It’s In The Blood: Hublot launched The Big Bang Sang Bleu

The Hublot Big Bang Sang Bleu replica watch sports a redesigned bezel and geometric dial courtesy of Maxime Büchi, a world-renowned tattoo artist who originally hails from Switzerland but owns a studio in London’s Dalston.

The case

A contrast to the faceted case, the Big Bang’s trademark bezel has always remained steadfastly round – as it does now, but playing a clever trick on the eye. Atop a 45mm titanium case, the polished bezel has been inset with a hexagonal piece of brushed titanium that at first glance appears three-dimensional. It’s a very cool, sculptural new look.

The dial

The geometric patterns continue on the dial, where three rhodium-coated octagonal discs revolve to tell the time. The two largest point to hours and minutes with Luminova-tipped triangles, whilst seconds are kept by a discreet black disc in the centre. It’s hardly the most legible dial we’ve seen, but that’s not the point – the Big Bang Sang Bleu is all about the aesthetics.

The seemingly disparate worlds of watch-making and tattooing have collided before. In 2013 Mo Coppoletta, tattoo artist and watch fan (and SalonQP regular), set his needle to work on the straps of Romain Jerome’s Tattoo-DNA collection, emblazoned with anchors, daggers and hearts.

Büchi takes his inspiration from the work of Leonardo da Vinci, specifically the Vitruvian Man. Symmetry and symbols crop up regularly in his tattoos, both the ones he inks and the ones on his own skin, and he himself is a bit of a polymath – the numeral font on the dial was designed by Büchi’s typeface company, SwissTypefaces SARL, whilst Sang Bleu is also the name of his art and culture magazine.

The movement

Hublot’s Unico manufacture calibre inside has been redesigned to work with the discs, losing the chronograph in the process. The new calibre, the automatic UNICO HUB1213, has a 72 hour power reserve and a rotor in the shape of another of Büchi’s designs.

The strap

The strap is pretty cool, too – an engraved pattern extends from the case onto the black calfskin, which is also engraved on the back with the Sang Bleu logo.

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