Fri, Dec 30, 2016
Hublot’s new Big Bang Meca-10 limited edition watch features a movement with a Meccano-inspired design that is housed in a case made from Magic Gold, a scratch-resistant material made from gold and ceramic.
The Big Bang Meca-10 Magic Gold brings together the very best of mechanics, innovation and materials, says Hublot, adding that that watch is the very archetype of the Hublot philosophy.
“The watch is a demonstration of the journey undertaken by the Hublot, a story peppered with world firsts. It confirms the maison's pioneering spirit, one which sees materials as an endless source of possibilities and movements as the opportunity to escape watchmaking norms,” a spokesman says.
Developed and patented by Hublot, Magic Gold is billed as the first scratch-resistant gold and the hardest variety in the world. Certified by the Central Office for Precious Metals Control, it is the first scratch-resistant gold in the world and demonstrates a hardness of almost 1,000 Vickers.
Produced at the Nyon manufacture, the material is created by the fusion of 24-carat gold and ceramic.
The HUB1201 movement with built-in mechanics features two parallel barrels with a rack-driven power reserve indication system, two racks sliding on a 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock axis thanks to a rack and pinion system, a double power reserve display, and a Meccano-inspired architecture.
On the dial side, the Big Bang Meca-10 Magic Gold reveals the mechanics of the movement and the unusual architecture of its rack-driven 10-day power reserve.
Its manually wound skeleton mechanism displays the regulating organ at 7 o'clock, paired with small seconds.
Limited to 200 pieces, the unique and atypical Big Bang Meca-10 combines the best of mechanics and Hublot's own brand of innovation.
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