The Hublot Big Bang Blue is a new version of the brand’s Big Bang flyback chronograph, perfect for the beach (more beach watches here). Its blue color scheme, with blue and white natural rubber strap or blue alligator strap with white rubber lining and blue stitching, recalls Hublot’s collaborations with the brand’s ambassador Lapo Elkann,…
Punctual for the 2016 European football championships in Paris, Hublot presents its limited edition Big Bang Unico Retrograde Chronograph Euro2016, “Official Licensed Watch” of UEFA Euro 2016. It is a limited edition of 100 pieces, already on sale. This watch also marks Hublot’s tenth anniversary of involvement in football, which began in 2006 when the…
Ferrari is one of the most powerful brands in the world, and Hublot have been enjoying their partnership with the racing-car marque since 2011. At Baselworld they presented four new Big Bang Ferrari watches, two with a case blending carbon and metal, in King Gold and titanium versions, and two with gaudier striped straps and…
For the 10th anniversary of the Big Bang Chronograph, Hublot have presented their first perpetual calendar chronograph, a watch that also includes a chronograph and a moon phase display. The information is combined on the dial in a design that expresses complexity, with skeletonized movement visible beneath the sapphire dial. The subdials combine different functions…
This is the most complicated watch released to date by Hublot, and it demonstrates their desire to move in the direction of making all their own movements. CEO Ricardo Guadalupe said, “Several years ago, our objective was for Hublot to the join the ranks of the most prestigious brands by producing almost all new materials…
This is the operation that was announced by Hublot in November 2014 and presented at Baselworld 2015: the Hublot Big Bang Unico Italia Independent is the result of a partnership with Lapo Elkann’s company Italia Independent whose core business is eyewear. The Big Bang flyback chronograph is Hublot’s classic Unico, but with a case and…
At Baselworld 2015, Hublot presented three new Big Bang Unico models to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the watch that was pivotal to the brand’s success. The Full Magic Gold version is made with a case and bezel in scratch-resistant Magic Gold, an alloy created from 75% gold and 25% ceramic. The bezel has the…
Company profile: Hublot was founded in 1980 by Carlo Crocco, who named it after the French word for “porthole.” Crocco’s initial concept was for a watch with a case having a flat bezel with exposed screws (the porthole appearance) and a rubber strap, at the time something of an innovation, and made using a substance…
The Big Bang Unico All Black was presented by none other than Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprint champion who broke the world indoor 100 metre record in Warsaw on 23 August 2014. At the Hublot boutique on New Bond Street, London, he chose his favourite, Blue, from the four versions available. The watch is a limited…
The Antikythera Sunmoon MP-08 (reference 908.NX.1010.GR) by Hublot was presented as a limited edition of 20 pieces, price $272,000, at Baselworld 2013, and it’s an impressive piece of watchmaking. Its inspiration is the Antikythera, a mechanism found in the remains of a ship off the island of Antikythera in the early 20th century. Ever since,…