HUBLOT – Spirit of BIG BANG Titanium DRAGON Edition

 

HUBLOT – Spirit of BIG BANG Titanium DRAGON Automatic Special Limited Edition 2024 

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 Hublot takes on a Chinese trinity
A symbol: an eastern dragon also known as the ‘loong’
Two ancient art forms: paper cutting and marquetry
An artist: Chen Fenwan

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The Spirit of Big Bang Titanium Dragon is a collaboration with renowned Chinese artist Chen Fenwan, and features a stunning 3D silhouette of an eastern dragon, gracefully layered across the dial. Each element, from the hands to the H-shaped screws, is meticulously arranged to bring this mythical creature to life. The dragon, a symbol of luck, strength, and wisdom, is not just a design element but an emblem of the watch’s deep cultural significance.

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Drawing inspiration from the traditional Chinese art of paper cutting, the Spirit of Big Bang Titanium Dragon layers its hands, wheels and H-shaped screws to form a 3D silhouette of an eastern dragon. Hublot presents a rubber strap with a marquetry design for the very first time. 

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Created in collaboration with the Chinese artist Chen Fenwan, this limited edition of 88 pieces is the perfect fusion of tradition and modernity, combining metaphors and symbols in the spirit of Hublot: first, unique, different!

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In the Chinese calendar, 2024 marks the return of the Dragon, which comes around every 12 years. This celestial creature, revered in Chinese culture, is associated with prosperity. A symbol of luck, strength and wisdom, the dragon is also an imperial icon that embodies life and immortality.  Loong is a symbol, an icon, and the universal auspicious meaning is the foundation of  Loong culture.

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Equivalent to the year 4722 in the Chinese calendar, 2024 marks the year of the Wood Dragon. Through artist Chen Fenwan’s paper-cutting expertise, Hublot pays homage to wood through the natural fibres that form the soul and spirit of paper.

So, can you recognise what’s hidden within the dragon?

This piece is a metaphor for the ‘Art of Fusion’ and the art of continually reimagining materials and their areas of expression. 

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A symbol of Hublot’s philosophy, the Hublot creates a different way to interpret times,  through its distinctive features. The components of its pieces: hands, cogs or screws, are positioned in multi-dimensional layers to form a dragon’s silhouette created in paper cut-outs by the Chinese artist Chen Fenwan. 

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The dragon’s head made up offive layers that alternate between hands, wheels and H-shaped screws, with a body and scales that extend onto the strap. The colours, reflect those of the paper cut-out sculpture created by Chen Fenwan.

A metaphor for the ‘Art of Fusion’

Celebrating the Year of the Dragon, this watch is also a metaphor for the ‘Art of Fusion’ embodied by the eastern dragon. Also known as the Loong, it takes on the features of nine different animals—the eyes of a prawn, the horns of a deer, the mouth of a bull, the nose of a dog, the whiskers of a catfish, the mane of a lion, the long tail of a snake, the scales of a fish and the claws of an eagle. A dragon whose metamorphosis has taken place over several thousands of years. 

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Under Chen Fenwan’s touch, this sacred animal, talisman and totem, celebrates one of the greatest cultural legacies of Chinese art: the art of paper cutting. This is a craft that originated in China around 2,000 years ago, coincinding with the invention of paper. Chinese paper cutting has been on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2009 and is used to express the moral principles, philosophies and aesthetic ideals of its creators. 

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It is used in festivities to honour events such as weddings and births, and paper-cut decorations symbolising happiness and good luck are intrinsic to Chinese New Year celebrations.

Hublot invites Chinese Tradition into 2024 with a Hublot first: a rubber strap with a marquetry design

Hublot has invited Chinese artist Chen Fenwan to combine traditional Chinese “sculpture in the round” with contemporary art, creating a majestic and dynamic loong, which conveys an auspicious atmosphere as it rises to the heavens. This artwork symbolizes the ever-renewing totem of life. Expressing Hublot’s philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.

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In a 42 mm titanium case, Hublot transposes the layered effects of paper cutting into a multi-level dial construction overlaying a base panel with several levels of appliqués that incirporate the aesthetic codes of Hublot’s components.The dragon’s silhouette extends onto the rubber strap, which features a rubber marquetry motif—a first for Hublot. Each of the dragon’s scales is coloured and nano-vulcanised to be integrated into the strap. This delicate decorative operation is carried out entirely by hand and takes around 8 hours per strap. 

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The Spirit of Big Bang Titanium Dragon, offered in a limited edition of 88 pieces, comes with a second, titanium-grey Velcro fabric strap. Tthis Chinese New Year celebration features an HUB1710 automatic movement and power reserve of 50 hours.

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CHEN FENWAN

Chen Fenwan graduated from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and currently lives and works between
Guangzhou and Foshan. When she was younger, she was heralded as one of the top upcoming paper artists
in China by the media. Most of her works lie in the language of paper, bringing imagination of narrative on
flexible materials, usually with large scale and multi-dimensional pieces. She excels at combining her personal
experience with universal memories, in which the emotional tension of collective resonance gather to
communicate with a wider audience and inhabit public spaces.
Chen Fenwan was named as one to watch by the Chinese Modern Art Archive (CMAA) in 2019. In 2022, her
two in-site works Hello, Walls and Papercut on the Earth’s Window exhibit in Art Field Naihai Guangdong. In
2021, The West Lake in Vectorial Dynamic was created as a public work through solicitation. One of her
Representatives Lucky Garden participates in the 2021 Chengdu Biennale Exhibition, as well as the ten-year
exhibition of Zhejiang Art Museum in 2019. Infinite has been touring exhibited for 11 times from 2018 to 2021.
In recent years, she has taken "symmetry" as her personal research topic, to continue to her large-scale
artworks such as A Symmetrical Nature series and Jintian in Tianjin, constantly giving new understanding to
stage by way of contemporary paper cutting.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:   Spirit of BIG BANG Titanium DRAGON Edition

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 Reference:   646.NX.6600.RX.CHF24  

Case 
Satin-finished and Polished Titanium
Material:    Titanium
Case Size:   42mm
Case Back:    Open
Bezel Satin-finished and Polished Titanium
Sapphire with Anti-reflective Treatment
Water Resistance:    100m/10 bar
Dial
Multi-level dial with 3D effect, based on the works of artist Chen Fen Wan
Color:   Artistic Dial, Pink, Purple
Luminescence:    Yes
Movement
Self-winding Movement
Caliber:    HUB1710
Frequency: 4 Hz (28'800 A/H)
Power reserve: 50 hours
Number of components: 166
Jewels: 27
Functions:    Hours, Minutes, Central Seconds
Strap
Black Rubber with Dragon Scale Decoration. 
Additional strap: Grey Fabric with Velcro and Black Ceramic Buckle
Material:    Rubber
Color:   Blue, Pink
Buckle Type:  Black Ceramic Folding Clasp

🔰 Limited Edition to Only ❱❱❱ 88 pieces 

 🔴 Price: 

• 28’000.00 CHF💰
  30’800.00 EUR💰
  29’500.00 USD💰
  25’400.00 GBP💰

 New Model - 2024

 January 8th, 2024 Posted in: Shaped collection Tags: 646.NX.6600.RX.CHF24, chen fenwan, wood cutting, loong, art, lunar new year, spirit of big bang, chinese new year, year of the dragon

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GARRICK –S2 Deadbeat Seconds Edition

GARRICK – S2 Deadbeat Seconds 42mm Limited Edition 2024

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True to Garrick’s mandate of elevating homegrown British watchmaking, the Norwich-based artisan brand is now introducing one of the most esoteric of complications in the Garrick S2 Deadbeat Seconds. The new Garrick S2 deadbeat seconds is the latest timepiece to leave the confines of our workshop. The watch is handcrafted in-house by Master Watchmaker Stuart Smith. Each component stands testament to Smith’s unwavering pursuit of excellence.

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Previously, all of Garrick’s movements have incorporated a small seconds indication. However, for the first time, with the advent of the Calibre DB-GO6, the brand unveils its latest model endowed with a deadbeat seconds display, the aptly named Garrick S2 Deadbeat Seconds.

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The Deadbeat seconds is one of the most unusual complications in haute horology. Generally, the easiest way to tell if a timepiece is mechanical or quartz is whether the hand sweeps or ticks. Sweeping traditionally means mechanical, ticking means quartz. 

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The dead-beat flips that on its head in gloriously idiosyncratic style by lavishing countless hours of mechanical ingenuity to allow it to stop between seconds. Thanks to the large Garrick Trinity free-sprung balance wheel at 6 o’clock however, there’s no mistaking the S2 Deadbeat for anything but mechanical.

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This new complication is possible via the Calibre DB-GO6 calibre, a movement built in-house, painstakingly finished by watchmaker Stuart Smith. 

Each movement is built from the ground-up – no adapting pre-assembled movements here – finished with frosted gold, black gold or rhodium plated bridges with mirror polished, engraved or hand bevelled cocks. Only then is it placed in the timelessly handsome S2 case.

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This watch is housed in a 42mm 904L stainless steel case, made within the confines of the company’s Norwich workshop. The case exhibits a brilliant gleam, courtesy of a linishing machine and expert polishing. A fluted onion crown adds a flurry of style and proves simple to manipulate. Garrick also offers an 18-carat gold case option for those prospective clients seeking the ultimate expression of luxury.

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Two versions of the dial are available – the original S2 MK1 with applied heat blued skeleton chapter ring and the MK2 which features a thin circular grained chapter ring with infilled markers.

Both versions are available with frosted or engine turned finishes.

The engine-turned dial, sometimes termed 'guilloché', is an exemplar of hand craftsmanship and is produced entirely in-house on one of Garrick’s historic rose and straight-line engines. 

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It is available in a choice of rhodium or gold plate finishes. In the case of the rhodium dial, it is treated on three separate occasions in order to achieve an attractive shade of dark grey. Alternatively, would-be wearers can choose from different dial motifs and colours, sating any personal preferences.

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Clients can choose from polished, brushed or thermally blued steel lancine or anchor hands, again made in-house, featuring faceted edges, augmenting readability.  

It takes around five days to build and finish the dial of the Garrick S2 Deadbeat Seconds.

A chapter ring, framing the centrally positioned, engine-turned motif, sits on a higher level and is adorned with a circular-grained pattern. The hours are denoted with thermally blued Roman numerals, while a chemin de fer facilitates the read-off of minutes and seconds. The lancine hands, again made in-house, feature faceted edges, augmenting readability. Clients can choose from polished, brushed or thermally blued steel hands.

It takes around five days to build and finish the dial of the Garrick S2 Central Seconds. However, it is the company’s belief that haste seldom yields greatness.

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Upholding the design language of the company’s popular Portsmouth model, the dial includes a large aperture at 6 o’clock. This opening grants views of the balance wheel oscillating to and fro. The mainplate can be specified in frosted gold plate or rhodium plate with perlage decoration.

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The Calibre UT-GO6 can be viewed via the exhibition caseback. The rim of the balance wheel is made of a patented anti-magnetic alloy called Sircumet. The rate of the movement is altered by adjusting the timing screws on the balance. These screws are set inboard, mitigating air turbulence and, in so doing, augmenting precision.

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Whether its the engine-turned dial, the applied chapter ring with thermally blued numerals, the in-house hands or the elevated movement finishing, with this British watch, peerless craftsmanship abounds. The S2 Central Seconds represents the pinnacle of Garrick ownership and confers a degree of exclusivity seldom found with mass-produced watches.

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Please note: Each watch is handmade to order and our current build time is around 52 weeks.

Please note: Every watch is made to order, and we reserve 10 build slots per anum. The estimated delivery for our next batch is 2025.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model:  S2 Deadbeat Seconds Limited Edition

Movement
Exclusive Garrick calibre DB-G06, in-house - manual-winding
- 21 jewels
- 18,000 vph
In-house free-sprung Trinity balance
Tested and regulated to ensure a daily varaince of +X seconds
Gold or silver frosted finish
Functions
    Central running seconds
    Power Reserve: 45 hours
Hands
    Handmade steel, grained, polished or heat blued Hours & Minutes
    Heat blued or polished sub seconds
Case
    904L Stainless Steel
    42mm Diameter
    10 mm Depth
    Sapphire crystal with AR coating
    22mm Lugs

    Sapphire crystal caseback
    Onion-style crown
    Water Resistant to 100m
Dial
In-house hand-turned guilloché dials in two designs
Applied chapter rings
Anchor or faceted Lancine hands, made in-house
Different types of plating/colours available
Hours, minutes, jumping seconds
Strap
Handmade leather strap (alligator, calf, buffalo, ostrich) with stainless steel pin buckle

 

🔴 Price: Deadbeat Seconds £19,000 ex VAT and £22,800 inc VAT (UK) Taxes deducted at checkout.💰

Limited edition


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