By Kien Lee
In a coming collectively of haute horlogerie and haute joaillerie, Hublot unveils on the LVMH Watch Week 2023, the Hublot Huge Bang Unico Built-in Rainbow & Huge Bang Unico Time Solely Rainbow – each absolutely paved with gems from case to bezel to bracelet.
Treasured stones take their place alongside probably the most beautiful minerals: ruby, amethyst, blue topaz, tsavorite, in addition to an entire spectrum of sapphires – pink, orange, blue and yellow. Every radiant gemstone with its personal distinctive hue, the delicate nuances of which have been paired, one after the other, by the grasp stone-setter on the Nyon manufacture.
There are 174 gems in whole for the Huge Bang Built-in and 176 gems for the Time Solely, and the bracelet for each bit options 768 and 748 set gems respectively.
Each timepieces are lower from King Gold, mastered solely by its personal manufacture. This alloy gives a hotter gold color than conventional 18K 5N gold. Containing platinum, it lends itself completely to all of the sharpening and satin-finishing operations used to full impact on these two variations, alternating flat satin-finished surfaces and polished chamfers whose brilliance sparkles in concord with every of the gems set on the piece.
Lastly, the 2 items share the identical utterly black dial: fundamental plate, flange and date window. These parts are cloaked in an intense black which gives the right monochrome backdrop to showcase the complete radiance of the rainbow setting.
Two giant skeleton arms and a gold crown over-moulded with black rubber positioned on both facet at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock.
The Huge Bang Unico Built-in Rainbow is a chronograph, outfitted with the Unico Manufacture self-winding motion – the unique motion from the Hublot Manufacture – a skeleton calibre providing an influence reserve of three full days. This prestigious mechanism beats inside a big 42-mm diameter case.
The Huge Bang Unico Time Solely Rainbow is housed inside a 40-mm diameter case, marking the primary time this diameter has been out there on the Huge Bang because it was unveiled in 2022. The motion, three arms and date on this “Time Solely” are the right match for the case which fills the entire area. The timepiece additionally boasts a thickness of 9.25 mm, making it a snug, but eye-catching match on the wrist.
