Big Bang. In 1980 Carlo Crocco defied convention by creating a solid gold watch fitted with a black rubber strap. The watch was an instant hit at the 1980 Basel Fair, and gained immediate acceptance. The brand had many successes in the 1980s but when Jean Claude Biver joined the firm in 2004 a new phenomenon was born: Hublot created the Big Bang series of watches. The Big Bang was true to the original Hublot heritage of being unconventional, but which became a hit with the traditionally conservative watch enthusiast crowd.
Hublot Big Bang Chronograph. The Hublot Big Bang Chronograph is a conventional chronograph using a self-winding HUB 44 movement. Nothing unusual here. The large second hand is used in conjunction with the chronograph function. Two sub-dials display periods of elapsed time of up to twelve hours, while a third sub-dial displays continuous seconds.
What makes the Hublot Big Bang popular is not its movement but the multi-layered construction of its case and the use of non-traditional materials like tantalum and ceramic, carbon, rubber and Kevlar® combined with steel, Red Gold and rubber. While the original Big Bang was in 44mm cases, they are now available in 38mm, 41mm and 48mm case sizes. In a short period of time the elements of Hublot's Big Bang design has been copied by other watch manufacturers. A testament to the popularity of the new design.
Big Bang's are not cheap, with entry level models costing more than US$10,000, and higher end models costing several hundred thousand US dollars.
About Hublot. Hublot is a Swiss enterprise creating luxury watches and founded in 1980 by Carlo Crocco. In 2008, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the owners of Louis Vuitton, TAG Heuer, Zenith and Dior Montres, purchased Hublot.
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