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Tuesday, April 27, 2021
HUBLOT – BIG BANG Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire 43 Edition
HUBLOT – BIG BANGIntegral Tourbillon Full Sapphire 43Edition2021
BIG BANGIntegral Tourbillon Full Sapphire: A FEAT OF PURE SAPPHIRE
It
is true that sometimes less is more – perhaps a lot more. With the Big
Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire, Hublot has taken its Art of
Fusion to its ultimate conclusion. A new integral bracelet and case
custom-made from sapphire: this feat affirms yet again the technical
proficiency and the exceptional expertise that Hublot has acquired in
the working of sapphire.
7th April 2021– For some, this will seem a natural development. For
others, it will be a total disconnect. The final result is a little of
each. The Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire is the fruit of a
long tradition. It is rooted in 2016, and the Big Bang Unico Sapphire,
the first sapphire watch. With this piece,
Hublot translated the
expertise it had developed in machining very hard materials to create an
exceptional series of sapphire watches. Today, Hublot is pushing these
boundaries even further: the first Big Bang with an integrated case and
bracelet, both of which are made from sapphire. A natural (r)evolution
and a highly technical feat in equal measure.
" For such an exceptional creation, we opted for the new Automatic
Tourbillon calibre with its sapphire bridges, the transparency of which
creates a stunning spectacle. The act of creating an integrated case and
bracelet from sapphire was, however, deemed impossible. But we were the
first brand to gain perfect mastery of sapphire, industrialising it and
making it reproducible in series production. It took us five years to
bring our first sapphire cases to life – and almost as long for the
bracelet. Producing both from sapphire and integrating them together is
the pinnacle of the in-depth work undertaken by all of Hublot's teams.
We are proud to be the ones writing the first lines in this new chapter
in the history of materials". - Ricardo Guadalupe, HUBLOT CEO
Watchmakers are sometimes the only ones to know certain details of their
watches. With a case and bracelet made entirely from sapphire, all
secrets are revealed: the movement and casing fuse, and every aspect is
visible.
The goal: to remove almost all of the visible screws, overhaul
the general geometry of the case to integrate it with the sapphire
bracelet, develop a new case profile to house the sapphire bracelet, and
rework the bridges and main plates to give them the illusion of being
suspended in space.
Hublot also developed inserts and attachments which
were reduced to their simplest expression, to allow light through every
component. The case is thus composed of no fewer than 37 components,
five of which are made solely from sapphire.
The bracelet was also a complex challenge: it alone comprises 165
components, 22 of which are made from sapphire. Each component had its
own industrial process.
Of particular note are the titanium inserts
Hublot developed, ultra-reduced to ensure they do not protrude either
side of each bracelet link – a first for the manufacture, and probably
for watchmaking.
In terms of the movement, the HUB6035automatic manufacture calibre,
entirely designed and manufactured in-house, is the beating heart of the
piece. It demonstrates a perfect balance between the micro-rotor at 12
o'clock and the tourbillon at 6 o'clock, and also with its three
transparent sapphire bridges, exclusive to this new Big Bang.
The
components appear to be literally suspended in space. Each gear train is
not only penetrated by light coming in from the dial side and passing
through the skeleton movement on the other side: now, and for the first
time, light enters the heart of the Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full
Sapphire from all directions.
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