The new Big Bang Meca-10 Blue Ceramic reflects the factory's technical and aesthetic boldness with its unusual architecture designed based around a construction set, its 10-day power reserve, and a stylised skeleton revealing the originality of a cogwheel power reserve indicator.
Forged in blue ceramic, its 45mm case opens to a bluish skeleton mechanism and comes with a rubber strap in the same royal colour. The modern and distinctive Big Bang Meca-10 Blue Ceramic emulates the company's defining concept – The Art of Fusion or combining elements that ordinarily never appear together. The effect is to contrast and surprise, a distinctive signature. Here, the case, bezel, and folding clasp are made of high-tech ceramic – zirconium dioxide with high temperature sintering. Very hard and solid, yet lighter than steel, this material resists scratches and ageing.
The mechanics of this new model are as innovative as the materials comprising them. Developed over a span of two years, its manually-wound skeleton calibre, with a 10-day power reserve, contains 223 parts. A testament to beauty and technical expertise, it has two barrels parallel to the power reserve indicator: a cogwheel system with two rakes sliding along a horizontal axis. Accentuating this mechanical architecture, an opening at 3 o'clock unveils a red dot when the movement is nearing the final days of its power reserve, while a gearwheel at 6 o'clock indicates the exact number of days remaining and the regulating organ, coupled with the small second regulator, appears at 7 o'clock.
A second model made from King Gold–-an exclusive Hublot alloy–-brings together the radiance of red gold and the depth of the mat blue skeleton dial. With a sapphire back, this duo is worn with a lined structured rubber strap with a "One Click" fastener, for quick, easy, and safe changing.
For Ricardo Guadalupe, CEO of Hublot, this new Big Bang captures the brand's essence in all respects: "Made at our modern and perfectly integrated factory, the Big Bang Meca-10 demonstrates the complete mastery we have of our industrial resources, from R&D to the creation of calibres, high-tech cases, and innovative materials."
