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 ESSENTIAL VOLUME FIVE: 위블로, 스피릿 오브 빅뱅 에센셜 토프 공개 2026년 5월 12일 – 위블로는 에센셜 컬렉션의 다섯 번째 모델, 스피릿 오브 빅뱅 에센셜 토프를 선보였습니다. 전 세계 컬렉터들 사이에서 매해 높은 기대를 모으는 시그니처 프로젝트로 자리매김한 이 컬렉션은 단 하나의 색상, 단 하나의 디자인, 그리고 연 1회 온라인에서만 공개된다는 명확한 콘셉트를 가지고 있습니다. 올해는 스피릿 오브 빅뱅 역사상 처음으로 다이아몬드를 없앤 32mm 사이즈를 출시해 에센셜 정신을 가장 순수한 형태로 강조하고 있습니다. 또한 토프 컬러를 두 번째로 적용한 모델로, 위블로의 모노크롬 세계를 한층 더 확장한 세련된 뉴트럴 톤을 보여줍니다. 모든 에센셜 에디션과 마찬가지로, 처음이자 마지막으로 선보이는 유일한 작품입니다. 더 알아보기 위블로, 럭셔리 워치메이킹의 워런티 기준을 끌어올리다: 5+5 워런티 2026년 4월 14일, 스위스 제네바 – 워치 설계에서부터 시작된 신뢰가 이제 워런티로 보장됩니다. 2026년 1월 1일 이후 구매한 일부 워치는 새로운 워런티: 기본 5년 + 위블로티스타 프로그램을 통한 추가 5년 연장 혜택을 통해 최대 10년까지 제공됩니다. 이것은 단순한 약속을 넘어 철저한 워치 설계를 보장하는 확실한 워런티 프로그램입니다. 더 알아보기 최신 정보를 수신하겠습니다. 최신 위블로 뉴스를 업데이트 받겠습니다. 가입하기
