Hublot : Casually elegant denim or a smart evening suit

Big Bang Dark Jeans Ceramic 

Case : beadblasted ceramics, composite resin lugs, crown with rubber inserts, transparent sapphire back Diameter : 44mm Movement : mechanical self-winding (Caliber MHUB4100, 42h power reserve) 252 parts Functions : hours, minutes, seconds, three-counter chronograph, date Dial : authentic treated denim Water-resistance : 100m Strap : authentic denim on rubber with folding clasp. Limited series : 250

 

Classic Fusion Tourbillon Night-Out

Case : polished ceramics, composite resin lugs, crown with rubber inserts, transparent sapphire back Diameter : 45mm Movement : mechanical hand-wound (Caliber MHUB6011, 120h power reserve), 150 parts Functions : hours, minutes, tourbillon Dial : black lacquered, ten baguette-cut diamond hour-markers (0.36 cts) Water resistance : 30m Strap : black calfskin on rubber with folding clasp Limited series : 30

Now firmly established on the high-end watchmaking scene, Hublot’s limited series continue to appeal to devotees of watches with a strong personality, who succumb to the charms of their various guises according to the situations and worlds they allude to. Echoing the Big Bang Jean launched last year and already a big hit on ladies’ fashion runways, the Big Bang Dark Jeans Ceramic will in turn delight men sensitive to the elegance of denim as well as to the performances of the chronograph. Meanwhile, the more formal Tourbillon Classic Fusion Night-Out appeals by the dark and shiny contrasts between its polished ceramic case and its lacquered dial set with baguette-cut diamonds that set the stage for a tourbillon featuring a bridge with a resolutely modern architecture. Its entirely in-house developed movement with its five-day power reserve may be admired in action through the sapphire caseback. After the “Crocodile Dundee” of the 7th Art comes the “Chrono Dial Dandy” of the 12th Art (the art of time measurement).


Brice Lechevalier is editor-in-chief of GMT and Skippers, which he co-founded in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He has also been CEO of WorldTempus since it joined the GMT Publishing stable, of which he is director and joint shareholder. In 2012 he created the Geneva Watch Tour, and he has been an advisor to the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève since 2011. Also closely involved in sailing, he has published the magazine of the Société Nautique de Genève since 2003, and was one of the founders of the SUI Sailing Awards in 2009 and the Concours d’Elégance for motor boats at the Cannes Yachting Festival in 2015.

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