Hublot kickstarted the Swiss industry’s obsession with material experimentation in 1980, when it produced the first luxury gold watch on a natural rubber strap. The brand upped the ante on that proposition in 2005 with the Big Bang, a sporty mechanical chronograph that incorporated gold, ceramic, Kevlar, carbon, tungsten, tantalum and rubber in its design. This year, the brand looks back on 20 years of bold, risk-taking timepieces with five limited edition 43 mm Big Bang models, each combining signature details from the original Big Bang and the later Big Bang Unico.
Equipped with movements featuring gold oscillating weights engraved with the words “20 Years Hublot Big Bang" and specially engraved crowns displaying the Hublot 20th anniversary logo, the models are housed in a range of materials. The Big Bang 20th Anniversary Titanium Ceramic ($20,800) and Big Bang 20th Anniversary King Gold Ceramic ($38,400), limited to 500 pieces and 250 pieces, respectively, offer contrasting versions of the Big Bang’s signature look. Limited to 100 pieces, the Big Bang 20th Anniversary Red Magic ($31,800) combines bright red ceramic, first achieved in 2018, with a carbon-patterned dial. The 500-piece Big Bang 20th Anniversary All Black edition ($25,200) revisits a 2006 design that pioneered the concept of “invisible visibility" in a matte a and polished black ceramic. Last but not least comes the 100-piece Big Bang 20th Anniversary Full Magic Gold edition ($40,500), housed in Hublot’s proprietary scratch-resistant 18k gold alloy.
Case Size: 43 mm
Case Material: Titanium, ceramic, King Gold and Magic Gold
Power Reserve: 72 hours
Strap: Rubber straps
Price: $20,800–$40,500
From the article by Paige Reddinger, Oren Hartov, Victoria Gomelsky, Carol Besler, Justin Fenner
