations. All over the world, people are working tirelessly to protect the places they love from the impacts of climate change and the biodiversity crisis. Those most affected by environmental problems are often best placed to tackle them, and grassroots action is our most powerful weapon.

Our member foundations unlock new funding for the best and most effective grassroots projects dedicated to preserving, protecting, and regenerating biodiverse ecosystems on land and below water and to slowing down and adapting to climate change.

We’re encouraging more and more effective environmental philanthropy. Our growing network of foundations has already raised millions of pounds for impactful initiatives, and we’re only just getting started…

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Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and high complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day.

Over 130 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

Top 14 Watches to Invest in This Valentine’s Day

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Amidst the chilly air, there’s a warmth that sweeps through hearts, marking the season of love. And on February 14th, it’s not just about exchanging sweet words; it’s about the impeccable timing of affection.

Our latest blog, “14 Top Watches to Elevate Your Valentine’s Day,” invites you to explore a world where time doesn’t just pass; it glimmers, ticks, and whispers enchanting tales. Why settle for ordinary gestures when you can gift a timeless symbol that echoes the enduring nature of love? Join us in celebrating this romantic season, where where every second counts, and the right watch can set hearts aflutter. As anticipation builds, our curated collection of luxury watch brands offers a perfect expression of love for both him and her.

HUBLOT CLASSIC FUSION, CHRONOGRAPH KING GOLD GREEN, 42MM REF. NUMBER: 541.OX.8980.LR

 

Hublot stays true to its philosophy of being First, Unique, and Different, epitomized by the watches we’ve curated from this esteemed brand.

Crafted with precision, the 42mm case of this timepiece boasts a satin-finished and polished 18K king gold construction, matched elegantly by a bezel adorned with 6 h-shaped titanium screws. Its sapphire crystal, treated to reduce reflections, ensures clear visibility of the satin-finished green sunray dial beneath. Powered by the reliable HUB1153 self-winding chronograph movement, this watch offers approximately 42 hours of power reserve.

Completing its luxurious design is a black rubber and green alligator leather strap, fastened securely with an 18K king gold and black-plated stainless steel deployant buckle. With water resistance up to 50m (5 ATM), this timepiece effortlessly combines style with functionality.

HUBLOT SPIRIT OF BIG BANG MECA-10 BLACK MAGIC 45MM REF. NUMBER: 614.CI.1170.RX

 

Featuring a 45mm micro-blasted black ceramic case and bezel, meticulously crafted with satin-finished details, and adorned with 6 H-shaped titanium screws, this timepiece exudes sophistication. Its sapphire crystal is treated with an anti-reflective coating for enhanced clarity, while the matte black skeleton dial showcases the intricate inner workings.

Powered by the HUB1233 manufacture manual-winding skeleton power reserve movement, this watch boasts an impressive 10 days of power reserve. It comes paired with a black structured lined rubber strap, fastened securely with a titanium and black-plated deployant buckle. With water resistance up to 50m (5 ATM), this timepiece is as functional as it is stylish.

 

ZENITH DEFY SKYLINE 36 REF. NUMBER: 16.9400.670/61.I001

The ZENITH DEFY Skyline comes in a 36mm octagonal steel case with a diamond-set faceted bezel. Its metallic pastel green sunburst-patterned dial pays homage to the iconic ZENITH four-pointed star. Driving its functions is the Elite 670 automatic manufacture movement. The watch offers interchangeability with both a steel bracelet and a green patterned rubber strap.

To fully embrace the versatility of the timepiece, a second strap is included, providing an opportunity to explore different styles and looks.

 

ZENITH DEFY SKYLINE SKELETON REF. NUMBER: 03.9300.3620/79.I001

The DEFY Skyline Skeleton presents a 41mm octagonal steel case with a faceted bezel, showcasing a blue open dial inspired by the iconic ZENITH four-pointed star. Its power comes from the El Primero 3620 SK high-frequency automatic manufacture skeleton movement, featuring the groundbreaking 1/10th of a second indicator. The watch provides flexibility with its interchangeable steel bracelet and a blue patterned rubber strap.

Furthermore, a second strap is provided to explore the watch’s interchangeability fully.

 

CHOPARD HAPPY SPORT 29 X 31 MM, AUTOMATIC, LUCENT STEEL™, DIAMONDS REF. NUMBER: 278602-3004

Since 1993, the Happy Sport collection has epitomized Chopard’s innovation and daring spirit. Its whimsical dancing gems, freely spinning between two sapphire crystals, have captivated imaginations.

The Happy Sport collection boasts Chopard’s commitment to excellence, featuring a 148-part Chopard 09.01-C movement. With automatic winding and a 42-hour power reserve, this movement is entirely conceived, developed, and crafted in-house. True to Chopard’s ethos, the beauty of the timepiece extends beyond its exterior, with the caliber visible through the sapphire case back, showcasing the brand’s dedication to both form and function.

 

CHOPARD MILLE MIGLIA REF. NUMBER: 168589-6002

Chopard and the 1000 Miglia have fostered a harmonious partnership for over three decades, with Chopard serving as the official timekeeper for this prestigious classic car race. In celebration of this enduring collaboration, Chopard proudly introduces the Mille Miglia Chronograph watch. Rooted in Karl-Friedrich Scheufele’s profound love for automobiles and motor racing, this collaboration epitomizes a mutual appreciation for fine craftsmanship and performance.

Crafted with a steel and 18kt rose gold case, the watch exudes timeless elegance. Its black dial, complementing the DLC-coated stainless steel case, creates a striking contrast, enhancing its aesthetic appeal. Key features of this remarkable timepiece include Arabic numerals and essential chronograph functions: a large seconds counter, a 30-minute counter, and a 12-hour counter. Additionally, the date display is conveniently positioned between the 4 and 5 o’clock positions. Luminous hour and minute hands ensure optimal visibility in all lighting conditions. Completing its design, the watch boasts a black leather perforated strap, providing both style and comfort.

 

IWC PORTOFINO COMPLETE CALENDAR REF. NUMBER: IW359001

The IWC Portofino Complete Calendar is a groundbreaking timepiece featuring the brand’s newly developed complete calendar module. Conveniently displayed on the dial are the day of the week, date, month, and moon phases. This marks a significant milestone for IWC, as it’s the first time the brand has incorporated this innovative module into its collection.

The IW359001 model showcases a stainless-steel case with a diameter of 41 millimeters, complemented by a silver-plated dial and gold-plated hands and appliques. Presented alongside a blue calfskin strap, this version exudes sophistication and refinement.
The contemporary design adds a touch of luxury to the overall aesthetic, further enhancing the appeal of this exceptional timepiece.

 

IWC PORTOFINO AUTOMATIC 37 REF. NUMBER: IW458606

The Portofino Automatic 37 Ref. IW658601 boasts a luxurious 18 ct 5N gold case with a diameter of 37.0 mm, exuding elegance and refinement. Powered by the sophisticated 32111 Calibre, an IWC-manufactured movement renowned for its precision and reliability. Its transparent sapphire glass back provides a captivating view of the intricate inner workings while ensuring water resistance up to 5.0 bar. This timepiece has central hacking seconds and a convenient IWC bracelet quick-change system for effortless versatility.

The convex sapphire glass, treated with an anti-reflective coating on both sides, enhances readability and durability. A date display adds practicality to the watch’s functionality. Additionally adorned with 12 diamonds, add a touch of glamour to its design. Completing the ensemble is a beige calfskin leather strap with a quick-change system, allowing seamless transitions between styles.

 

FRANCK MULLER VANGUARD REF. NUMBER: FM45 V S6 SQT 5N NR

The Franck Muller Vanguard Seven Days Power Reserve Skeleton is a timepiece meticulously crafted for men. Encased in stainless steel, the watch measures 44mm by 54mm, striking a balance between boldness and elegance. Distinguished by a sporty tonneau shape, it showcases clean and futuristic aesthetics, with the strap cleverly integrated inside the case. Its Calibre MVT FM 1740-VS automatic movement ensures precise timekeeping, while the transparent skeleton dial offers a captivating glimpse into the intricate inner workings.

Protected by a sapphire crystal, the dial remains pristine and scratch-free. This timepiece is suitable for daily wear with water resistance up to 30 meters. Adding to the allure, a hand-sewn alligator strap adds luxury and sophistication. The strap cleverly integrates into the case to maintain the curved aspect of the timepiece, resulting in a stunning watch with a unique design.

 

FRANCK MULLER VANGUARD LADY REF. NUMBER: V SC AT 5N FO L NR

The Vanguard Lady collection by Franck Muller is meticulously designed for the modern woman seeking style and functionality. This timepiece exudes timeless elegance with a sleek Stainless-Steel case measuring 32 mm. Its Grey dial adds a touch of sophistication, complemented by the durability and luxury of a Leather strap.

Meticulously hand-polished and hand-brushed applique numerals adorn the dial, adding a touch of elegance.
Equipped with an Automatic movement, this watch offers essential functions, including Moonphase, Hours, Minutes, and Seconds, it features a Sapphire Crystal with Anti-Reflective Treatment, providing clear visibility and protection against scratches, catering to the needs of contemporary women on the go. A power reserve of 40 hours ensures reliable performance day after day. Its water resistance of 3 bar (30 meters) makes it suitable for daily wear and occasional splashes.

 

OMEGA SEAMASTER DIVER 42 MM REF. NUMBER: O21020422001001

Since its inception in 1993, the Seamaster Professional Diver 300M has garnered a legendary following rooted in its iconic oceanic heritage. Today, the modern collection continues to uphold this legacy while integrating OMEGA’s finest innovation and design.

Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this 42 mm model combines stainless steel and 18K Sedna™ gold, accentuated by a black ceramic bezel featuring a Ceragold™ diving scale. The polished black ceramic dial boasts laser-engraved waves and a date window positioned at 6 o’clock for added functionality.

The skeleton hands and raised indexes, rendered in 18K Sedna™ gold, are filled with white Super-LumiNova, ensuring optimal visibility in low-light conditions.  Presented on a stainless steel and 18K Sedna™ gold bracelet, this watch is powered by the OMEGA Master Chronometer Calibre 8800. Its remarkable precision and performance can be observed through the sapphire crystal on the wave-edged case back. With water resistance up to 30 bar (300 meters / 1000 feet) and a power reserve of 55 hours, the Seamaster Professional Diver 300M is a testament to OMEGA’s commitment to excellence and innovation in watchmaking.

 

OMEGA SEAMASTER REF. NUMBER: O22010382003004

Featuring a symmetrical case meticulously crafted from fully polished stainless steel, complemented by a polished and brushed bracelet composed of elegantly rounded links. The sun-brushed dial, adorned in OMEGA’s distinctive Summer Blue hue, undergoes PVD treatment and varnishing with a gradient finish, reflecting the watch’s exceptional water resistance. Rhodium-plated hands and sailboat hull indexes, filled with a unique light blue Super-LumiNova, enhance visibility in various lighting conditions, while a matching blue date window indicator at 6 o’clock adds practicality.

Flipping the watch over unveils a stamped commemorative Seamaster logo, showcasing a trident-bearing Poseidon and two seahorses: OMEGA’s original 1956 design alongside the brand’s current emblem. Behind this emblem lies OMEGA’s Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 8800, accredited at the highest level by the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS).

With a case diameter of 38 mm, steel construction, and a domed scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides, this timepiece ensures durability and clarity. Boasting water resistance up to 15 bar (150 meters / 500 feet) and is completed with a steel bracelet.

 

BREITLING NAVITIMER AUTOMATIC REF. NUMBER: 41 A17326211G1A1

Elegant and sophisticated, the Navitimer Automatic 41 seamlessly blends the timeless allure of an iconic design with the refinement of modern craftsmanship. At its heart beats, the Breitling Caliber 17, a COSC-certified chronometer renowned for its precision and reliability, offers an approximate power reserve of 38 hours. Encased within stainless steel, the watch boasts a water resistance of 3 bars, ensuring durability for everyday wear. The cambered sapphire crystal, treated with glare-proofing on both sides, provides enhanced visibility and protection.

This versatile timepiece can be paired with a matching bracelet or an alligator strap, which accommodates both a stainless-steel pin or folding buckle for added convenience. With meticulous attention to detail and exceptional performance, the Navitimer Automatic 41 epitomizes sophistication and style.

 

BREITLING NAVITIMER AUTOMATIC 35 REF. NUMBER: A17395201K1P2

Exuding refinement and elegance, the Navitimer Automatic 35 seamlessly merges an iconic design’s timeless charm with the modern timepiece’s sophistication. Crafted in stainless steel, the 35 mm case is distinguished by its beaded bezel and copper-coloured dial. A Brown Alligator leather strap completes the elegant look.

Its heart beats with the Breitling Caliber 17, a COSC-certified chronometer renowned for its precision. With an approximate power reserve of 38 hours, this watch is ready to accompany you through every moment of the day.

 

Ultimately, it’s not just about the timepieces but the timeless love and devotion they symbolize. Luxury watches transcend mere objects; they become emblems of cherished moments and enduring affection. With each tick of the hand, they whisper promises of forever, making them the perfect embodiment of Valentine’s Day sentiment.

So, whether it’s a sleek chronograph or an elegant timepiece adorned with diamonds, a luxury watch is not just a gift but a token of everlasting love, sure to be treasured for years to come.

 

 

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HUBLOT’s Innovations at LVMH WATCH WEEK 2024: A Tour of Masterful Timepieces and Artistic Collaborations

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Hublot’s continued dedication to crafting timepieces that transcend the ordinary embodies the brand’s ‘Be First, Unique, and Different philosophy.’ Let us delve into the realm of horological excellence and artistic innovation as Hublot unveils a tapestry of masterful timepieces and captivating collaborations.

MP-10 Tourbillon Weight Energy System

The Manufacture’s tenth MP revisits the fundamentals of watchmaking: no dial, hands or oscillating weight, instead a roller display, a circular power reserve and an inclined tourbillon automatic winding by two linear weights. The announcement of a new Manufacture Piece (MP) is always eagerly awaited at Hublot. This MP-10 Tourbillon Weight Energy System Titanium will be no exception. The piece is immediately arresting. With its rounded angles, sleek design and sapphire crystal of an unparalleled complexity, it houses a movement which is no less sophisticated. A fusion of form and substance. The mechanical and aesthetic power are inseparable – one of the key concepts guiding the MP collections. And at the point where they intersect, the Manufacture offers a bold reinvention of the classic watchmaking complications. These are avant-garde pieces which are resolutely disruptive in their movement, display and complications. But they are neither concepts nor exercises in style. Like all the other MPs, the MP-10 Tourbillon Weight Energy System Titanium is a complete, accomplished and practical watch that will soon adorn the wrists of a select few collectors.

Big Bang Unico Saxem Green 

Hublot unveils the second shade of its revolutionary material, SAXEM. Closely allied to sapphire, SAXEM is equally resistant, yet offers even more luminosity. With cousins, you can tell they come from the same family but they do have distinctive differences. The same can be said for sapphire and SAXEM, their connection is clear as they come from the same Hublot lineage. The Manufacture in Nyon is credited with bringing them both into the 21st century, to the point of establishing them as hallmark materials. Even so, their profiles are quite distinct. Sapphire is made of aluminium oxide, to which metallic oxides are added to provide colour. In contrast, SAXEM is coloured with rare earth elements. Sapphire has a trigonal (three-sided) structure, while SAXEM has a cubic (four-sided) form. Chemical details? Maybe, but ever since Hublot established itself as an integrated Manufacture, R&D has been the key focus of its operations. This was true when the Nyon Manufacture was inaugurated in 2009, and, 15 years later, remains so today. The new Big Bang Unico Green SAXEM is further proof

Spirit of Big Bang 32mm Jewellery

Watchmaking and jewellery collide to create an enchanting match . Master gemsetters have worked their magic on these six 32-mm cases, enveloping them in light or transforming them into rainbows. These pieces are crafted in King Gold – the Manufacture’s 18K gold alloy, warmer than 5N gold – or stainless steel. Hublot has channelled its avant-garde and unconventional approach to create these stunning variations with a feminine touch. With these fully-set Spirit of Big Bang Jewellery pieces, draped in their precious finery, time becomes incandescent. The slim design embodies a feminine spirit which enhances the brilliance of its setting. The character of the Big Bang is fused with the sophistication of the gemstones, transforming the Spirit of Big Bang into a sparkling piece of jewellery. The Spirit of Big Bang combines the Big Bang design and the brand’s unique expertise in a tonneau-shaped watch. The piece features six H-shaped titanium screws, the self-winding proprietary movement, the unique “sandwich” case construction which enables an unlimited number of combinations and materials, and comfortable interchangeable straps featuring a deployant buckle. These endless possibilities truly celebrate the art of fusion.

Classic Fusion Tourbillon Orlinski Ceramic

Pop colours, an edgy design, outstanding mechanics, a skeleton tourbillon and a five-day power reserve: Hublot’s new collaboration with the artist is all about fusion, without compromise. From the Classic Fusion Tourbillon Orlinski to his sculptures, Orlinski’s pieces never go unnoticed. The watch emerges from a work of art. Or perhaps it’s the other way around? Hublot’s ‘Art of Fusion’ has never been more exquisitely expressed than through the brand’s collaboration with Richard Orlinski. The world’s best-selling French artist and the most innovative watchmaker of the last 20 years were destined for one another.The first is radiantly sunny, with its case, strap, bezel, hands and index all dressed in yellow. Its ‘beating heart’ is still the manually wound HUB6021. This movement is a favourite among brand connoisseurs. Its components, such as the crown and the six H-shaped screws around the bezel, appear suspended in space by black PVD skeleton bridges. Between 8 and 9 o’clock, the power reserve indicates the five-day capacity. At 6 o’clock, the tourbillon keeps the time ticking on. Plus, thanks to sapphire crystal faces on the front and back, the Classic Fusion Tourbillon Orlinski always catches the light.

Other Novelties

Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Purple Sapphire

Square Bang Unico King Gold Blue Ceramic, Square Bang Unico Titanium Blue Ceramic, 

Square Bang Unico Titanium Blue, Square Bang Unico King Gold Blue, Square Bang Unico Blue Ceramic

Big Bang Integrated Time Only Ceramic in Indigo Blue and Sky Blue

Hublot continues redefining watchmaking’s boundaries, seamlessly blending artistry, mechanics, and unparalleled craftsmanship, creating watches that tell time and stories of audacious creativity and boundless imagination.

Unveiling the Power of the Dragon: Nine Exceptional Dragon-Themed Timepieces for the Year 2024

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In the Chinese zodiac, the Dragon symbolizes strength, luck, and prosperity. As the Year of the Dragon approaches in 2024, several renowned watchmakers have crafted exceptional timepieces to honour this auspicious occasion. Let’s explore nine dragon-themed watches that have captured our attention and earned a coveted spot on our lucky list.

1. IWC Schaffhausen – Portugieser Chronograph Year of the Dragon 

The Portugieser Chronograph Year of the Dragon boasts a 41-millimeter stainless steel case, a captivating burgundy dial, and gold-plated hands and appliques. Burgundy, symbolizing the vibrant colour of fire, is a charming shade traditionally used to usher in the Lunar New Year in China, symbolizing longevity and luck. Powering the chronograph is the IWC-manufactured 69355 calibre, a robust and precise mechanical chronograph movement with a classic column-wheel design. A glimpse of the movement through the transparent sapphire case back reveals a standout feature: the gold-plated rotor of the automatic winding system fashioned in the form of a beautifully detailed dragon. Additionally, the case back ring is engraved with “2024 YEAR OF THE DRAGON.”

The Portugieser Chronograph Year of the Dragon comes with two straps: a black calfskin strap and a burgundy rubber strap, allowing the wearer to switch between two distinct looks. Wearing comfort is ensured with a butterfly clasp. Limited to 1000 units, this timepiece captivates with a rotor shaped like a regal dragon, showcased through the transparent sapphire glass case back.

2. Hublot – Spirit of Big Bang Titanium Dragon 

Hublot takes on a Chinese trinity: a symbol (eastern Dragon), two ancient art forms (paper cutting and marquetry), and an artist (Chen Fenwan).This exceptional timepiece, limited to a rare 88 pieces, is a captivating embodiment of the ‘Art of Fusion’ and pays homage to the symbolic Year of the Dragon. Hublot, renowned for its innovation and avant-garde approach to watchmaking, collaborates with Chinese artist Chen Fenwan to create a masterpiece that seamlessly blends traditional craftsmanship with contemporary artistry. The dragon motif, expertly crafted by Chen Fenwan, unfolds across the watch’s components — hands, cogs, and screws — arranged in multi-dimensional layers, forming a striking dragon silhouette. Each element is meticulously positioned to create a paper-cut-out representation of this mythical creature. The Dragon’s head, comprised of five layers alternating between hands, wheels, and H-shaped screws, seamlessly extends into its body and scales, which intricately adorn the accompanying strap. Hublot introduces a groundbreaking element — a rubber strap featuring a marquetry design, a first in Hublot’s history.

The Spirit of Big Bang Titanium Dragon, presented in a limited edition of 88 pieces, houses the HUB1710 automatic movement with a power reserve of 50 hours. As an ode to the Chinese New Year, this timepiece not only captures the essence of Hublot’s philosophy — ‘Be First, Unique, and Different’ — but also stands as a testament to the brand’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of traditional watchmaking and embracing the fusion of art and innovation.

3. Bell & Ross – BR 05 Artline Dragon

This Dragon edition of the BR 05 is not just a watch; it is a celebration of the Year of the Dragon in Chinese astrology. A timepiece that epitomizes contemporary elegance with its fusion of sophisticated design and precision engineering. Powering this exceptional watch is the calibre BR.CAL-321, a mechanical movement with automatic winding, provides a substantial power reserve of 54 hours. The meticulous craftsmanship extends to the watch’s hands, adorned with black lacquer accentuating the Dragon’s distinctive whiskers. Deliberate design choices are evident, with the hour circle strategically positioned on the flange, ensuring that the intricate dragon motif takes centre stage.

A testament to the dedication to artistry and detail, the BR 05’s integrated bracelet and dial undergo a remarkable transformation through an extraordinary laser engraving technique. Each link of the bracelet is individually engraved before assembly, resulting in a seamless and captivating visual experience. The symbolism and craftsmanship embedded in every aspect of the timepiece make it a true collector’s item, blending the precision of watchmaking with the artful execution of design.

4. Ulysse Nardin – Blast Tourbillon Dragon

To mark the Lunar New Year, Ulysse Nardin introduces the Blast Tourbillon Dragon, an innovative creation entwined with the ancient magic of Chinese folklore. This avant-garde timepiece embodies in-house innovations, métiers d’art, and the magic of the Year of the Dragon. The majestic Dragon meets the alluring Pearl, creating a harmonious blend of tradition and innovation. Crafting a 3D dragon seemingly gliding beneath the plains of the gear train and the X structure posed considerable challenges. This intricate endeavour unfolded over a meticulous two-year development process, encompassing the design of a distinctive dial and tailor-made adjustments to the Blast Tourbillon case, bezel, and glass box crystal to accommodate this extraordinary creation seamlessly. Behind the audacious structure of the Dragon and the intricately skeletonized dial lies the Blast Tourbillon’s manufacture movement, Calibre UN-172, a marvel that is as unorthodox as it is ingeniously crafted.

Crafted for those who seek the extraordinary, the Blast Tourbillon Dragon is a limited edition piece that captivates with its unique design and symbolic significance. 

5. Vacheron Constantin – Métiers d’Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Dragon

Métiers d’Art, The Legend of the Chinese zodiac – Year of the Dragon limited editions by Vacheron Constantin, stand as captivating tributes to the esteemed astrological symbol. Symbolizing strength, nobility, and success, these two 25-piece editions showcase the fusion of master enamelling and engraving craftsmanship. The painstaking two-year development process involved the intricate sculpting of the gold dial, creating an enchanting depiction of air flows and clouds inspired by traditional Chinese art. The Dragon, a central figure embodying power and luck, is then meticulously hand-engraved against this backdrop. The result is a mesmerizing creation featuring around 300 scales meticulously applied to the Dragon’s body. Adding a spiritual touch, a hand-engraved pearl representing knowledge, wisdom, and abundance completes the scene with finesse.

Each limited edition boasts a unique dial colour achieved through the artistry of the enamelling artisan. The 40 mm-diameter case is crafted in 950 platinum or 18K 5N pink gold, harmonizing with a corresponding Mississipiensis alligator leather strap. The deep blue Grand Feu enamel dial in platinum matches a blue strap, while the pink gold version features a brown Grand Feu enamel dial paired with a tone-on-tone strap.

Underlining Vacheron Constantin’s dedication to artistic expression, the Métiers d’Art collection showcases the self-winding Calibre 2460 G4. This movement, with a hands-free watch face, reveals hours, minutes, days, and dates through four apertures, offering a unique timekeeping experience. The sapphire crystal case-back in platinum or pink gold exposes the meticulous finishing of Calibre 2460 G4, including a 22K gold oscillating weight adorned with the iconic Maltese Cross emblem.

Each watch is a testament to Vacheron Constantin’s commitment to blending traditional craftsmanship with innovative watchmaking technology in the pursuit of artistic excellence.

6. Piaget – Chinese New Year Collection: Dragon and Phoenix

Piaget unveils a new collection to celebrate the Lunar New Year, marking the beginning of a new 12-year cycle in the Chinese Zodiac. Central to the collection are the Altiplano and Emperador models, crafted with great attention to detail and artistry. The Dragon and Phoenix, symbols of masculinity and femininity, strength and power, grace the dials in exquisite enamel and gold-engraved designs.

The artisan Anita Porchet, renowned for her mastery of enamelling, skillfully fashioned the two 38mm Altiplano Zodiac references. Limited to just 38 pieces each, these exquisite timepieces showcase either a dynamic blue Dragon or a resplendent Phoenix adorned with red, pink, and orange hues. Against a backdrop of white and grey mother of pearl, the mythical creatures come to life through the intricate techniques of cloisonné enamelling and gold engraving.

7. Jaquet Droz – Imperial Dragon Automaton Red Gold – Cuprite

To celebrate Chinese New Year 2024, Jaquet Droz collaborates with the talented artistic director of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit,” John Howe, who designed the Dragon for their new automaton. The Imperial Dragon Automaton Red Gold – Cuprite is a harmonious blend of tradition and innovation, reflecting the aesthetic and symbolic codes of Chinese culture. The Dragon’s shape, horns, whiskers, and even the number of fingers follow Chinese painting techniques.

A Dial Steeped in Symbolism: On the dial, clouds symbolize the forces of nature, and every detail adheres to the richness of Chinese artistry. A masterpiece that captures the essence of Chinese New Year celebrations.

8. Arnold & Son – Luna Magna Red Gold “Year of the Dragon”

Arnold & Son marks the Year of the Dragon with the Luna Magna Red Gold “Year of the Dragon,” a limited edition comprising eight pieces. Incorporating fine watchmaking, miniature sculpture, and gemstone craftsmanship, this timepiece features an encounter between a dragon and the moon. The Dragon, sculpted from red gold, coils around the dial with meticulous hand-engraving, creating a celestial spectacle.

Mechanical Excellence and Astronomical Precision:Powered by the A&S1021 calibre, the watch offers a 90-hour power reserve and a regulating organ oscillating at a frequency of 3 Hz. The moon function, accessible via the crown, showcases Arnold & Son’s mastery of astronomical accuracy. 

9. Bovet – The Récital 26 Chapter Two Golden Dragon

China’s most significant cultural icon, the Dragon, takes centre stage in Bovet’s masterpiece, the Récital 26 Chapter Two. Far from Western fire-breathing monsters, the Chinese Dragon embodies benevolence and magical powers, symbolizing courage, confidence, and success. Born in the Year of the Dragon, individuals like John Lennon, Bruce Lee, and Martin Luther King Jr. are believed to inherit these remarkable traits. Integrating a solid 18K gold dragon into the award-winning timepiece presented unique challenges for BOVET. Amidst complications like the Hour and Minute domed Dial, World Time Hemispheric Dial, and the patented BOVET flying tourbillon, the Technical Office carefully delineated the Dragon’s space. A commissioned sculptor and in-house hand-engravers worked meticulously, taking 40-50 hours to craft intricate details, including eyes, scales, claws, and whiskers. A fiery-red ruby set into the eye adds a final touch to the hand-engraved sculpture.

Dragons, rooted in mythology and symbolizing unity, trace back over 5,000 years to China’s Neolithic Age. The Year of the Dragon in 2024, from February 10th to January 28th, 2025, is anticipated to bring luck and power. The Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter Two, featuring Bovet’s patented double-sided flying tourbillon, celebrates the Year of the Dragon with exquisite craftsmanship and mechanical excellence. Limited to 12 pieces worldwide, it reflects the 12 months of the Dragon Year, inviting enthusiasts to dance with the Dragon’s symbolic power.

Embrace the Power of the Dragon in 2024

As the Year of the Dragon unfolds, these exceptional timepieces pay homage to Chinese culture, artistry, and symbolism. From traditional craftsmanship to avant-garde designs, each watch on our lucky list stands as a testament to the fusion of horology and cultural celebration. Whether it’s the precision of IWC Schaffhausen, the boldness of Bell & Ross, or the artistic mastery of Vacheron Constantin, these watches invite you to embrace the power and symbolism of the Dragon in 2024. May the Year of the Dragon bring you prosperity, luck, and the timeless beauty of these remarkable timepieces.

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HUBLOT AND AHMED SEDDIQI & SONS UNVEIL TWO EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL EDITION TIMEPIECES IN COLLABORATION WITH CALLIGRAPHY ARTIST WISSAM SHAWKAT

In honour of the 6th biannual Dubai Watch Week exhibition, Hublot and partner Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons were thrilled to announce the release of two special edition Classic Fusion Black Magic Dubai Watch Week pieces, designed in collaboration with award-winning calligraphy artist Wissam Shawkat. Shawkat’s expertise in creating art that transcends boundaries and resonates with diverse audiences aligns perfectly with Hublot’s commitment to innovation and artistic expression.

We are excited to be a part of Dubai Watch Week, together with our partner Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons and releasing two exceptional special-edition timepieces. Following Hublot’s love for the world of art, we are pleased to reveal a special collaboration to resonate Hublot’s interpretation of Arabic heritage & culture – adding a great touch to the Art of Fusion. – RICARDO GUADALUPE HUBLOT CEO

The Hublot Classic Fusion collection is very well-liked among our Emirati clients, and we are very pleased to dedicate two special edition timepieces for them. We promised to provide excellent and culturally-relevant luxury alongside unique creativity; we are confident that these timepieces – perfect for men & women – will be enjoyed and sought after. – DAVID TEDESCHI HUBLOT REGIONAL DIRECTOR LATIN AMERICA, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

We are excited to commemorate these two extraordinary timepieces with Hublot, a symbol of our dedication to our clients, Hublot, and Dubai Watch Week. This collaboration is a tribute to our rich heritage and culture, representing unique artistic techniques in partnership with the incredibly talented artist, Wissam Shawkat. – MOHAMMED ABDULMAGIED SEDDIQI AHMED SEDDIQI & SONS, CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

It is an honour to be collaborating with Hublot and to get the opportunity to showcase my take on Arabian heritage infused into luxury watchmaking. Inspired by my deeply rooted appreciation for our language and culture, it is a joyous experience to draw inspiration from various words & phrases and to design two exquisite timepieces. – WISSAM SHAWKAT

Paying homage to Arabian heritage, the two timepieces have been designed with sourced inspiration from deeply rooted passion for heritage and culture – drawing inspiration from various phrases and words from the Arabic language. Both timepieces feature exquisite calligraphy inside their dials, a true testament to the fusion of art with exceptional watchmaking. The calligraphy, meticulously created by the celebrated artist Wissam Shawkat, introduces vibrant and contrasting colors that beautifully complement the sleek black cases and dials. The calligraphy reads “Al Zaman” and “Al Waqt” – both words meaning time in Arabic – to symbolize the fusion between the watch brand, Arabian culture, and calligraphy. The rich, bright colours set against the black background create an eye-catching and distinctive aesthetic that embodies the spirit of Dubai.

The Classic Fusion Black Magic Dubai Watch Week sits in a 42-mm case with a matching Hublot black ceramic bezel featuring a unique twist in the dial. Highlighting Arabic calligraphy in rich bright orange, blue, green, and red, the mechanics of the HUB1110 self-winding movement and its 42-hour power reserve mark the time. The alligator strap with a black steel deployant buckle extenuates further the robust contrast between the flushed calligraphy and black ceramic. Encased is Wissam Shawkat’s stunning calligraphy, which weaves its way around the dial, reminiscent of the mesmerizing landscapes of Dubai’s dunes and urban skyline.

For those seeking a touch of opulence, the Classic Fusion Black Magic Diamonds Dubai Watch Week 38-mm elevates the experience with the addition of 36 black brilliant-cut diamonds set on the polished black anodized aluminium bezel. Wissam Shawkat’s calligraphy in this timepiece is a true work of art, with the sparkling diamonds accentuating every curve and stroke, showcasing the perfect synergy between horology and artistic expression.

These calligraphic timepieces are sure to strike their mark on Dubai Watch Week and on the wrist!

AHMED SEDDIQI & SONS

Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, established in 1950, is the leading luxury watch and jewellery retailer in the UAE. With a customer centric approach at its core, the company offers an unmatched luxury retail experience with a curated collection of over 80 brands across over 50 locations. Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons is recognised as a pioneer amongst retailers in the region, led by its commitment to service excellence, horology expertise, portfolio curation, and creating unique experiences.

WISSAM SHAWKAT – BIOGRAPHY

Wissam Shawkat is an Award-Winning Calligraphy artist and designer, specialized in letter forms, Born in 1974 in Basra (Iraq), he was first introduced to Arabic calligraphy at the age of 10, it was the form of four letters from the Arabic alphabet written across a school blackboard that started him on a journey that has shaped him both in early years and adulthood. Spurred on by supportive parents, he became his own tutor.

His teen summers were spent lettering for a local sign shop before he began studying for a degree in Civil Engineering at Basra University, graduating in 1996. The life as a Civil Engineer, though, was not Shawkat’s destiny and the point where his affinity for letterforms would wait no longer quickly came. In recent years, Shawkat has become known for a new calligraphic style, Al Wissam, which references several traditional scripts bringing them together with modern design.

He has received numerous prizes for his calligraphy and has participated as both an artist and committee member at multiple editions of the local and International Calligraphy Exhibitions.

He is based in Dubai, where he is engaged full-time as an artist, designer and Arabic typographer. His work is regularly featured in books on Arabic calligraphy and typography, His work is found in private collections, as well as museum collections around the world.

HUBLOT

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and large complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day.

Almost 130 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com ecommerce site.

 

Time in Full Bloom: Hublot and Takashi Murakami’s Latest Creative Symphony

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Hublot’s philosophy revolves around being first, unique and different. The brand, renowned for its audacious and groundbreaking approach to watchmaking, chose a distinctive path by unveiling its inaugural central tourbillon within a timepiece shaped like a flower. This avant-garde brand collaborated again with the iconic artist Takashi Murakami, resulting in the Hublot MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Sapphire, a limited edition masterpiece limited to 50 pieces. This release epitomizes the fusion of horology and artistry.In 2021, Hublot began its partnership with Takashi Murakami, debuting the all-black Classic Fusion. The unveiling of an all-sapphire Rainbow model succeeded this introduction. The subsequent year witnessed the launch of thirteen collaborative timepieces, commencing with the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow. Each watch delved into the artist’s “Smiling Flower” motif, expressing it with distinctive intricacy and artistry.In this exuberant creation, the unmistakable Smiling Flower motif, Murakami’s signature, is meticulously rendered in transparent sapphire. The transparent medium transforms the watch into a jubilant work of art, seamlessly integrating case and movement manufacturing. Notably, this collaboration began in 2021 with the all-black Classic Fusion, followed by the all-sapphire Rainbow model. The MP-15 Tourbillon Sapphire takes Murakami’s motif to new heights, bringing it into the realm of wearable art.
Crafted within a surprisingly compact 42mm wide case resembling 12 petals, the MP-15 is a luminous marvel when illuminated. The sapphire case is not merely ornamental; it houses Hublot’s first central HUB9015 Manual-Winding Tourbillon. The flying central tourbillon, devoid of an upper bridge, features the artist’s Smiling Flower image, subtly reinforcing the thematic element without overwhelming the design.Remarkably, the hour and minute hands, positioned peripherally, traverse beneath the tourbillon cage, resting on the same level as the escapement. This ingenious construction, utilizing Hublot’s co-axial design, necessitated repositioning the cannon pinion and hour wheel around the tourbillon. Far from a mere gimmick, the MP-15 boasts the manual-wind HUB9015 movement, comprising 236 parts, operating at 3 Hz, and offering an impressive 150-hour power reserve.Beyond its technical prowess, the watch introduces an extravagant winding system. A special stylus, rechargeable via USB, completes 100 revolutions to wind the movement fully.

Priced at CHF 300,000, the Hublot MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Sapphire is not only an expensive and elaborate timepiece but, for aficionados, an exhilarating embodiment of Hublot’s unapologetically bold and divisive design ethos. Limited to 50 pieces, its exclusivity adds an extra layer of allure, making it a daring yet ambitious statement within the niche realm of artistic horology.

REFERENCE

915.JX.4802.RT

SIZE

42 mm

CASE

Polished Sapphire Crystal

BEZEL

Polished Sapphire Crystal

WATER RESISTANCE

30m or 3 ATM

CRYSTAL

Sapphire with Anti-reflective Treatment

DIAL

Polished Transparent Composite Resin
MOVEMENT
HUB9015 Manual-Winding Tourbillon

POWER RESERVE

150 Hours

STRAP

Transparent Decorated Rubber

CLASP

Sapphire Crystal and Titanium Deployant Buckle

HUBLOT BIG BANG TOURBILLON SR_A BY SAMUEL ROSS

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Art, creativity, design, a never-ending story of renewal. An organic and cyclical process in which Ross, the radically distinct, generational artist, continues to grow his own creations. Like living materials, Dr. Samuel Ross’s creativity and thoughts are constantly shaping, reshaping, improving, imagining and reimagining things. For his next development on the Big Bang Tourbillon SR_A by Samuel Ross, Ross has brought subtle yet insightful details. Precision, clarity and choice are integrated through SR_A’s signature industrial language.

Constantly pushing new boundaries in terms of materials, fusion and aesthetics, Hublot has been loving Art for more than 10 years, working closely with daring, unconventional artists and designers to envision watches from new creative angles. The collaboration between Hublot and Ross began in 2020, in a three-year engineering process leading to an entirely new development, from case to crown, to dial, strap and bezel: the Big Bang Tourbillon SR_A by Samuel Ross. Just as with living materials, Ross’s creativity is constantly shaping, reshaping, improving his own thoughts, building on his first watch design to turn the watch case into a gray monochrome outfit to be worn on of the three rubber straps ranging from vivid green to black or white. A new iteration to which he has brought some subtle yet insightfully rethought details.

So, what’s new?

To assert its industrial look, Ross has opted to attire all the watch case components in shiny micro-blasted titanium, extending this to the clasp which also features a rough laser engraving of the Hublot logo. To enhance the overall gray monochrome look, the crown is overmolded in gray rubber, while the tourbillon bridge now appears in a neutral shade enabling the watch to be easily paired with one of the three smooth full rubber straps in black, white or the pop vibes of vivid green.

We are focused on crafting refined, minimal and expressive timepieces. SR_A, looks to expand, re-define and establish timeless icons of design, reflecting a spirit of innovation, optimism and craft. I firmly believe we need all three properties to usher in the next chapter of luxury. – Dr. SAMUEL ROSS Artist and Designer

From sculpture to wearable wrist sculpture

Applying Samuel Ross’s artistic language to Hublot watchmaking is exactly how he envisioned the sculpture that marked the start of his creative collaboration with Hublot in 2020 : encapsulating materials in aerodynamic, simple and striking shapes incorporating imprints of Nature’s sacred geometry to tell 40 years of Hublot history. Building on the perfect hexagonal pattern, Ross knows how to contrast hyper-technical with traditional elements to ensure a perfect fit with Hublot’s Art of Fusion vision. Just as in the sculpture he created for Hublot, Ross takes on the Big Bang tourbillon by playing on transparency with holes in the structure, as well as referencing the origins of Fusion by mixing rubber with manufactured metal. By juxtaposing contrasting materials, he has created a balance between the organic and the industrial, forged through innovation.

What defines the true nature of a collaboration between an artist and a brand? It is bringing together the best of two worlds while deeply respecting and building on the true nature of two visions. The Big Bang Tourbillon Samuel Ross, launched in 2022, has ticked all the boxes of a successful and genuine collaboration, yet one in which Ross had left a powerful imprint through his aesthetic, functional and purposeful take on our watch, remaining true to who we are while shedding light from a different angle. His new iteration represents the next steps of a never-ending story demonstrating how creativity and engineering must never be taken for granted in consistently pushing existing boundaries to enhance our own creations. – RICARDO GUADALUPE HUBLOT CEO

Mingling sacred and industrial, organic and synthetic influences

With the hexagonal honeycomb shape and its perfect six equal sides, Ross has chosen the dominant governing pattern in the natural world recalling the functionality of a watch. Exactly like every single object he has designed, the watch is conceived as a durable, ergonomic and incredibly lightweight object – in this case made to be wristworn. Transposing this sacred geometry of Nature into the watch, Ross envisioned titanium plates to be polished, brushed, hammered and perforated in order to create a lean and imposing silhouette inducing a sense of motion.

The Big Bang Tourbillon SR_A by Samuel Ross is driven by the accuracy and technical design of the 282-component Manufacture HUB6035 caliber beating at 3 Hz during its 72-hour power reserve. Just as the first release, this new iteration is produced in a 50-piece limited edition.

Ross’s story to date

Artist and Designer Samuel Ross has defined his perspective through the arts; painting, sculpture, furniture, industrial design and fashion in particular.

Through founding both companies A-Cold-Wall*, since 2015, and SR_A since 2019 Dr. Ross has pioneered a signature design language that has translated to immersive, radical collaborations, developing and establishing a global cult audience, through multi-year design partnerships with Beats, Nike, Timberland, Converse Dr. Martens, Mackintosh, RideCake, Absolut, Acqua Di Parma and Hublot.

Developing a new millennial perspective in luxury goods, through his latest and most refined brand SR_A , founded in the same year he was awarded the Hublot Design Prize, has naturally occurred.

This polymathic creative force was named on the Forbes “30 under 30 Europe” list in 2020, has won numerous distinctions including GQ Fashion Awards and British Fashion Awards, received the Hublot Design Prize in 2019 as well as been a finalist for both the LVMH Prize and the ANDAM Award. Alongside his creative collaboration with Hublot, he has made a lasting imprint through his take on brands including Dr Marten’s, Mercedes-Benz, Nike, and Oakley. His designs have been worn by celebrities like Lewis Hamilton, Idris Elba, Daniel Kaluuya, Lebron James, Jay Z, Swizz Beats, Nick Jonas, Sophie Turner, BTS, Central Cee. As an active artist, Ross has been exhibiting in various museums around the world (Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK., National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Design Museum, London, UK, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX) as well as galleries with solo exhibitions (White Cube, Friedman Benda, Design Miami).

HUBLOT

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and large complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day.

Over 130 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

HUBLOT – A FUSION OF JEWELLER’S DESIGN AND CRAFTSMANSHIP

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Hublot combines iconic design and craftsmanship with its Classic Fusion High Jewellery 2023 watch, a stunning piece of high jewellery with 431 dazzling baguette-cut diamonds.

 

The latest addition to Hublot’s High Jewellery collection of watches is a Classic Fusion High Jewellery 42 mm in white gold set with baguette-cut diamonds. It fits effortlessly into the brand’s High Jewellery collection alongside other iconic models such as the Big Bang, the Spirit of Big Bang and the Square Bang Unico, adorned with white gold, diamonds and even rainbow-coloured gemstones. The Classic Fusion High Jewellery 42mm combines iconic design with the most remarkable gem-setting techniques. This Classic Fusion, embellished with baguette-cut diamonds and enhanced with sleek lines of white gold, has become a true Hublot icon. An exceptional accolade for a timeless watch.

The highest form of sophistication is simplicity, so Hublot has chosen to go back to basics and to the very shape that epitomised its creation in 1980. The result is now one that offers an acclaimed expression of high jewellery, accentuating the timeless purity of the Classic Fusion model. What a stunning piece! Master gem-setters have brought this new Classic Fusion High Jewellery 2023 to life with no fewer than 431 baguette-cut diamonds—around 14.6 carats in total. These gemstones adorn the watch’s case, bezel, dial and clasp. On the dial alone, it took 120 hours of painstaking, meticulous work to set the 241 baguette-cut diamonds. That’s almost three weeks of full-time work! Then came the task of setting the 60 additional diamonds around the bezel.

The 42-mm case is set with 94 baguette-cut diamonds and contains the HUB1710 calibre, which is visible from the back of the watch through the sapphire glass. The self-winding movement oscillates at a frequency of 4 Hz (or 28,800 alterations per hour), offering a power reserve of no fewer than 50 hours.

Of course, watchmaking of this quality must be perfect in every detail: even the black rubber-lined alligator strap features a deployant buckle adorned with 36 baguette-cut diamonds.

All in all, it takes over 200 hours to set all the 431 diamonds that grace this exceptional piece of high jewellery, the perfect fusion of watchmaking excellence and jewellery artisanship.

“This wonderfully radiant piece celebrates and icon of the maison. The jeweller’s artistic creativity and our watchmaking expertise intertwine to create a work of art that is both a watch and a jewel!” – RICARDO GUADALUPE, HUBLOT CEO

 

CLASSIC FUSION HIGH JEWELLERY 42MM

REFERENCE

CASE

CASEBACK

BEZEL

543.WX.9004.LR.9904

Polished 18K White Gold set with 94 baguette-cut white diamonds

Diameter: 42 mm

Thickness: 10.5 mm

Water resistance: 3 ATM / 30 M

White Gold

Polished 18K White Gold set with 60 baguette-cut white diamonds

DIAL

MOVEMENT

STRAP AND CLASP

PRICE

Polished 18K White Gold set with 241 baguette-cut white diamonds

HUB1710 Self-winding movement

Frequency: 4 (28’800 A/H)

Power reserve (hours): 50

Number of components : 166

Jewels : 27

Black Alligator and Black Rubber

Polished 18K White Gold set with 36 baguette-cut white diamonds and Black-plated Titanium deployant Buckle Clasp

330’000.00 CHF

363’000.00 EUR

348’000.00 USD

300’000.00 GBP

 

HUBLOT

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Spirit of Big Bang, Shaped Collection (Square Bang and Manufacture Pieces). These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and large complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day. Over 130 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.

Watches and Wonders Geneva 2024

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55 exhibiting Maisons, 3 days open to the Public

Taking place from April 9 to 15, 2024, the next Watches and Wonders Geneva promises to be a thrilling one, with an enhanced program at the Salon and In The City, specially designed for the general public. The focus will be on the visitor experience, as well as meaningful connection and interaction with the exhibiting Maisons. Several spaces have been expanded, allowing the event to host new brands and welcome the public over 3 full days!

Planning is already well underway for Watches and Wonders Geneva to ensure a unique week for the world of fine watchmaking, with a record 55 watch brands confirmed to take part in 2024. It’s a chance for industry professionals, connoisseurs and enthusiasts to come together, experience the latest products first-hand, engage and build meaningful connections. A new 7-day program has been designed with the Salon opening to the public from Saturday to Monday. Tickets can be purchased online from early February 2024, with student and weekend prices available.

The Watches and Wonders Geneva experience has been reimagined for 2024. It will now encompass two floors and feature new spaces for visitors to explore along with enhanced venues for meeting and discussion.

In addition to prestigious names such as Rolex, Cartier, Patek Philippe, IWC Schaffhausen and TAG Heuer, six new brands will be exhibiting for the first time, with Bremont on one side and Eberhard & Co, Gerald Charles, Nomos Glashütte, Norqain and Raymond Weil on the other. H. Moser & Cie. will also be making its return to the Carré des Horlogers.

The LAB, which serves as a window into the future of the industry, will take on a new dimension at the heart of the Salon, symbolically representing the importance of technological innovation within the manufactures. Here, startups, schools and engineers will reveal the secrets of tomorrow’s watchmaking. It’s an immersive, tactile and sensory experience for the curious and especially relevant to younger enthusiasts with career aspirations.

The heart of the City will be ticking even louder to the rhythm of watch movements, with a dynamic In The City program. A new Village Horloger will be created to showcase the wonders of fine watchmaking, its crafts, savoir-faire and talents. Major brands will also be joining the festivities with in-store activities featuring presentations and special exhibitions of their finest creations. The evening celebration – with its free concert – will be held on April 11 on the Quai Général-Guisan.

Watches and Wonders Geneva is aimed at all audiences and all ages, with a particular focus on younger generations who have shown a growing interest in the industry. The countdown begins as the whole city is getting ready to once again welcome the watchmaking event of the year!

Online ticketing early February 2024!

EXHIBITING MAISONS
A. LANGE & SÖHNE | ALPINA WATCHES | ANGELUS | ARNOLD & SON | BAUME & MERCIER | BEAUREGARD | BELL & ROSS | BREMONT | CARTIER | CHANEL | CHARLES ZUBER | CHARRIOL | CHOPARD | CHRONOSWISS | CYRUS GENÈVE | CZAPEK & CIE | EBERHARD & CO. | FERDINAND BERTHOUD | FREDERIQUE CONSTANT | GERALD CHARLES | GRAND SEIKO | GRÖNEFELD | H. MOSER & CIE. | HAUTLENCE | HERMÈS | HUBLOT | HYSEK | IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN | JAEGER-LECOULTRE | LAURENT FERRIER | LOUIS MOINET | MONTBLANC | NOMOS GLASHÜTTE | NORQAIN | ORIS | PANERAI | PARMIGIANI FLEURIER | PATEK PHILIPPE | PEQUIGNET | PIAGET | RAYMOND WEIL | REBELLION TIMEPIECES | RESSENCE | ROGER DUBUIS | ROLEX | RUDIS SYLVA | SPEAKE-MARIN | TAG HEUER | TRILOBE | TUDOR | U-BOAT | ULYSSE NARDIN | VACHERON CONSTANTIN | VAN CLEEF & ARPELS | ZENITH

MP-15 TAKASHI MURAKAMI TOURBILLON ONLY WATCH A UNIQUE PIECE AND HUBLOT’S FIRST CENTRAL FLYING TOURBILLON

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A UNIQUE PIECE AND HUBLOT’S FIRST CENTRAL FLYING TOURBILLON

“Only Watch was created in 2005 and our manufacture was founded just four years later, in 2009. We are both of the same generation. We have grown very quickly and have pushed the boundaries in our respective fields: Hublot in High Watchmaking and Only Watch in philanthropy. Whenever Only Watch founder Luc Pettavino needs us, we will be there. Hublot has never shirked its moral and social obligations, nor will it ever do so.”

Ricardo Guadalupe HUBLOT CEO

The central tourbillon could be interpreted as Hublot’s intention to put Haute Horlogerie back in the spotlight. Or, its round case might be seen to resemble a child’s drawing of a 12-petalled daisy, tipped with green as a sign of hope. Either way,the strength of the MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Only Watch lies in the fact that everyone will see it as symbolic of what they value. It will blossom around as many values as there are colours, whether these are high-tech, exquisite, playful, unique, hypnotic… Haute Horlogerie meets Haute Joaillerie on this highly creative timepiece inspired by Takashi Murakami’s iconic smiling flower.

Floral composition is central to the work of Takashi Murakami. This Japanese artist has risen from humble origins to become one of the most sought-after artists in the world, and he has been a Friend of Hublot since 2020. These co-creations have always been produced in limited-edition series. This timepiece is even more limited – it is truly unique. Unique in its nature (only one piece has been created), but also in its construction. What sets the MP-15 apart from any other piece that the manufacture has ever created in its forty-plus years of experience, is its central tourbillon.

Hublot’s first central tourbillon

This central tourbillon represents the fusion of art and horological design. An idea that is echoed by Hublot’s dedication to Haute Horlogerie and by the world of Takashi Murakami. The idea is certainly to have Haute Horlogerie take centre stage physically, but not only that. The idea is also to show that the tourbillon – the beating heart of the watch – represents the heart of the person who buys it at the auction in aid of research against Duchenne’s disease, and also the hearts of those children fighting the disease.

Imagining this piece, Takashi Murakami explicitly requested the inclusion of a central tourbillon. A challenge in and of itself, this would become Hublot’s very first central tourbillon. This was a difficult challenge because, it becomes very complicated to indicate the hours and minutes which compete for the same central position. By accepting Takashi Murakami’s challenge, Hublot would have to make the right choices in order to integrate the aesthetic components of the central tourbillon to the technical requirements.

In this design, the cannon pinion and the hour wheel had to be pivoted around the tourbillon support by creating a co-axial construction. This was made possible thanks to the central flying tourbillon that is seemingly suspended in mid-air with two hands passing under its cage to indicate the hours and minutes. These hands gravitate towards 12 luminescent indices that echo the colours of the 2023 edition of the Hublot for Only Watch, as well as keeping the exact proportions required by the design so dear to Murakami, and which Hublot R&D had to follow to the letter.

Thanks to its two barrels, the manual movement offers a 150-hour power reserve (almost a whole week) – a very rare feature for such a construction. Mounted in series but on a single plane, these generously proportioned barrels can be admired through the case back which is made entirely from sapphire.

Superflat Floral Poetry

From the tourbillon and the indices to the petals, fans of Takashi Murakami’s colourful poetry will follow his rhythm on this MP-15, from the interior to the exterior, where 12 petals richly set with 444 gemstones give the piece a bright, joyful aesthetic. Like a real flower, these petals are angled towards the centre of the movement. The clear and bold demarcations of colour are representative of the 2023 Only Watch. The idea was not to offer a traditional rainbow gradient effect, but rather to play with the brightness of the shades and the brilliance of the gemstones, like a child playing with their crayons, creating a bright piece of Superflat Art for the wrist.

But that is not all: true to Murakami’s universe, under its domed sapphire crystal this MP-15 Only Watch reveals a fine laser engraving depicting a broad smile, complete with two smiling eyes. This colourful piece offers an escape into Takashi Murakami’s lively imagination, and the watch’s bright energy is an ode to the incredible power of a child’s wonder and their endless curiosity.

Collector’s item: unique calligraphy created by Takashi Murakami’s own hand

With its MP-15, Takashi Murakami has created the ultimate gift for anyone purchasing it. And who better to explain it than Takashi Murakami himself? “I decided to pick up calligraphy again. My mother used to love it and I took many classes in this art from the age of five to seventeen. I progressed to a very high level, attaining the 7th dan, which is equivalent to assistant instructor. When I went to art school, my calligraphy practice became more sporadic. But my mother brought it up whenever I spoke to her! So, I decided to return to it, working directly on my used coffee filter paper, which is a very good base for the ink. This enabled me to create unique calligraphy, “Time of Rainbow”, inspired by the unique watch I have designed with Hublot for Only Watch 2023.”

REFERENCE: MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Only Watch 915.JX.4802.RT.1198.OWM2 3

CASE: Polished sapphire crystal Polished titanium screws Diameter: 42 mm Thickness: 13.4 mm Water-resistant: 30 m

CASE BACK:  Polished sapphire crystal

BEZEL: Polished stainless steel set with 444 coloured gemstones

DIAL: Black-plated appliques with Colored SuperLuminova

MOVEMENT: HUB9015 Manual winding central tourbillon. Frequency (Hz): 3 (21,600 Vib/h) Power reserve: Approx. 150 hours Number of components: 236 Jewels: 25

STRAP AND BUCKLE: Transparent decorated rubber with Takashi Murakami flower motif. Sapphire crystal and titanium deployant buckle

 

The spirit of HUBLOT; the embodiment of Sang Bleu.

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For the 7th year and third collaboration with Hublot, Maxime Plescia-Buchi is channelling the Spirit of Big Bang through the Sang Bleu prism. Just as his tattoos create new identity, revealing new shapes and new perspectives, the celebrated typographer, tattooist, artist and founder of Sang Bleu injects a new spirit into the Spirit of Big Bang collection. The Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu stays true to the series’ characteristics while remaining highly distinctive. With a faceted, structured 42 mm diameter, this watch has an enhanced three-dimensional and ergonomically-enhanced design. There are three limited editions to adorn your wrist – 200 units in titanium, 200 in All Black ceramic and 100 in King Gold. In addition, two models are set with 180 diamonds in titanium and King Gold.

Launched in 2014, the Spirit of Big Bang retained all of the Big Bang’s original features in a barrel-shaped case. A reinterpretation of Hublot’s DNA, simultaneously identical yet so different. For this third collaboration, Maxime has infused it with a new spirit without changing its soul, introducing the Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu. He achieves this same transformation, injecting the concepts of the Big Bang Sang Bleu I & II, by redefining the lines of the Spirit of Big Bang. Without losing what makes our barrel watch so distinctive, he gives it a new identity, a spatial redesign and a more architectural dimension, revealed by the Sang Bleu geometry and symmetry. A fusion that exceeds perfection. The symbol of a collaboration that highlights the best features and unique potential of each design. In our watches and in our collaborations, one philosophy underscores the vision of everything we do: to adapt to the container while always focusing on the quality of the content. – RICARDO GUADALUPE, HUBLOT CEO

Identical or different? Both… But always unique!

Ensuring consistency while remaining innovative. Keeping the spirit while creating a unique, exclusive and distinctive object. This is the subtlety of the art behind the Hublot and Maxime Plescia-Buchi collaboration. The talented tattoo artist has reimagined the strokes of the Spirit of Big Bang with stretched, elongated bevelled features and measured, perfectly proportioned angles that fit together to create a timepiece where the Sang Bleu signature is instantly recognisable. Like each of his tattoos, the line adapts to the case, to its distinctive characteristics, reliefs, curves, and texture, while retaining what is essential: its spirit. This is the same philosophy that inspired the Spirit of Big Bang.

Hublot x Sang Bleu: Seven years of artistic and creative collaboration

First introduced in the 2016 Hublot – Sang Bleu series, 2023 saw the third edition unveiled at the Salone del Mobile in Milan. The tattoo artist has stamped his indelible, distinctive, and assertive line on a new collection. After the Big Bang, his signature now adorns the Spirit of Big Bang. As usual, he traces his three-dimensional geometry in perfect symmetry with a mysteriously magnetic architecture, playing with relief and depth through polished, satin finished, engraved, chiselled, bevelled and faceted materials. Hexagons, diamonds and triangles appear and overlap, redefining shapes and volumes line by line.

My collaboration with Hublot is like constructing a house, an architectural project in itself. The Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu is the third wall of this shared structure. It signifies a landmark, as the house we are building now stands firmly and coherently in its own right. After having made my mark on the Big Bang, my creative process has taken on a new form. This is the new collection, and the barrel shape of the Spirit of Big Bang. I have been able to question and review each component, from the case to the crystal, the bracelet to the clasp, considering each shape and proportion through a holistic reflection. The aim is to incorporate the DNA of the Big Bang Sang Bleu II into the Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu. The result is a similar geometric aesthetic with a new interpretation of shapes and volumes. This creation is guided by perfectly proportioned shapes that interact and overlap to create a unique, distinctive design while enhancing the ergonomics for the wearer. – MAXIME PLESCIA-BUCHI, SANG BLEU FOUNDER, HUBLOT AMBASSADOR

The result: The Spirit of Big Bang Sang Bleu

A 42 mm-diameter case, crafted in a choice of three materials: Titanium (200 units), All Black ceramic (200 units) or King Gold (100 units), as well as two models set with 180 diamonds weighing approximately 2.4 carats, in titanium and King Gold. Geometric tattoos alternate and overlap from the case to the bezel. A sapphire dial displays the HUB4700 automatic skeleton chronograph movement through disc hands bearing the characteristic geometry of timepieces made in collaboration with Sang Bleu. A watch that, even with its ultra-generous proportions and prominent shape, offers a perfect ergonomic fit across all wrist sizes, for both men and women, with or without a bezel. The geometry of the Big Bang Sang Bleu II has been retained while also optimising the dynamic nature of the barrel shape. In terms of design, to ensure that the watch perfectly fits the curves of the wrist and is flush with the body, the back of the case and the sapphire crystal have been arched at several points. In terms of dial legibility, the structure of the hands has been enhanced and the hour and minute markers have been refined. By transposing his line onto a different volume, the barrel shape of the Spirit of Big Bang, Maxime has given new perspective to each component, shape and proportion. It is these details that give the Spirit of Big Bang a new dimension, just as Hublot gave a new spirit to the Big Bang codes by unveiling the Spirit of Big Bang in its barrel shape back in 2014.

Hublot – Sang Bleu – Trilogy

Hublot & Maxime Plescia-Buchi have art in their blood and are “inking” the art of tattooing into watchmaking. In 2016, the first Big Bang Sang Bleu saw the three-dimensional geometry of the famous tattoo artist imprinted on its design, revealing a perfectly proportioned structure inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. This quest for perfection and the use of symbols is the hallmark of all of Sang Bleu’s creative work. In 2019, with the Sang Bleu II, the tattoo artist x watchmaker collaboration was expressed as a “full body” tattoo across the entire Big Bang model, including the case, the hexagonal bezel, the sapphire crystal, the hands, and the bracelet. A three-dimensional style that has been entirely revamped in 2023 to embody a new “tattooed” collection – the Spirit of Big Bang. In perfect fusion with the way Hublot launched the Spirit of Big Bang in 2014, incorporating Hublot’s DNA and the distinctive codes of the Big Bang (its 6 H-shaped titanium screws running through the watch bezel, sandwich construction with endless combinations of materials and colours, signature lugs on each side of the case, and a screwed crown over moulded with rubber), Maxime has revisited each component of the Spirit of Big Bang.

 

 

 

Day 2 at Watches and Wonders 2023

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If you have recovered from yesterday’s exhilarating trip, be ready to be spun around some more because the show keeps getting surreal.

Without much ado, we shall begin our discovery of the exquisite novelties that await us.

BEAUREGARD – Dahlia White Gold – Fire Opal

The Maison’s founding collection Dahlia was unveiled in 2018 to immediate international recognition. The collection was selected for the Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) alongside international powerhouse brands. This poetic floral creation with its Haute Joaillerie dial, animated by a central flying tourbillon and set with 600 flawless diamonds, is presented this year with a dial handmade in vibrant Fire opal. Sourced in the Mexican village of Magdalena, the world center for the 5 mines producing this fascinating gem, this flawless selection of rough stones is worked in a Montreal workshop to the highest standards of craftsmanship.

A delicate-looking yet sturdy timepiece on a lovely wrist has a calming effect on time.

CHOPARD – Alpine Eagle 41 XPS

Alpine Eagle extends its range with an ultra-thin model featuring a small seconds indication. The L.U.C 96.40-L movement measures 3.30mm only, enabling the Alpine Eagle 41 XPS to beat with chronometer-certified accuracy. Optimal proportions and a textured “Monte Rosa Pink” dial endow this model with undeniable elegance and distinction, while its finishes have earned it Poinçon de Genève recognition.

This one is sure to charm you and make you look at the world with Rosa tinted glasses.

FERDINAND BERTHOUD – FB 3SPC.1

The Chronomètre FB 3SPC.1, one of the two versions, is equipped with an 18-carat white gold case, 2N pale yellow gold movement components and an eggshell-coloured dial in sandblasted silver-toned brass.

Golden dreams are made of these.

FREDERIQUE CONSTANT – Classic Tourbillon Manufacture

Honouring the watchmaking traditions, the Classic Tourbillon is manufactured in gold in a limited quantity of 150 individually numbered watches. The tourbillon was first unveiled in 2008, 15 years ago, with a comma-shaped aperture in 2023, the comma has become a full circle.

The elegance of this timepiece is not to be missed.

HUBLOT – MP-13 TOURBILLON BI-AXIS RETROGRADE

Hublot is known for its disruptive, creative and technical Haute Horlogerie. Now writing a new chapter in the MP story with masterpieces that are collectors’ dreams. The new MP-13 is a unique 100% Hublot Manufacture complication with a double-axis Tourbillon and Dual Retrograde Display from the watchmaking of tomorrow.

Wrap your head and time around this one because this is one complicated yet beautiful timepiece.

HUBLOT –Square Bang Sapphire 

Hublot unveils its interpretation of the square watch, a new geometry for the watchmaker. Inspired by the Maison’s iconic Big Bang, this Square Bang Unico adds a new pillar: ‘The Shaped Collection’ to sit alongside the Spirit of Big Bang.

A show-stopper is an apt word for this one. If the world were square, it would probably just fit in fine in this one. The transparent sapphire case makes this the watch to have. 

 

IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN – Ingenieur Automatic 40 Black

During the 70s, Gerald Genta created the Ingenieur SL, Reference 1832. Today’s Ingenieur Automatic 40 embodies his vision of bringing a stainless steel sporty watch with an integrated bracelet. While meeting the highest standards set for technology, ergonomics and finish, the watch also shows off daring aesthetics.

The black ‘grid’ will seamlessly intersect and network into your multiple parallel universes, real or imaginary.

LAURENT FERRIER –  Square Micro-Rotor Evergreen

Always committed to creating timeless yet modern pieces that are functional yet can sway you with their aesthetic power, Laurent Ferrier now brings forth watches that are an eclectic mix of sophistication and elegance, the Square Micro-Rotor Evergreen and the Classic Micro-Rotor Evergreen.

Simplicity has immense power, check this watch out if you do not believe me.

ROLEX – New Cosmograph Daytona

Rolex has launched new age Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona updating its range. The case design is singular in nature and features its characteristic chronograph with refined details.

This model has the most unique colour combinations and this being Rolex it wears its crown high.

HUBLOT AND TAKASHI MURAKAMI LAUNCH A COLLECTION OF 13 UNIQUE WATCHES AND 13 UNIQUE NFTs

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As a result of their new collaboration, Hublot and Takashi Murakami present thirteen new NFTs and thirteen unique timepieces featuring the iconic smiling flower that is central to the Japanese artist’s work.

“Our partnership with Takashi Murakami is allowing us to construct a history that interlinks all the works we have released with Takashi, both digital pieces and the watches themselves. Faithful to its history, Hublot is once again first, unique and different in how it rewards its collectors, providing them with privileged access to both ownership of and trade in unique artistic pieces. Hublot Loves Art!” RICARDO GUADALUPE HUBLOT CEO

“When my collaboration with Hublot was announced, we made it known that we would be adopting new forms of artistic expression. After creating all the timepieces together, as well as the digital works of art, we are now imagining new ways of accessing contemporary art.” TAKASHI MURAKAMI 

At an exclusive event which took place at the Glass House in New York on February 2nd, Hublot and Takashi Murakami announced their fourth joint artistic project: the launch of thirteen new NFTs and thirteen unique timepieces. This announcement represents a continuation of past projects, by rewarding the first buyers of the watches and collectors of the first NFTs through an exclusive approach.

The thirteen unique NFTs are inspired by Japanese video games & TV from the 1970s as well as the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami All Black, the first collaboration between the Swiss watchmaker and Takashi Murakami launched in January 2021. These NFTs are linked to a limited edition of 13 new and unique Classic Fusion watches that will be at Watches & Wonders 2023 in Geneva. Twelve of these watches will be available for purchase exclusively online on hublot.com, which can only be accessed by owners of at least one of the 324 NFTs issued in April 2022 as part of the third collaboration between Hublot and Takashi Murakami. These 324 NFTs were originally offered to owners of one of the two Hublot x Takashi Murakami watch models (Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami All Black & Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Sapphire Rainbow), before they were allowed to be exchanged on the decentralized NFT trading platform, OpenSea. The period between the announcement of the project in New York in February 2023 and the start of sales in early April 2023 in Geneva will allow any collector interested in one of the new watches to collect one of the NFTs available on OpenSea. Each buyer lucky enough to purchase one of the 12 new unique watches will receive a corresponding exclusive NFT.

Hublot and Takashi Murakami take the watch as a work of art to a new level, by bridging the art of fine watchmaking with digital art. The 13th watch of the collection, unveiled in New York, is the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow and it is also the masterpiece. Taking inspiration from the two previously launched pieces, this watch reinterprets t he iconic emblem of Takashi Murakami: the smiling flower. Here, the 12 petals of the flower form a perfect gradient of rubies, sapphires, amethysts, tsavorites and topaz. Thanks to an ingenious ball bearing system developed by Hublot’s engineers the petals create a dizzying spectacle of colour as the y spin on an axis with each movement. The kinetic effect of the petals creates a striking effect against the 45mm black ceramic case. The center of the smiling flower is placed on top of the sapphire glass to create a three-dimensional effect.

The twelve other references, which will be available for purchase by holders of the NFTs on the dedicated ecommerce platform, recall the master flower and represent one of the petals. Twelve references for twelve hours on the dial, and twelve NFTs. The heart of the watch beats with the manufacture Unico calibre set in the emblematic Classic Fusion design a unique movement that offers a 72 hour power reserve. As the third watch collaboration between Hublot and the Japanese artist, this launch is proof of the incredible collectability of this partnership.

As the second step, collectors will then have a period of one year during which they will have the opportunity to trade the twelve NFTs on the OpenSea platform. In April 202 4 at the end of this period, only the collector who has managed to collect all 12 of the new unique NFTs will be eligible to purchase the thirteenth and most sought after watch: the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow In the event that no single person has managed to gather all twelve NFTs the watch will be auctioned by Hublot to raise funds for charity.

CLASSIC FUSION TAKASHI MURAKAMI BLACK CERAMIC RAINBOW 

REFERENCE 
CASE 
CASEBACK 
BEZEL 

507.CX.9099.RX.TAK23 

UNIQUE PIECE 

Satin-finished and polished black ceramic 

Diameter: 45 mm 

Thickness: 13.45 mm 

Water resistance: 5 ATM 

Polished black ceramic 

Satin-finished and polished black ceramic 
DIAL 
MOVEMENT 
STRAP AND CLASP 

Microblasted rhodium-plated 

Rotating décor with 12 petals set with 384 coloured gemstones 

Unico Manufacture, self-winding 

Frequency: 4 (28’800 A/H) 

Power reserve (hours): 72 

Number of components : 256 

Jewels : 30 

Black lined rubber 

Black-plated stainless steel deployant buckle clasp 

HUBLOT CELEBRATES THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT

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In order to mark the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit, Hublot collaborated with Chinese Artist Wen Na in creating a unique painting for the dial of the Spirit of Big Bang Black Ceramic Rabbit 

As the Lunar New Year is approaching, Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot has invited Wen Na to craft a new Year of the Rabbit painting and present the Spirit of Big Bang Black Ceramic Rabbit. The fusion of traditional Chinese culture with Contemporary Haute Horlogerie has given rise to new ideas: Wen visualised 12 double-hours from the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and combined them with traditional elements of the Lunar New Year. We therefore can find festive lanterns, firecrackers and lion dance in the artwork, to create an intriguing world to usher into the new year. The time is brimming with wonder and excitement at each double-hours, giving full expression to Hublot’s Art of Fusion spirit.

 In traditional Chinese culture, the rabbit is considered sacred and auspicious, and thus the Year of the Rabbit 2023 is recognized as “the lucky year”. Hublot wanted to give green light to an artist in order to celebrate this Lunar New Year. Wen Na created a New Year-themed painting in her vibrant artistic language, using unbridled imagination to visualise 12 double-hours in a unique way. A group of charmingly naive rabbits, which are having fun with a lion dance, or holding firecrackers or indulging themselves in other traditional Chinese activities, marking the wonderful moments as time goes by. This scene depicts a vigorous and prosperous Year of the Rabbit and also conveys the atmosphere of the Lunar New Year, an occasion for family reunion.

Enlighted by Hublot’s Art of Fusion brand concept, Wen drew inspiration from the ancient calendar of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, an old and mysterious Chinese cultural treasure. The 12 double-hours are fused with the images of rabbits to deliver a sense of joy and reunion. Meanwhile, she believes that refined arts in our world come in diverse forms, of which the essence lies in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. In her painting, a group of quick-witted rabbits bring to life the traditional customs associated with the Lunar New Year, including performing dragon and lion dances, putting up or changing door gods, hanging up festive lanterns, and giving and receiving red packets (a Year of Rabbit gift with money stuffed into red envelopes). There always is something to enjoy at each double-hours – from the Zi Hour to the Hai Hour. The twelve Earthly Branches are also used to record the year and the month, thus implying that every day and every month is a good time in the world of Hublot time.

Moreover, in Wen’s mind, rabbits are not just gentle and cute. She gave rabbits a more modern look by presenting them in a slightly playful style. While in keeping with the theme of the Year of the Rabbit and the quintessence of traditional Chinese culture, she changed the usual image of the gentle rabbits and recreated amusing rabbits that are energetic at different double-hours in an artistic way, injecting fresh vitality into the new year and aptly interpreting Hublot’s innovative and pioneering spirit of “be different”. A contemporary reinterpretation of the classics. 

The whole visual is thus captured in her mind, which is then realised in the canvas, with powerful images interpreting the rhythm of minutes and seconds, and conveying joyful emotions in a new year. The creation is the result of a fusion between Haute Horlogerie know-how and traditional art and culture, between the essence of Eastern and Western cultures, and between the past and the present.

Coming from China, Wen Na is acclaimed as one of the leading young contemporary Chinese artists for her distinctive artistic style. She graduated with a major in printmaking and developed an indissoluble bond with “fusion of arts” during her university years. From mural paintings to sculpture and from art to music, Wen has constantly experimented with the fusion of various art forms, leveraging unique aesthetic concepts to inspire new thinking about modern art. The “fusion of arts”, which Wen believes is the driving force behind inspiration and imagination and also is in line with Hublot’s Art of Fusion brand concept. With its ingenuity and craftsmanship, Hublot has combined seemingly diametrically opposed materials and joined hands with the most talented practitioners in alternate fields to push the boundaries of what is technically and aesthetically possible to set new trends for watchmaking.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with a young artist like Wen Na who is a master of traditional Chinese culture to craft a new Lunar New Year painting and present the Spirit of Big Bang Black Ceramic Rabbit. Everyone who saw Wen Na’s mural work was shocked as she has fused her strong imagination with rich colors and lines. More interestingly, these images are not replicas of existing traditional symbols, but a combination of her use of the place where the murals are located, history, and her strong imagination. Her unique artistic style perfectly embodies the bold creative vision that we have at Hublot. Meanwhile, Hublot loves Art has been demonstrating through various forms of expression and creations how the brand loves to fuse different artistic inspirations and styles. Hublot Loves Art!”  – RICARDO GUADALUPE HUBLOT CEO 

“The partnership with Hublot is a very pleasant surprise. It is also an interesting combination to integrate the ancient representation of time in traditional Chinese culture, the sexagenary cycle, with Hublot and its pioneering watch. More importantly, Hublot’s presentation of the animation also amazed me, and the whole creative process made me feel very smooth and happy as well.”  –WEN NA CONTEMPORARY ARTIST 

Inspired by Hublot’s Art of Fusion brand concept, Wen Na interpreted the twelve Earthly Branches, a symbol from the traditional Chinese calendar, with artistic imagination to depict the distinctive 12 double-hours. A group of charming rabbits having fun with a lion dance, holding firecrackers or indulging in other activities, mark the wonderful moments of each of the double-hours. This timepiece represents a fusion of the essence of Chinese culture and innovative watchmaking concepts, while demonstrating the connection between Eastern and Western cultures with a unique artistic language. 

A Year of the Rabbit-themed painting is vividly rendered into a festive scene on the dial with playful rabbits at different double-hours, thanks to the brand’s exquisite craftsmanship. Hublot artisans use a variety of brushes to paint the dial, with some details presented in hair-thin fine strokes. Each hand-painted dial is created through a complicated process that takes over 40 hours. Each dial of the 12 pieces is different from the others, therefore all are unique artworks that showcase the brand’s exceptional watchmaking expertise. In addition, the representation of hour markers has adopted an artistic expression that derives from the traditional twelve Earthly Branches, representing a tribute to profound Chinese culture and Hublot’s efforts of taking its pioneering philosophy of fusion to a new height. 

This timepiece adopts the tonneau-shaped case, a signature design code of the Spirit of Big Bang collection, and incorporates all the classic design elements of Big Bang watches: the six H-shaped screws on the bezel, the lugs either side of the case, the over-moulded rubber screw-down crown decorated with the iconic H, and the sandwich type construction. Additionally, the Spirit of Big Bang Black Ceramic Rabbit is made of black ceramic to provide a perfect contrast with the gorgeous image on the dial where rabbits are celebrating the Lunar New Year. Housed within the 42mm-diameter case is the HUB1710 self-winding movement with a 50-hour power reserve. 

REFERENCE 

CASE 

CASE BACK 

BEZEL 

646.CI.0610.NR.WNA23 

Limited to 12 pieces 

Microblasted and Polished Black ceramic 

Diameter: 42 mm 

Thickness: 13.85 mm 

Water Resistant: 10 ATM 

Microblasted and Polished Black Ceramic 

Microblasted and Polished Black ceramic 

DIAL 

MOVEMENT 

STRAP AND BUCKLE 

PRICE 

Sapphire Crystal, hand painted 

HUB1710 Self-winding Movement 

Frequency (Hz): 4 (28’800 A/h) 

Power reserve: Approx. 50 hours 

Number of components: 185 

Jewels: 27 

Black Fabric Strap with Black Ceramic Buckle Clasp 

Black and Red Lined Structured Rubber Strap 

Black Ceramic and Black-plated Titanium Deployant Buckle Clasp 

38’000.00 CHF 

41’000.00 EUR 

40’000.00 USD 

34’500.00 GBP 

HUBLOT BIG BANG ZERMATT: BACK TO THE MATTERHORN

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For the fourth time, Hublot celebrates its special relationship with Zermatt, the iconic Swiss Alpine resort town nestled at the base of the Matterhorn. Two original new creations were  released to mark this special occasion.

 

“The connection between Hublot and Zermatt is more than symbolic. We share the same terroir and, the same roots, and we carry these qualities far beyond our borders. But I believe the quality that best defines Hublot is loyalty. The Big Bang Zermatt models that we have released since 2017 are a mark of the friendship and authenticity that we share with our fans and collectors.” – RICARDO GUADALUPE HUBLOT CEO

Matterhorn, carved out in rock over hundreds of millions of years. On the other, the mastery of perfect, modern lines by a contemporary manufacture. Yet, once again, Hublot has fused the elements and brought to life a creation that glorifies the silhouette of Switzerland’s most famous mountain within its legendary Big Bang. 

However, this is not just any representation of the Matterhorn. It is depicted as it appears from Zermatt, because the Matterhorn has been the main witness to the union between Hublot and the iconic Alpine resort. For the last five years, the two entities have joined forces to celebrate their “Swissness”. For example, Hublot has set up the most traditional of its boutiques at the heart of the resort, made entirely from wood in the purest respect for local architectural traditions. The Hublot boutique has since become an integral part of the charm and the magic of the area. 

Of course, Hublot, as an advocate for emotions and meaningful connections, was always going to take it to the next level! To reach the summit of the Zermatt ski resort, visitors now take the Hublot-Express (Gant-Blauherd), one of the resort’s most modern cable cars, built in 2016, and reaching an altitude of 2600 metres. The goal? To carve through fresh snow, or powder for more accomplished skiers, and arrive at Chez Vrony, the century-old family restaurant for whom Hublot is also the “Official Timekeeper”. 

The new Big Bang Zermatt is part of this local dynamic, combining the best of Swiss tradition with modern watchmaking. The latest pieces in a collection created in 2017, the two new Big Bangs explore the two faces of watchmaking, like a climber scaling the two iconic faces of the Matterhorn. 

Each version is available in a steel case – a return to the basics that has not been used by Hublot in a Zermatt special edition since 2018. The material, which features alternating polished and satin-finished surfaces, echoes the unique reflection of schist, the typical Swiss stone similar to slate which forms a large part of the Matterhorn. The sunray finished dial will illuminate this with an ever-changing light, like the faces of the Matterhorn under the continuously shifting sun. 

These two editions both boast the special Big Bang Zermatt feature of which collectors are so fond: the Matterhorn at 9 o’clock on the men’ model, and at 3 o’clock on the ladies’ model. The latter boasts a bezel set with 36 diamonds which also punctuate the hour indices. Each bezel is equipped with screws made from titanium, a material inspired by the needs of mountaineers, whose equipment must be both light and strong. Once again, Hublot has mastered the fusion of substance and shape, colour and material, Alpine and watchmaking symbols. 

Both versions are powered by a self-winding chronograph and complimented by two nubuck straps: the first in slate grey, the second in snow white, in a dual tribute to the iconic colours of Zermatt. 

THE BIG BANG UNICO SORAI TIME FOR RHINOS

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In the battle against extinction, time is everything and every second counts.

Hublot has been supporting SORAI Save Our Rhinos Africa India since 2019. An organisation founded by Hublot ambassador and former international cricket star Kevin Pietersen. His work helps keep rhinos threatened with extinction safe from poachers. As with the two previous limited editions, part of the proceeds from the sale of the 100 Big Bang Unico SORAI will be donated to the organisation. The colours chosen for the third limited edition are those of sunset recalling the heightened danger faced by rhinos as night falls. Here, the sun is a symbol of hope of a new dawn.

“If purchasing a watch can buy time, then it is a small gesture with huge implications. Saving the rhino is an urgent matter for both the planet and future generations. When brand ambassador and former international cricketer Kevin Pietersen launched SORAI in 2018, we felt it was entirely natural to join forces with him in his race against time to beat the poachers. We have used our limited editions to help him gain access to more state of the art technologies on the ground, put together more surveillance teams, as well as rescue injured or orphaned rhinos, with the single shared aim of shielding this endangered species.” –  RICARDO GUADALUPE HUBLOT CEO

A watch made to support rhinos.

  • Because the rhino’s only predators are humans.
  • Because every day, every minute and every second counts.
  • Because each Big Bang Unico SORAI will buy time for endangered rhinos.
  • Because, on the ground, we need to be faster than the poachers.
  • Because poaching is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and risk for species extinction, second only to the destruction of natural habitats.

One of the “BIG FIVE” and the second largest mammal after the elephant, the rhino has seen its numbers drop by 90% over the last ten years. On average, three wild rhinos are killed every day, leaving fewer than 30,000 rhinos currently alive across the world. And while trade in rhino horn has been banned internationally since 1977 by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), poachers continue to hunt and kill rhinos for their horns, whose price is worth more per kilo than gold.

Since 2018, SORAI has supported projects to protect endangered animals, identify new technologies to combat poaching (thermal cameras, GPS tracking of animals) and raise awareness of the need to protect these endangered species. In line with its motto, “BE THE CHANGE”, SORAI is pushing change and working to prevent poaching and hunting. There are many ways to combat poaching (raising public awareness, education, law enforcement, transmitters for tracking animals, increasing ranger numbers and creating sanctuaries for injured or orphaned animals). However, prevention and active rangers on the ground remain the most effective tools Proceeds from the sale of the Big Bang Unico SORAI will go directly to projects supported by SORAI to equip helicopters with cameras, raise awareness in schools about the consequences of poaching and to provide backup to rangers on the ground. These strategies are implemented where the need is biggest and most pressing South Africa. South Africa is home to more than 80% of the world’s total population of rhinos, with the majority of poaching taking place in Kruger National Park as it has the largest population of wild white rhinos left on earth.

Our actions on the ground (surveillance teams and equipment to prevent poaching, rhino sanctuaries and refuges) are vital. However, in order to act, we first need to raise public awareness, increase publicity and make this a visible cause. Hublot is helping us on the ground by donating proceeds from the sale of the Big Bang Unico SORAI and by lending the brand’s voice to our cause to bring it to global attention. In the three years since we began this joint venture, it has yielded concrete results.

KEVIN PIETERSEN FOUNDER OF SORAI, HUBLOT AMBASSADOR FORMER INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER

 

HUBLOT 

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature. 

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes. 

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and large complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements). 

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World CupTM, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EUROTM) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day. Almost 130 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site. 

SORAI

SORAI is a socially conscious enterprise that collaborates with the world’s most progressive brands and their audiences to support the conservation of key endangered species. In short, our Purpose is that we exist to bring people and business together to ensure that Africa & India’s keystone species survive and thrive in the wild. Forever 

Founded in 2018 by former international cricketer and conservationist Kevin Pietersen, SORAI has supported grassroots organisations that rescue abandoned, injured, and orphaned endangered species and rehabilitate them where possible. 

Alongside its network of global partners, SORAI is also committed to bringing attention to the plight of these animals through award-winning television and digital content.Together with our partners we work to connect with communities around the world to raise awareness of the importance of these animals and their value for future generations 

The SORAI emblem is a symbol for change. It informs, it empowers, it unites people through conservation. 

SORAI, Be the Change. 

BIG BANG UNICO SORAI 

TECHNICAL SHEET REFERENCE 
CASE 
CASE BACK 
BEZEL 

421.FX.8099.NR.SOA23 

Limited to 100 pieces 

Micro-blasted and polished grey ceramic with “One-Click” system 

Diameter: 44 mm 

Thickness: 14.50 mm 

Water Resistant: 100 m 

Micro-blasted grey ceramic and sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment with SORAI logo 

Micro-blasted and polished grey ceramic 
DIAL 
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Matte grey skeleton with “Rhinoceros” applique at 09:00 

MHUB1280 UNICO 2 Manufacture self-winding chronograph flyback movement with column wheel 

Frequency (Hz): 4 (28’800 A/h) 

Power reserve: Approx. 72 hours 

Number of components: 354 

Jewels: 43 

Grey fabric strap with micro-blasted black ceramic buckle 

Additional black rubber with black, orange and purple camouflage decor 

Black ceramic and black-plated titanium deployant buckle clasp 

22’900.00 CHF 

25’200.00 EUR 

24’100.00 USD 

20’800.00 GBP 

 

SAXEM, ACT II: THE BIG BANG TOURBILLON AUTOMATIC NOW IN NEON YELLOW SAXEM 

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Hublot continues its exploration of SAXEM – a material often used in satellites and some lasers – allowing the Manufacture to obtain unprecedented translucent colours, of which neon yellow. A first for Hublot and for watchmaking.

“It has taken us almost three years of research, after the MP-11 Emerald Green, to develop a new colour fit for our Big Bang and that would be totally transparent and completely resistant. Once again, Hublot is pushing the possibilities of technology and aesthetics and fuses them to create a unique neon yellow manufacturer piece. – RICARDO GUADALUPE (HUBLOT CEO)”

Reproducing a translucent case in a bright, fluorescent shade of neon yellow may seem like a simple idea. But, in fact, it was incredibly complex to achieve. The yellow is a powerful, bright neon colour which almost seems to glow from the inside, like a fluorescent material. An intense fluorescent shade of acid yellow, citrus-like in its quality. To meet this highly technical challenge, Hublot had to search for a solution in space technology. In fact, SAXEM was developed in the field of satellite technology. A unique material that had also been used in 2019 for the Big Bang MP-11. 

At the time, Hublot had crafted it in emerald green. This time, the goal was to achieve a brand-new neon yellow colour. It also had to meet the strict requirements of the Nyon Manufacture for its sapphire watches: complete transparency and incredible resistance. After three years of research and development, the challenge was met and overcome with the Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Yellow Neon SAXEM. 

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What is SAXEM? It stands for “Sapphire Aluminium oXide and rare Earth Mineral”. It is an alloy of aluminium oxide, the basic component of sapphire, with rare earth elements like thulium and holmium as well as chromium. The resulting material is ultra-resistant and endowed with a brilliance that is greater than that of sapphire. The absence of tension within the material ensures greater stability in terms of shaping, whereas the cubic crystalline structure guarantees the same shade and intensity of colour, regardless of the angle from which the case is viewed. The fully polished neon yellow SAXEM offers a bold contrast with the bezel’s six H-shaped screws and with the crown, all in polished and micro-blasted titanium. 

In terms of movement, the Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Yellow Neon SAXEM is powered by the HUB6035 self-winding Manufacture calibre. Hublot has chosen the most difficult technical route, self-winding using a micro-rotor, the only way to avoid concealing the back of the movement as a conventional rotor would have done. On top of that, the Manufacture has chosen to skeletonise the entire calibre. This is a stratospheric feat of watchmaking which pushes open-worked materials to the limits of their functional resistance, almost nothing remains that would conceal the calibre. Entirely visible and fully laid bare, even its bridges are made from sapphire so that only the beating heart and soul of the watch remain. This heart is the tourbillon, which appears to be suspended in mid-air. This architecture serves to free the piece from any visual clutter. Positioned at 6 o’clock, it offers the technical and hypnotic spectacle of a high-precision Haute Horlogerie piece, designed as a 21st-century interpretation: modern, disruptive, dazzling. 

Finally, to make it suitable for daily use, the Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Yellow Neon SAXEM offers a guaranteed 72-hour power reserve – making the piece perfectly weekend-proof. 

This timepiece, which will be exclusively available as a limited edition of 50 pieces, comes with a neon yellow textured rubber strap, tailor-made for this watch, complete with a titanium deployant buckle and equipped with the One Click system so that it can be changed immediately with no need for tools.

Check it out at: www.hublot.com 

BIG BANG TOURBILLON AUTOMATIC YELLOW NEON SAXEM 

TECHNICAL SHEET REFERENCE 
CASE 
CASE BACK 
BEZEL 
YELLOW NEON SAXEM 
429.JY.0120.RT 
Limited to 50 pieces 
Polished and microblasted neon yellow SAXEM with “One Click” system 
Diameter: 44mm 
Thickness: 14.40 mm 
Water Resistant: 30 m 
Polished neon yellow SAXEM and sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment
Polished and micro-blasted neon yellow SAXEM 
DIAL 
MOVEMENT 
STRAP AND BUCKLE 
PRICE 
Sapphire crystal 
HUB6035 Manufacture automatic tourbillon movement 
Frequency (Hz): 3 (21’600 A/h) 
Power reserve: Approx. 72 hours 
Number of components: 282 
Jewels: 26 
Lined transparent neon yellow rubber strap 
Titanium deployant buckle clasp
200’000.00 CHF 
220’000.00 EUR 
211’000.00 USD 
182’000.00 GBP 

Top Luxury Watches for the Indian Wedding Season

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The monsoon is making the world clean and green. Soon after it will be time for new beginnings. As the wedding season approaches after the rains, the most awaited preparation is shopping for one’s special day. For women, it is mostly clothes, shoes, bags, make-up and jewelry. But for men, this is the time to indulge in a few goodies of their own choice too. Be it grooming, or looking for experiential events a fair share of materialistic goodies are also sought. Here are some top luxury watches for the Indian wedding season especially for couples.

The watch industry sees a boom during this time around too. An increasing number of men and women are now looking at investing in luxury watches. Having said that the emphasis is on Swiss watches. A watch is no longer just an accessory thrown together in a hurry, mismatched, or hardly talked about.

Watches today are a centerpiece of a conversation, often starting some genuinely interesting dialogues that can forge long-term friendships and inclusion in exclusive clubs. So when one is investing, a term preferred versus buying, because the timepieces we are going to talk about can be looked upon as not only investments but in certain cases also heirlooms you can leave for the generations to come.

These are a few luxury watch brands that come into top consideration.

Whether it is a dress watch, mechanical watch, sports watch, or simply a classic elegant piece, there are a plethora of choices at varying price points. In short, there is something for everyone whether one is a novice entering the world of time or a serious time collector.

If you are a close relative/ friend of the couple and are looking at gifting them couple watches here are a few pairs you must give a dekko.

ROLEX

You can never go wrong with a classy brand like Rolex. It is one of the most sought-after brands and one well worth the wait.

HUBLOT

Hublot is known for its “Art of Fusion”.  The brand has been successfully disrupting the watch industry by innovating the use of different materials to make collectible time art.

OMEGA

Omega is a brand well established in the luxury watch segment and the Constellation Series is one of the fastest selling and elegance personified.

ZENITH

Zenith is a brand that is quietly been raising the bar in the luxury watch industry. It is well-known as the most rooted-in-history brand.

ARMIN STROM

Armin Strom watches are mechanically exceptional and meticulously well-finished.

GIRARD PERREGAUX

Girard Perregaux pushes the boundaries of design and innovation in watchmaking

Apart from looking at couple/pair watches, some watches are designed to reflect individual personalities and choices. We shall explore these soon.

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20 Days to Watches and Wonders 2022

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The moment journalists, retailers and clients of the 38 exhibiting Maisons have been waiting for… Watches and Wonders Geneva will finally open its doors on 30 March 2022, for a week filled with exciting discoveries. A vast digital system has been set up to allow invited guests and the general public to follow online either live or via replay all the action of the Salon, which is already shaping up to be THE watch industry event of the year.

While the press, retailers and guests invited to the Salon can already plan their personalized program on the watchesandwonders.com platform, in Geneva the excitement is reaching a fever pitch. The set-up of the different exhibition areas is already underway to ensure that visitors can be welcomed while respecting health measures. In the surrounding manufactures and ateliers, the watchmakers are putting the final details to the new watches and jewelry collections that will be unveiled by the Maisons on March 30.

For its first physical event under the name Watches and Wonders Geneva – since last year’s event was entirely digital – the Salon will focus on major launches, previews, exceptional pieces and numerous new wonders. Aside from being featured in the Touch & Feel sessions, products will also be at the heart of discussions over many organized events, such as the Morning Show, the panel discussions and the innovative projects unveiled in the LAB.

Broadcast live from the Salon every morning at 8 am CET on the watchesandwonders.com platform and on its YouTube channel, The Morning Show will be presented this year by Olivia Chang, a renowned business journalist. She will host this first morning program with cross conversations between brand leaders and industry experts to follow the news of the Salon and decipher new trends. She will be back again at 7 pm CET on the Late Show, a new rendez-vous that will review the day’s highlights. Also broadcast live and in replay, the program will feature a different guest each day, who will be invited to share his or her favorites from the Salon. The Late Show will also offer a summary of the keynotes from the Maisons held in the Auditorium, along with highlights of the exceptional pieces being unveiled by the 38 exhibiting brands.

A daily 45-minute panel discussion, hosted by watchmaking experts and other influential personalities, will explore the issue of sustainable development in greater depth. This theme, a particularly hot topic at the moment, will be addressed from different angles, such as transparency, responsible sourcing, innovation and the circular economy. Broadcast live from the Salon at 1 pm CET on the watchesandwonders.com platform and on its YouTube channel, the program will also be available in replay.

Located in the center of the Salon, facing the Carré des Horlogers, the LAB has been designed as an ideas laboratory. This space, showcasing nearly 15 projects, will present the technological and digital innovations of the exhibiting Maisons. Highlighting eco- responsible sourcing practices, upcycling, the use of new materials, new energy sources and strategic partnerships with sustainable associations and organizations, the various initiatives will enable visitors to discover all these innovations and gain a better understanding of NFTs (Non-Fungible Token) and the world of metaverse.

Watches and Culture will also curate the ‘Time Design’ exhibition dedicated to the evolution of wristwatch design through the ages. Imagined as a journey through watchmaking creativity and illustrated by more than 100 timepieces presented in showcases designed by students of ECAL (École d’art de Lausanne), the event will also pay tribute to the work of Mr. Gérald Genta. Five pieces produced by students of the HEAD art & design school in Geneva will invite visitors to question the display of time, while an augmented reality experience will immerse the viewer in the history of a few watchmaking icons.

A broadcasting area consisting of two fully equipped studios will be available for the Maisons who wish to stay in touch with those journalists who are unable to travel to Geneva. In addition, booths equipped with a VISIODOME, a system that proved its worth last year as an optimized way of presenting products remotely, will allow the Maisons to share their latest creations with a larger audience.

Everyone is working hard to make this long-awaited edition the greatest watchmaking summit ever held in Geneva! Just 30 days to go before discovering new watches and jewelry releases, previews, major announcements, exceptional pieces and other innovations.

EXHIBITING MAISONS:

| A. LANGE & SÖHNE | BAUME & MERCIER | CARTIER | CHANEL | CHOPARD | GRAND SEIKO | HERMÈS | HUBLOT | IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN | JAEGER-LECOULTRE | MONTBLANC | ORIS | PANERAI | PARMIGIANI FLEURIER | PATEK PHILIPPE | PIAGET | ROGER DUBUIS | ROLEX | TAG HEUER | TUDOR | ULYSSE NARDIN | VACHERON CONSTANTIN | VAN CLEEF & ARPELS | ZENITH

CARRÉ DES HORLOGERS:

| ANGELUS | ARMIN STROM | ARNOLD & SON | CYRUS GENÈVE | CZAPEK & CIE | FERDINAND BERTHOUD | H. MOSER & CIE. | LAURENT FERRIER | LOUIS MOINET | REBELLION TIMEPIECES | RESSENCE | RUDIS SYLVA | SPEAKE-MARIN | TRILOBE