ORANGE CRUSH
Hublot makes a big bang with the world’s first orange sapphire watchcase
From eye-popping yellow to cool transparent, Hublot has mastered the machining of sapphires to create one-of-a-kind shades for its watchcases. With the new Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Orange Sapphire, it has achieved another world first by adding a new colour to its palette of through-tinted sapphires. The latest iteration of the Big Bang Tourbillon additionally features a new self-winding tourbillon movement and reinvented architecture with its micro-rotor visible on the dial side.
With its own metallurgy & materials laboratory, Hublot has released several striking timepieces where the sapphire cases and dials act as transparent settings for sophisticated mechanics, including the transparent Big Bang Unico Sapphire and, most recently, the Spirit of Big Bang Yellow Sapphire. Reinterpreting the Big Bang Sapphire Tourbillon in this new orange shade involved incorporating titanium and chromium into the mix, the translucent bezel and case in orange sapphire crystal enhanced by six H-shape titanium screws that characterise the iconic Big Bang design.
The calibre on the Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Orange Sapphire is equipped with three sapphire bridges for the first time: a barrel bridge, automatic bridge and a tourbillon barrette. The tourbillon cage at six o’clock affords a glimpse into the mechanical heart of the model, while the legibility of the open dial is enhanced by hands and indices with a luminescent coating. The transparent orange rubber strap, with a patented express One Click interchangeability system, completes the look of this limited edition release, which is limited to 50 pieces. hublot.com