2018 Hublot Big Bang Rose Gold Ceramic Chronograph
18kt rose gold case with a black rubber strap. Fixed black ceramic bezel. Black carbon fiber dial with luminous hands and alternating Arabic numeral and index hour markers. Minute markers around the outer rim. Dial Type: Analog. Luminescent hands and markers. Date display appears between the 4 and 5 o’clock positions. Chronograph – three sub-dials displaying: 60 second, 30 minute and 12 hour. Automatic movement with a 42-hour power reserve. Scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Gold and kevlar crown. Skeleton case back. Case diameter: 44 mm. Case thickness: 14.5 mm. Round case shape. Band width: 21 mm / 24 mm. Band length: 8 inches. Deployment clasp. Water resistant at 100 meters / 330 feet. Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, calendar, chronograph. Dress watch style. Watch label: Swiss Made. Hublot Big Bang Mens Watch 301.PB.131.RX.
Hublot as a brand began in the early 1980s, around 1981. The term “hublot” means “porthole” in French, which was the aesthetic influence behind the brand’s case designs. Of course Hublot wasn’t the first company to produce watch cases inspired by portholes
Today, the “Big Bang” is arguably the most well-known watch model name released in the post-year 2000 era. Its masculine and polarizing design is highly indicative of luxury in our modern era, and quickly receives opinions from both fans and opponents.
In 2005 the brand started started to reform with the launch of the Big Bang. The design built on the classic porthole sports watch case that Hublot was founded on, but made for a new generation, in a boldly large size, with a strong, hyper-masculine design. More so, the watch was meant to embody Mr. Biver’s famous marketing slogan for Hublot of, “the art of fusion.” This clever slogan more or less meant that Hublot watches were a fusion of materials, textures, colors, and aesthetics. To this day, Hublot can easily be credited as being a pioneer of incorporating a whole slew of previously “non-luxury” materials in regular components of high-end wrist watches.
Hublot watches are easily exchangeable to cash here at N-Cash, the only pawnshop in the Philippines that accepts the brand as loan collateral. If you have a Hublot watch like this beautiful Big Bang, bring it to our Manila shop and receive top money in minutes.
Movement inside of the Big Bang 44 is the caliber HUB4100. With a lot of decoration customization, you can see the movement through the caseback of the watch. The automatic movement operates at 4Hz (28,800bph) with a power reserve of about 44 hours. The movement features the time, date, and has a 12 hour chronograph.
At 44mm wide on the wrist, the Big Bang 44 wears a bit larger thanks to the wide lug structure and side flanks. This particular model has a black ceramic bezel, titanium “H” screws, a steel case, black resin middle section, and a textured rubber strap. It does indeed have a lot going on, being modeled after modern vehicles and technology, which are “detail dense” sources of inspiration.
The brilliance of the Big Bang 44 from a marketing standpoint was the modular means of its construction. This allowed for Hublot to play around with materials and colors while preserving the same core design. It turned out that this strategy was integral for the success of Hublot in a modern era – because they could create new selling options by varying up the look of the Big Bang, versus radically changing the core watch itself.
The Big Bang was one of the first high-end fashion watches of the modern era – the only question was how Hublot was going to prevent a good thing from being over-saturated in the market. Depending on who you ask, Hublot either overdid it a bit with Big Bang variants, or properly followed Biver’s mandate to make Hublot the favored watch brand of a range of athletes, musicians, artists, designers, charities, and other people and groups of interest.
REFERENCE
301.PB.131.RX
CASE SIZE
44 mm
CASE
Polished and Satin-finished 18K Gold 5N
BEZEL
Polished Black Ceramic with 6 H-shaped Titanium Screws
CRYSTAL
Sapphire with Anti-reflective Treatment
DIAL
Stamped Carbon Effect Dial
Satin-finished Gold-plated Appliques
Polished Gold-plated Hands with White Luminescent and Red Coloured Chronograph Second Hand
STRAP
Black Structured Lined Rubber Straps
CLASP
18K Gold 5N and Black PVD Stainless Steel Deployant Buckle Clasp
MOVEMENT
HUB4100
Self-winding
Chronograph Movement
POWER RESERVE
42 Hours
WATER RESISTANCE
100m or 10 ATM
Watch is the latest edition of 301.PB.131.RX with updated case and movement markings.
Current retail price over over Php 1.6M
44mm 18K solid rose gold case
Ceramic bezel with titanium screws
Black carbon fiber dial
Black rubber strap
HUB 4100 movement with 42 hour power reserve
Appearance is currently around 9 out of 10. Minor scratches on the case and clasp but nothing that makes it less appealing.
Running perfectly as checked by the official service center in the Philippines
Watch comes blank warranty card, hang tag with product and serial code, leather cloth, and Hublot double box.
Selling for only Php 865,000. Open for trade to other watches.
