PURE FUSION

Hublot’s slew of new timepieces at LVMH Watch Week points to a unique mastery of disparate disciplines, and the ability to combine them in creative ways

Hand ublot looks to have pulled out all the stops for its showing at this year's LVMH Watch Week, although more is sure to come at Watches and Wonders Geneva, happening as this issue hits the newsstands. To kick things off, Hublot released a Big Bang watch cased in a SAXEM is an advanced material that features prominently in the field of satellite technology. The development of neon yellow SAXEM has taken the brand almost three years of work, and represents an important milestone for Hublot in material engineering. Details on these are covered in-depth in a separate story within this issue of WOW.

PRISMATIC BRILLIANCE

Neon yellow SAXEM aside, Hublot also unveiled several other bejewelled timepieces for connoisseurs of such watches. The showstoppers among them, the Big Bang Integrated King Gold Rainbow and Big Bang Integrated Time Only King Gold Rainbow, are a pair of fraternal twins in spirit – stylistically, at least. The former clocks in at a slightly larger 42mm case, and features an integrated chronograph, while the latter is more compactly sized at 40mm, with just a date display at 6 o’clock.

Beyond their differences in dimensions and calibres, the two are largely similar. This begins with cases and bracelets rendered in Hublot’s proprietary King Gold alloy, which has a warmer tone than typical rose gold alloys. Upon such a canvas, the manufacture has applied the full pavé treatment with various gems including ruby, amethyst, blue topaz, and tsavorite, as well as pink, orange, blue, and yellow sapphires. The result is a pair of showstoppers clad in precious stones that span the full spectrum of the rainbow, from their dials’ indices to the cases, bracelets, and clasps.