15 September 2021 SPIRIT OF BIG BANG GOLD CRYSTAL Gold crystal: alchemist Hublot creates magic It is often said that what Nature creates cannot be reproduced, as natural processes require both time and a complexity which are beyond the realms of human endeavour. Once again, Hublot has made the impossible possible by transmuting gold into its rarest and most exclusive form: gold crystal. This form of gold is unique, since it is impossible to reproduce two identical gold crystals. Beyond the fascination that gold has exerted on man since the dawn of time, it embodies everything that makes Hublot so distinctive: materials, minerals, metals; their fusion and their transformation into new forms of expression, unique and quite unexpected. An alchemy expressed both in the transmutation of the raw material and in the chemistry created by the spirit of the watch itself. This is the Spirit of Big Bang Gold Crystal. “Fusing and creating new materials is nothing new for Hublot: it is part of the brand's very essence. But now, the Manufacture has entered a new universe – the transmutation of metals – with its metallurgy laboratory and R&D department reproducing the rarest form of gold on earth: the crystallised native gold known as gold crystal. With its Spirit of Big Bang Cristal d’Or available in 39 and 42 mm, Hublot is not only transmuting gold, it is also transforming the DNA of its watchmaking signature – the Big Bang – into the tonneau shape of its Spirit of Big Bang. An alchemy of materials and spirit.” Ricardo Guadalupe HUBLOT CEO The mysteries of gold crystal Hublot invites you into the heart of a unique form of expertise, into the mysteries of the most precious and fascinating metal, as well as one of the oldest, born as the universe was created during the Big Bang, 13.8 billion years ago. The natural crystallisation of gold dates back tens of millions of years, to the time when the mountain ranges were formed. It was in these crevices in the earth that jets of pressurised heated water extracted the gold, redepositing it within seams in the rocks. As the rocks eroded, these seams were carried away by rain and water and deposited in the beds of rivers, creating nuggets of gold. On rare occasions, the right natural conditions would allow the gold to remain in its natural state: gold crystals, the rarest form of gold on earth. A true alchemist for our times, Hublot has now mastered a unique technique allowing natural crystallisation to be reproduced almost exactly. By heating the purest 24-carat gold to its melting point of 1064.18 degrees Celsius, its atoms are vaporised into a gaseous mixture before interlocking as the temperature is lowered, forming an open angular structure. Thousands of small crystals join together to create an architecture which is random, unique, and impossible to reproduce. The most perfect of these crystals are then carefully selected, with no more than 20% of the crystals produced making the grade. 더 보기 A gold and lacquered dial The expert hands of the master dial-maker apply the gold crystals to a black dial covered with a fine layer of transparent lacquer; the manufacturing process took this craftsman a year to research and develop, and the application must be undertaken in a controlled atmosphere to ensure no air bubbles can form on the surface. It takes around twenty layers of lacquer to encapsulate the gold crystals, and the dial is then polished to render the lacquer invisible, and perfectly smooth and uniform. Spirit of Big Bang Gold Crystal The Spirit of Big Bang is Hublot's tonneau-shaped watch, and it adopts all of the design codes of the iconic Big Bang: the six H-shaped screws on the bezel, the lugs either side of the case, the overmoulded rubber screw-down crown decorated with the iconic H, the sandwich type construction. To provide a perfect contrast with the gold of the crystals, the Spirit of Big Bang Cristal d’Or's case is covered in black ceramic and paired with a black alligator strap stitched onto rubber. Available in 39 and 42 mm, it will display the time for 50 hours without any winding of its Caliber HUB1710 automatic mechanical movement. 더 보기 최신 뉴스 클래식 퓨전 크로노그래프 UEFA 유로파 리그 티타늄 카본을 선보이다 2026년 1월 19일 - 이탈리아 밀라노 – 지난 20년 동안 위블로는 축구에 대한 확고하고 폭넓은 지속적인 노력과 지원을 이어오며, 지역, 대륙, 글로벌 차원에서 다양한 리그, 팀, 선수들을 적극적으로 후원해 왔습니다. 축구 분야에서 세계적으로 가장 중요하고 현대적인 워치 메이킹 스폰서십 및 라이선싱 파트너십을 구축해 온 브랜드로서, 이러한 활동은 단 세 단어로 요약될 수 있습니다: HUBLOT loves football. 더 알아보기 위블로, 새해를 기념한 특별한 타임피스 출시: 스피릿 오브 빅뱅 말의 해 2026년 1월 19일 – 이탈리아 밀라노 – 위블로가 말의 해를 기념하며 소재 혁신의 경계를 확장한 리미티드 에디션 스피릿 오브 빅뱅 프로스티드 카본을 88피스 리미티드로 선보입니다. 이 타임피스는 지금까지 볼 수 없었던 카본을 적용했습니다. 수작업으로 조각하고, 레이어를 쌓아 마케트리 다이얼을 완성한 것입니다. 위블로의 혁신, 정밀함, 엔지니어링과 롱마(THE DRAGON-HORSE SPIRIT, 중국 신화에 나오는 용의 비늘을 가진 날개 달린 말) 정신이 담긴 문화적 의미가 결합된 기술적 걸작입니다. 더 알아보기 최신 정보를 수신하겠습니다. 최신 위블로 뉴스를 업데이트 받겠습니다. 가입하기
