Just days after presenting a slew of watches in bold designs and eye catching colors at Watches & Wonders, Hublot has trumped the lot with the world’s first minute repeater in a ceramic watch.
“Being the first, different and unique has never been truer than for this Big Bang Integral Minute Repeater Ceramic. The first ceramic minute repeater in the world, the first Integral Big Bang in black ceramic, the first with a tourbillon: Hublot is pushing the limits of fine watch making far, very far. But as always, we do not see it as a zenith: it is a milestone which, in turn, will open up new horizons leading us to other horological explorations,” says Hublot CEO Ricardo Guadalupe.
Hublot has been honing its skills in ceramic for 20 years, creating it in different colors and engineering it into complex shapes and finishes that would have seemed impossible a decade ago.
Having created the case and integrated bracelet in black and white ceramic, Hublot has slotted a MHUB801 hand wound movement into place with a tourbillon and cathedral minute repeater gongs.
Hublot had to overcome the challenge of making the Big Bang Integral Minute Repeater Ceramic water resistant, despite the movable trigger piece that operates the Minute Repeater.
The company also had to engineer the entire movement and watch head in order to make a clear and powerful sound within a 100% ceramic case.
There are 18 pieces being made for the whole world in white and the same number in black, both in 43mm diameter case sizes and priced at £244,000.
