Press release, March 2009
The Big Bang Apple, precious and luminous with its tsavorite-set bezel and its case in red gold or black ceramic, sports an alligator strap lined with rubber. A fusion of emotions, materials and colours, the “Big Bang Apple” chronograph could be one you'd like to “get your teeth into”!
TECHNICAL DATA
Case: “Big Bang” 41 mm diameter in 5N gold (or black ceramic)
Bezel: 5N gold with 6 titanium H-shaped screws - sunken, polished and blocked, set with 48 tsavorite baguette
Crystal: Sapphire crystal with interior anti-reflection treatment
Bezel lug: Green (or black) composite resin
Lateral inserts: Green composite resin
Back: 5N gold (or titanium) with sapphire crystal, interior anti-reflection treatment
Crown: 5N gold (or titanium) with green rubber insert
Push-pieces: 5N gold (or titanium), rectangular with green rubber insert
Screws: Titanium
Water-resistance: 100 m or 10 ATM
Dial: White with satin-finished 5N gold-plated figures and appliqué index markers (or mat black with black figures and appliqué index markers)
Hands: Faceted, diamond-polished, 5N gold plated, with white luminescent feature (or black nickel without luminescent)
Movement: Mechanical chronograph with automatic winding, Hublot HUB4300 calibre
No. of components: 278
Rubies: 37
Bridges: Polished, satin-finish with chamfered edges
Screws: Black PVD
Calendar: Trapezoid aperture at 4:30
Oscillating weight: Tungsten carbide with dimpled surface coated with black PVD
Bottom plate: Sand-blasted; rhodium-plated
Barrel: With reinforced spring
Escapement: Glucydur balance spring
Power reserve: 42 hours
Strap: Adjustable green alligator with rubber lining
Clasp: 5N gold (or black PVD coated steel) and black PVD coated deployant clasp
