The spirit of fusion goes full throttle with the new Big Bang integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon from Hublot.
Uniting a micro-rotor tourbillon manufactured in-house with ultra-lightweight, robust carbon fibre and Texalium case and a seamlessly integrated strap, Hublot’s newest innovation is infused with ground-breaking technology.
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This limited-edition model, with only 50 pieces issued, fuses traditional watchmaking with Hublot’s cutting-edge spirit. First, the watch comprises two genuine complications: the tourbillon and the micro-rotor. To some, the latter is not a true complication, but with its skeleton structure, three days of full power reserve and 100 per cent Hublot in-house manufacture it’s certainly remarkable. As for the tourbillon, Hublot has designed it to be skeletonized and suspended, integrated within a bottom plate dotted with transparent sapphire bridges.

The new Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon’s movement is inserted in a 43mm carbon fibre case, ensuring resistance and ultra-lightness. By using this construction, the watch head (case and calibre, without the strap) weighs just 42 grams, meaning Hublot can break free from the notion that a robust watch equates to a heavy watch, with its perfectly ergonomic integrated strap.
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The strap alone also merits being seen as a complication—especially considering its construction. Designed, manufactured and assembled in-house, it is a featherweight 26 grams, making it one of the lightest straps available today. Secondly, it is supremely comfortable thanks to a perfect integration with the case and links that are individually machined and finished to achieve the perfect surface quality.

Being lightweight is one thing, but performing well when subjected to everyday wear and tear or scratches is another. To provide (almost eternal) peace of mind for the new Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon, Hublot has covered the casing with Texalium, another new fusion of materials combining a fibreglass core with a thin top layer of aluminium. The fibreglass is integrated into a special resin to provide impact resistance, while the aluminium is 99.99 per cent pure and scratch-resistant.
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By bringing together the interwoven nature of carbon fibre and Texalium with the HUB6035 Manufacture Calibre, Hublot has created an exclusive openwork back plate for this piece. The permeable structure emerges behind the watch’s components. It allows light to penetrate to the heart of the movement, strengthening the cohesion between aesthetics and technique, while also recalling the interlaced nature of the materials and the exclusivity of the piece—the only one in the world with a monobloc component of this kind.

Each piece will be individually numbered and have all the attributes of the iconic Big Bang: integrated strap, crown with rubber insert, two side lugs to protect the case, six iconic functional screws on the bezel and the double sapphire crystal (face and back) with anti-reflective treatment.
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