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Hublot Big Bang Unico Italia Indpendent w/ Texalium - Baselworld 2015 press release

Hublot is launching the new Big Bang UNICO Italia Independent, designed in collaboration with the Italian brand, of whom Lapo Elkann is Chairman and Co-Founder. This collaboration has created a case featuring a brand new material, Texalium®, whose design is exclusive to the Swiss watchmaking brand.

Hublot launches the Big Bang Unico Italia Independent

This is the fruit of the partnership between Italia Independent announced in November 2014, the fusion of Texalium® – a brand new material – and the iconic design of the BIG BANG.

By now well accustomed to carbon fibre cases, Hublot wanted to go even further in its search for this material, to achieve even more colour variations. Texalium® is unique in that it is aluminium-coated carbon fibre; the great advantage of this is that it can be designed in different colours and has a remarkable brilliance, with all the lightness of carbon fibre.

This new Big Bang Unico Italia Independent is available in two colourways – grey or blue – and is guaranteed to electrify the wrist of anyone wearing it. A 500-piece limited edition of each of these two versions will be produced.

Each watch comes in a customised Italia Independent display case, complete with a pair of Italia Independent sunglasses as a bonus gift for Big Bang customers; as high-tech as the watch itself, the frame of these stylish sunglasses is also made from Texalium®. Handmade in Switzerland and Italy, these sunglasses benefit from the highest level of expertise. They are the fusion of a unique, pure, elegant and contemporary design, exclusive to Hublot, with highperformance adaptable lenses and a high-tech Texalium® frame – a remarkable technical feat.

The strap itself is made from denim fabric with grey or black studs, as typically seen on luxury shoes. The strap benefits from the interchangeable "One Click" system, which enables its wearers to choose from a wide range of straps as they like.

Once again, this Big Bang Unico Italia Independent also features Hublot's manufacture chronograph movement – the UNICO. It is THE house engine. It has been entirely designed, developed, machined and assembled by micro-mechanics, engineers and watchmakers at Hublot. The movement is a flyback chronograph which can be reset at any time, and which is unique in the watchmaking industry, two push-buttons, with date indicator, and featuring a

uniquely positioned mechanism with dual coupling and the famous "column wheel" visible on the dial side.

The power reserve is approximately 72 hours. Watertight to 10 ATM (100 m).

BIG BANG UNICO Italia Independent

Reference

411.YT.1110.NR.ITI15 – 500-piece limited edition

411.YL.5190.NR.ITI15 – 500-piece limited edition

Case Diameter 45 mm in Texalium®

Bezel Grey or blue Texalium®

6 H-shaped screws countersunk, polished and locked, in titanium (blue) or black PVD-coated titanium (grey)

Crystal Sapphire with interior/exterior anti-reflective coating and the Hublot & Italia

Independent logos in grey or blue

Bezel lugs Black or blue composite resin

Lateral inserts Black or blue composite resin

Crown Titanium (blue) or black PVD-coated titanium (grey) with black overmoulded rubber Hublot logo

Push-pieces Titanium (blue) or black PVD-coated titanium (grey)

Case-back Sapphire crystal with interior/exterior anti-reflective treatment

Grey or blue Texalium®

Water resistance 10 ATM, i.e. approx. 100 metres

Dial Skeleton with varnish in matt black (grey) or anthracite grey (blue)

Black or blue indices with black or blue Super Luminova™, depending on the version

Hands Black or blue with Super Luminova™ in a matching colour

Movement HUB 1242 UNICO movement with PVD treatment in black (grey) or anthracite grey (blue), developed and manufactured in-house by Hublot Automatic flyback chronograph with column wheel and double clutch visible on the dial side

Date Grey window at 3 o'clock

Power reserve Approximately 72 hours

Strap Denim (grey or blue) on black rubber with countersunk studs in titanium (blue) or black PVD-coated titanium (grey). Interchangeable system.

Clasp Carbon fibre deployant buckle

UNICO movement

Designed, developed, machined and assembled by the micro-mechanics, engineers and watchmakers at Hublot. Flyback chronograph (can be reset at any time – unique in the watchmaking industry), two push-buttons, with date indicator, mechanism with dual coupling and "column wheel" visible on the dial side. The hour counter is driven directly by the barrel and there is no jumper in the chronograph mechanism: this boosts reliability and robustness. Its pallet fork and escapement wheel are fixed to a removable platform and made from silicon, whose lightness provides a guarantee of performance. 330 components. Frequency 4 Hz (28,800 Vib/h), 72-hour power reserve.

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