A Tantulum and titanium cased Hublot Big Bang Chronograph 44mm is a very serious watch indeed. Model reference 301.AI.460.RX
HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?
Hublot introduced the Big Bang Chronograph in 2005, and it tripled the companies sales. While we do not have the original warranty card for this watch we have seen others available with papers from 2007, when the price was an eye watering £18,000.
CONDITION
The name Hublot comes from the French for Porthole, hence the distinctive bezel design and the nice box porthole feature. Hublot were the first brand to use a natural rubber strap too, so if you are buying a Hublot then really you want a porthole bezel and reinforced rubber strap, just like this one has. The instructions for this watch can be downloaded from Hublot here. Tantulum and titanium has been used for the case material, both incredibly strong. Tantulum is a scarce metal to use, and roughly 10 times the cost of a similarly hard Tungsten, but is has many properties that make it perfect for watch cases – you can read about them here. The only other watch brand that we know that has used tantalum cases was Audemers Piguet. The strap is the original and is fitted to the H shaped Hublot deployant clasp, so it doesn’t need to be cut to size like some rubber straps. There is some crazing to the strap near the mounts. The other slight marks are some small dinks on the bezel near the screw at six, but anything else is very superficial wear. The black on grey dial is very interesting and stealthy, and surprisingly has no lume at all. The overall quality is high, as you would expect from the original asking price, and the rubber strap actually makes this large watch comfortable to wear.
This watch will be supplied with the original outer box (with a bent corner, as shown), inner porthole presentation box, hangtag and our Certificate of Authenticity.
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SIZE
Width with crown 51.0 mm
Width without crown 44.2 mm
Between lugs 24 mm
Lug to lug length 55.8 mm
Case Thickness 14.9 mm
All sizes are approximate.
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