Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic 20th Anniversary Sapphire

PINNACLE OF COMPLEXITY: HUBLOT UNVEILS CHF 1 MILLION BIG BANG 20TH ANNIVERSARY “MATERIALS AND HIGH COMPLICATIONS” UNIQUE SET

April 1st, Geneva, Switzerland - From one milestone to another, Hublot has certainly come a long way in 20 years. With the advent of the Big Bang, Hublot has forged itself into a fully-fledged manufacture that constantly breaks boundaries and manifests an alternative vision for the future of watchmaking through world-first innovations and daring designs. Through its exploration and advancement of materials as well as its unique approach to traditional high complications, the Big Bang’s impact can be felt across the spectrum.

For the 20th anniversary of the Big Bang, Hublot has created a one-of-a-kind set that highlights some of the manufacture’s greatest accomplishments in both material innovation as well as high- complications movements with its own twists. Aptly named the “Materials C High Complications” set, it features five unique pieces that stand out on their own right and tell a story when combined.

The first unique piece among the “Materials C High Complications” quintet is the Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Sapphire, highlighting the manufacture’s automatic micro-rotor tourbillon movement in an entirely transparent sapphire crystal case. Visible from the dial side, the 22k white gold micro-rotor takes on a special skeletonized execution for this commemorative unique piece, marked “20 YEARS”. The dual motions of the 60-second tourbillon and oscillating weight is completely illuminated by light entering the case and bezel.

A pioneer in vibrantly coloured sapphire crystal components, Hublot has created a unique version of the Big Bang Tourbillon Chronograph in Water Blue Sapphire, one of its latest developments in chromatic sapphire. The skeleton monopusher chronograph tourbillon calibre seemingly floats within the tropical blue tones of the crystalline case.

Ceramic has been prominently featured since the very first Big Bang models 2005. In the years that followed, Hublot would go on to develop its own capabilities of research, development and production of ceramic, resulting in several world-firsts and a range of colours. Among its proudest achievements is red ceramic, which is rendered even more exceptional in this unique rendition of the Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic.

A powerful combination of high complications, the unique Big Bang Tourbillon Chronograph Cathedral Minute Repeater in black frosted carbon fibre truly exemplifies Hublot’s approach in reinventing high-end watchmaking. Some of the most prized complications like the monopusher chronograph and minute repeater with cathedral gongs offer a unique look, feel and sound to this one of-a-kind creation.

Finally, The Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Cathedral Minute Repeater in Blue Texalium shines a light on Hublot’s extensive use of performance materials such as carbon fibre. Texalium features similar properties to conventional weaved carbon fibre but allows for more liberty in the tightness of the weave and the colours it takes on. For this unique piece, a deep blue colour was chosen, for the first time on the case, bezel as well as the integrated bracelet. The minute repeater offers a unique acoustic experience that’s vastly different than traditional metal cases, giving out chimes that are loud, crisp and clear.

For this exceptional and one-of-a-kind set, Hublot has created a unique display case for the five pieces in the Big Bang 20th Anniversary “Materials C High Complications” set, featuring a backlit panel with vertical lights where the watches are stored, protected by a sliding glass panel with a frosted finish and embellished with an engraved plaque marking “Materials C High Complications 1/1”.

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 (FIFA World CupTM 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, Premier League, 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.

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.