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Return To The Origins Of Yellow Gold HUBLOT RECONNECTS WITH ITS FOUNDING SPIRIT
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ublot presents six models: Classic Fusion, Big Bang and Spirit of Big Bang. Made entirely from yellow gold, these models pay tribute to the brand’s preferred material, which saw a resurgence around 40 years ago.
The new Hublot pieces exclusively unveiled at LVMH Watch Week recapture the original essence of the manufacture: the fusion of gold and rubber in a sporty chic aesthetic, at a time when, over 40 years ago, the concept of the sport chic watch didn’t even exist. Each of these six pieces represents a little piece of the manufacture’s history and the way in which it is moving forward. A clear line between what Hublot was, is and will be. Charting 40 years of history, expertise, creativity, total technical mastery and the foundations of a legend which, 40 years ago, had just one model: the Classic Original of 1980. Today, each piece marks a chapter in the great Hublot adventure: the birth of the Big Bang, the Classic Fusion, the Spirit of Big Bang, the art of stone setting, skeleton work and the creation of the first manufacture movements, among others. In their own individual 36
way, these six pieces fuse the aes- gold with a rubber strap and thetic and technical elements of Unico movement. It is the ultiHublot’s signature. Yet always mate embodiment of Hublot’s with a common denominator: 100% manufacture ethos, and yellow gold and black. It finds its features a calibre with a 3-day most essential expression in the power reserve and an exteriClassic Fusion Chronograph. or that fuses yellow gold, deep This is the first time it has been black, skeleton work, perforproduced in yellow gold in a mance and power. diameter of 42 mm. A clean, understated, stylish, self-windAnd finally, the Spirit of Big ing bicompax: the first, original Bang. Here the emphasis is and unique. on the design, which takes the form of an exquisite tonneau It is followed closely by the Big with alternating straight lines Bang Integral, made entirely and curves, featuring polished from yellow gold (case, bezel and satin-finished surfaces of and bracelet). This version, de- brilliant yellow gold which cresigned from a single block of ate a spectacular dance of light. solid gold, is also available ful- In a 42 mm version with skelely set with diamonds, alongside ton movement, it shares its One the ultimate Haute Joaillerie Click interchangeable strap version. This iconic trio is system with the Big Bang and completed by the latest gener- is still powered by the calibre ation of Hublot’s contemporary HUB4700, one of the most accucollections: the one and only rate movements available with a Big Bang Unico, and the sculp- rate of 5 Hz (36,000 vib/h). tural Spirit of Big Bang. The Big Bang is the first to feature a HUBLOT.COM 42 mm case entirely in yellow
