After becoming an industry leader in a wide range of materials from coloured sapphire and vividly chromatic ceramic to inventing the world’s first scratch-resistant 18k gold alloy, Hublot now unveils a true innovation that’s been several years in the making and unlike anything else: multi-coloured ceramic, dubbed “Magic Ceramic”
For more than 10 years, Hublot has been at the vanguard of developing and producing coloured ceramics, and remains the only watch manufacture capable of producing vibrantly coloured ceramics in-house. Thanks to the expertise of its R&D and Materials & Metallurgy teams, Hublot has accomplished what has long been considered a holy grail of ceramics.
More than just a simple layering of pigments, achieving multi-coloured ceramic requires innovative thinking and a deep understanding of ceramics and how colours are reproduced. While others have attempted to create multicoloured ceramics, none have come close to what Hublot has achieved. Each pigment used for colour must go through different temperatures during the baking and moulding processes of the ceramic components. The challenge therefore lies in finding the perfect balance to obtain a homogeneous and flawless result – time and time again.
Hublot’s new “Magic Ceramic” is born of a patent-pending process and is making its debut in the Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic model, a limited edition of just 20 pieces that offers a glimpse of one of the countless possibilities that this innovation offers. Intriguing, captivating and simply beyond reason or logic, the coloured ceramic looks like nothing else out there.
In the Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic, the bezel, crafted in dark-grey ceramic, gives way to intense blue circles arranged in a seemingly random and organic pattern like a work of contemporary abstract or pop art. The way the circles are perfectly and seamlessly integrated within the rest of the ceramic is a testament to the ingenuity of the patent-pending process.
Within the Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic beats the UNICO automatic flyback chronograph movement, conceived, developed and manufactured entirely within Hublot’s ateliers. It is finished in a grey tone matching the dominant tone of the multi-coloured ceramic. A full, black-lined rubber strap completes the look of this singular work that combines watchmaking and art. This combination of the manufacture’s first automatic in-house chronograph movement and its latest groundbreaking achievement in ceramic brings Hublot’s vast range of know-how full circle.
