Hublot's new watches for 2020

Hublot "Spirit of Big Bang Meca-10"

　The Spirit of Big Bang Meca-10 has been announced, featuring the Meca-10 movement, which boasts a power reserve of approximately 10 days and is housed in the tonneau-shaped case of the Spirit of Big Bang. The overall structure has been revised to perfectly fit the movement into the case shape, which differs from the Big Bang, and technical refinements and design adjustments, including component placement, have been made. The Meca-10, or Caliber HUB1233, features a rack-and-pinion scale that slides along a line between 9 and 3 o'clock, and a power reserve indicator at 3 o'clock that moves in sync with the scale. Designed with a dialless concept, the movement's components, such as the mainspring, balance, and gears, are supported by skeletonized bridges, allowing the movement to be viewed from both sides. The lineup includes a reddish 18K King Gold case, a black ceramic case bearing the name Black Magic, and a grade 5 titanium case.

Big Bang GMT All Black Yohji Yamamoto "Hublot Boutique Ginza" Limited Edition Model

　The Hublot Boutique Ginza held its grand opening on Ginza Chuo-dori in May 2020. The Big Bang GMT All Black Yohji Yamamoto is a limited edition model commemorating the opening of this new boutique. This model was created in collaboration with world-renowned fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto. Based on the duality concept, the GMT function indicates the time of two cities within a single watch, and the use of black, a color synonymous with Yohji Yamamoto, expresses this complex yet simple beauty. The watch is equipped with the in-house Unico HUB1251 movement, which allows the hour hand to be independently adjusted by pressing the push-buttons at 2 and 4 o'clock. The arrow-shaped sub-hour hand and day/night indicator are set using the crown. In keeping with the duality concept, the Yohji Yamamoto logo printed at 6 o'clock is doubled, making it a must-see. This model, which inherits the "Invisible Visibility" concept announced in 2006, is an all-black model with a microblasted black ceramic case, black hands, a black rubber strap, and a smoked sapphire crystal. It will be sold exclusively at the Hublot Boutique Ginza in just 50 pieces.

Big Bang MP-11 SAXEM

　Hublot embodies its "Art of Fusion" concept with the Big Bang MP-11 SAXEM by using a high-tech material never before used for a watch case. The result of Hublot's extensive research and development, green SAXEM is a material made by mixing aluminum oxide, the primary component of sapphire, with rare earth elements such as thulium and holmium, and chromium. This material is harder than emerald, which is soft to machine, and more luminous than sapphire. Furthermore, the lack of tension within SAXEM makes it more stable to form, and its cubic crystalline structure ensures consistent color and strength regardless of the angle the case is viewed from. The entire green SAXEM case is polished, contrasting with the six black titanium H-shaped screws on the bezel and the black titanium crown with rubber insert. The watch's manual-winding movement, Cal. HUB9011, has seven barrels providing a power reserve of approximately 14 days (approximately 336 hours). To achieve both a multi-cylindrical structure with the barrels positioned on a horizontal axis and the power transmission of the vertical gear that controls the hour and minute displays, it employs a 90-degree worm gear, a rare feature in watches. The balance and gears are supported by a skeletonized bridge, and each element, including the barrels, can be viewed from the dial side and the transparent caseback. The mainspring can be wound manually using a worm screw with a spiral gear motif, or by an electrically rotating hexalobular hand (Torx stylus) inspired by pit work in car racing.