Hublot’s Big Bang Original Soft Touch All Black and All Red emphasize the tactile qualities of their materials, linking the brand’s materials innovation to the watches’ feel.
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Hublot founder Carlo Crocco reflects on the risks behind the brand’s early development, including rubber straps and its fusion concept. He discusses royal customers and the return of his original design, 46 years after Hublot’s first watch.
Hublot’s Big Bang collection has spent more than two decades on the market, becoming a defining family for the brand. The Big Bang Original continues that lineage.
New watch releases this week include Biver’s first steel watch, the MB&F LM1 EVO and the Hublot Classic Fusion Tributo. Jaeger-LeCoultre and Svea Atelier also feature among the brands with new releases.
Serica has a collaboration with Peugeot, while Hublot’s next chapter and Grand Seiko’s design philosophy are also among this week’s watch-industry developments.
Hublot CEO Julien Tornare invited founder Carlo Crocco back to revisit the design that launched the brand in 1980. The original watch paired a 36 mm gold case and quartz movement with a nearly plain black dial, 12 bezel screws and a vanilla-scented rubber strap, attracting European royal clients within months.
The new Hublot Classic Fusion Tributo watches feature a manufacture movement made by Zenith rather than Hublot itself, distinguishing the calibre’s origin from the brand name on the dial.