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Watches & Wonders 2021: Hublot New Releases

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5 years ago

April 10, 2021

Hublot reveals their latest watch designs at Watches & Wonders 2021: The Hublot Big Bang Unico Yellow Magic, Hublot Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire and the Hublot Big Bang Integral High Jewellery.

Watches & Wonders 2021 Hublot Releases include the Big Bang Unico Yellow Magic. Credit: Hublot

With the new Hublot Big Bang Unico Yellow Magic, Hublot has achieved the near-impossible by creating the first-ever bright yellow ceramic timepiece.

Available in a limited edition of 250 pieces, the sunny bright Big Bang Unico Yellow Magic has been four years in the making and created through a unique process entirely developed and produced by the Manufacture’s R&D department and its Metallurgy & Materials laboratory.

Powered by the Unico HUB1280, Hublot’s bright Yellow Magic ceramic encompasses the movement and the 42-mm case and its bezel. It also carries over to the Arabic numerals and hands and continues right down to the structured yellow rubber strap.

The limited edition Hublot Big Bang Unico Yellow Magic. Credit: Hublot

Hublot Big Bang Unico Yellow Magic Technical Specifications

Watch Model

Reference 441.CY.471Y.RX: Big Bang Unico Yellow Magic Limited to 250 pieces

Case

Polished Yellow Ceramic
Diameter: 42 mm
Height: 14.50 mm
Water-resistant to 10 ATM

Dial/Functions/Indications

Matt black and yellow skeleton dial with yellow appliques with black luminescent

Movement

Hublot caliber HUB1280 UNICO self-winding chronograph flyback movement with column wheel
Power reserve minimum 72 hours
Frequency: 28,800 VpH (4Hz)

Strap

Yellow and black rubber strap with black ceramic and titanium deployant buckle clasp

Price

Price of the Hublot Big Bang Unico Yello Magic Watch: USD$26,200 /24,900 CHF

Hublot Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire Technical Specifications

The limited edition Hublot Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire. Credit: Hublot

In 2016 Hublot created the first Big Bang Unico Sapphire crystal watch, and now at this year’s Watches & Wonders event, have revealed the Hublot Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire – the first Big Bang with an integrated case and bracelet made entirely from sapphire crystal.

“For such an exceptional creation, we opted for the new Automatic Tourbillon caliber with its sapphire bridges, the transparency of which creates a stunning spectacle,” says Ricardo Guadalupe, Hublot CEO. “The act of creating an integrated case and bracelet from sapphire was, however, deemed impossible. But we were the first brand to gain perfect mastery of sapphire, industrializing it and making it reproducible in series production.

It took us five years to bring our first sapphire cases to life – and almost as long for the bracelet. Producing both from sapphire and integrating them together is the pinnacle of the in-depth work undertaken by all of Hublot’s teams. We are proud to be the ones writing the first lines in this new chapter in the history of materials”.

The Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire case has been reconstructed to remove almost all of the visible screws and overhaul the case’s general geometry to integrate it with the sapphire bracelet. Hublot also developed inserts and attachments to allow light through every component.

In terms of the movement, the in-house developed and manufactured HUB6035 automatic manufacture caliber is the beating heart of the piece and is a perfect balance between the micro-rotor at 12 o’clock and the tourbillon at 6 o’clock.

Hublot Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire Technical Specifications

Watch Model

Reference 455.JX.0120JX: Hublot Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire

Case

Polished Sapphire Crystal
Diameter: 43 mm
Height: 15.25 mm
See-through case back
Water-resistant to 3 ATM

Dial/Functions/Indications

Satin-finished Rhodium-plated appliques with white luminescent

Movement

Hublot caliber HUB6035 automatic tourbillon movement
Transparent sapphire bridges with anthracite ruthenium plate and 22K white gold skeleton micro rotor.
Power reserve minimum 72 hours
Frequency: 21,600 VpH (3Hz)

Bracelet

Polished sapphire crystal with titanium deployant buckle clasp

Price

Price of the Hublot Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire Watch: USD$422,000 /400,000 CHF

Hublot’s integrated sapphire crystal case and bracelet. Credit: Hublot

Sapphire crystal caseback of the Big Bang Integral Full Sapphire watch. Credit: Hublot

Hublot Big Bang Integral Tourbillon High Jewellery

Launched in 2020, the Big Bang Integral fully integrates the bracelet into the case to achieve a visually balanced design. It is this platform Hublot decided to use as its “High Jewellery” piece for 2020.

Since the “One Million $ Model” reveal in 2007, Hublot has released a unique piece of High Jewellery each year that more often than not exceeds $1,000,000 and this year Hublot has presented the one-off Hublot Big Bang Integral Tourbillon High Jewellery watch.

Featuring Hublot’s in-house automatic tourbillon caliber housed in a case and bracelet set with 484 baguette-cut diamonds for a total of 31 carats, the Big Bang Integral Tourbillon High Jewellery is a fusion of Hublot’s innovation and know-how with High Jewellery in a single 43-mm-diameter piece, all in perfect balance.

“Every year, for the last 14 years, we have created a piece or a collection of exceptional High Jewellery,” says Ricardo Guadalupe, Hublot CEO. “This year, the Big Bang Integral Tourbillon High Jewellery is our 30th unique piece of High Jewellery. Our primary goal: to surpass all our limits, to challenge ourselves to go beyond our initial expertise of watchmaking, and to achieve the exceptional with watches that are entirely set with precious stones and smash all the records in terms of working hours, the number of carats, the combination of types of setting, and selling point. In so doing, our watchmaking know-how – in terms of mechanisms and complications – and our identity – the fusion of materials – remain essential. Hundreds of hours are spent on preparation – from the design, with regard to setting the precious stones, to searching for and cutting the stones, and to the setting itself – because setting a watch like the Big Bang Integral Tourbillon High Jewellery is a true technical and aesthetic achievement. We never give in to doubt because we like to make the impossible possible.”