Hublot’s Latest Large Bang is Made From Novak Djokovic’s Racquets

Hublot’s latest launch is a restricted model created in collaboration with Novak Djokovic, the tennis champion who has 24 Grand Slam titles. The Large Bang Unico Novak Djokovic is encased in a carbon composite that recycles the participant’s tennis racquets and Lacoste polo t-shirts. And its movement has been reworked to utilise aluminium bridges and plates, making sure the entire watch weighs decrease than a tennis ball.

Preliminary concepts

Normally criticised for its pricey, Sellita-equipped entry-level fashions and fairly a couple of restricted editions, Hublot is usually controversial. The mannequin’s higher-end watches, nonetheless, are sometimes additional attention-grabbing (and typically very difficult) and usually greater price.

Priced at US$52,700, the Large Bang Unico Novak Djokovic is pricey adequate that it’s not a value proposition. It is, nonetheless, attention-grabbing for the case supplies. Moreover it holds a specific enchantment for followers of Novak Djokovic. And intrinsically, it is technically competent as a result of it’s outfitted with a modified Unico movement that is principally aluminium and intensely delicate.

Tennis racquets

Sized like the same old Large Bang Unico, this measures 42 mm by 14.5 mm. The case supplies, nonetheless, is unique. The case and bezel are in a composite derived from 25 Head tennis racquets, 17 darkish blue and 15 delicate blue Lacoste polo t-shirts utilized by Djokovic all by way of the 2023 season.

These ground-up racquets and shirts are blended with an epoxy resin strengthened with quartz powder and glass, resulting in a specific speckled look incorporating fragments of sunshine and darkish blue textile alongside black carbon fibre.

Due to the lightweight supplies,, the load of the watch, along with the strap, is decrease than a that of a tennis ball. Notably, the watch is delivered with a brand-new Lacoste polo shirt signed by Novak Djokovic, and a Lacoste sports activities actions wristband.

The upper pusher is in tennis ball yellow, whereas the lower pusher is in white

Defending the dial is Gorilla Glass, a strengthened glass that’s twice as delicate as sapphire crystal and most well-known for getting used throughout the iPhone.

Accented in yellow, the dial is open-worked to point out the mechanics of the Unico movement, along with the date disc and column wheel. And the seconds hand has a “D”-shaped counterweight inside the kind of the participant’s emblem.

The in-house HUB1280 Unico flyback chronograph calibre has been re-engineered for lightness. Typical brass bridges with plates in lightweight aluminium that’s been anodised in delicate blue to reinforce the case. Consequently, the movement is form of 27% lighter than an atypical mannequin.

Mechanically, the calibre stays the equivalent and has 72 hours of vitality reserve, whereas the steadiness beats at 28,800 beats per second (4 Hz).

Key particulars and worth

Hublot Large Bang Unico Novak Djokovic
Ref. 441.QKB.5120.NO.DJO24

Diameter: 42 mm
Peak: 14.5 mm
Supplies: Composite crafted using Novak Djokovic’s racquets and polos
Crystal: Gorilla glass
Water resistance: 100 m

Movement: Cal. HUB1280
Capabilities: Hours, minutes, seconds, date and flyback chronograph
Winding: Computerized
Frequency: 28,800 beats per second (4 Hz)
Power reserve: 72 hours

Strap: Blue velcro fastener material; blue elastic strap; white rubber strap

Restricted model: 100 objects
Availability: Now at Hublot boutiques
Value: US$52,700

For additional, go to hublot.com

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