Hublot introduces additions to the Big Bang Collection for LVMH Watch Week 2025. These are mainly model extensions, but nonetheless interesting novelties. Here are our highlights.
Press Release information with hands-on commentary in italics.
Hublot adds new watches to their Big Bang collection for LVMH Watch Week
The new Hublot watches are:
- Big Bang MECA-10 Titanium – SGD 32,300
- Big Bang Meca-10 King Gold – SGD 60,100
- Big Bang MECA-10 Frosted Carbon – SGD 38,500
- Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph Sky Blue Ceramic – SGD 38,500
- Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph Beige Ceramic – SGD 38,500
- Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph Dark Green Ceramic – SGD 38,500
Commentary
Two model lines get extensions: the Meca 10 and the Spirit of Big Bang Ceramic in new colours.
The MECA-10 line was released in 2016, and we first covered the Magic Gold edition then. And subsequently in the Blue Ceramic in 2017. The MECA-10 line was released in the Spirit of Big Bang collection with the Spirit’s case shape in 2020. And now we get three new models, in titanium, King Gold and Frosted Gold.
Also new is the extension to the Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph Ceramic series, now with three additional colour ways, viz Sky Blue, Beige and Dark Green. We played a bit with the Dark Green model, and found it to be almost dark grey, with hints of a green underbelly. Quite quaint.
Hublot also added a new Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic in Green Saxem. Saxem is a special material they introduced in 2023, see our hands on review here. The watch is now in an brilliant emerald green. As well as a Spirit of Big Bang Year of the Snake, with a bezel decorated to look like the scales of a snake.
Release details MECA-10
Always at the forefront of creativity and innovation, Hublot stunned the world of watchmaking when it first unveiled the Big Bang MECA-10 in 2016, a playful watch with a movement construction like no other. Now, nearly a decade later, Hublot brings back the MECA-10 with an optimized calibre in a more compact 42mm case in King Gold, Titanium and Frosted Carbon.
Hublot has reinvented creativity in a modern interpretation of the mechanical watch movement. Void of a conventional dial, the MECA-10 makes visible and aestheticizes something that is normally hidden. Inspired by Meccano-type construction systems, the MECA-10 is a masterclass in micromechanical engineering and a creatively intriguing spin on how we perceive mechanics and the motion of time itself. Like a construction that’s fashioned layer by layer, brick by brick, the Big Bang MECA-10 offers something to discover in every element from every angle, where the interconnection between them creates a dynamic choreography.
The original Big Bang MECA-10 broke all the rules upon its release 2016 with its unique form, consisting of a ring-shaped base plate onto which the bridges are attached. The result was one of visual intrigue and structural integrity. Now, Hublot revisits this unique take on the manual-winding skeleton movement with a refined, open and coherent display, while maintaining its distinctive construction that’s elevated with refined finishing and decoration. For the engineers and watchmakers at Hublot, the challenge was to preserve all that makes the MECA-10 so original, while reducing its dimensions to fit the 42mm Big Bang case without compromising its performance.
True to its name, the Big Bang MECA-10 features an impressive power reserve of 10 days. What truly make it stand out however is its power reserve indicator. Delivered by two mainspring barrels, the energy level of the movement can be read by means of a digital display that shows the power reserve as the number of days of autonomy remaining. These indications are driven by a “crémaillère” rack system rarely seen in mechanical watches, consisting of a linear gear engaging a circular gear, moving in a straight line.
The balance wheel, positioned on the dial side of the movement, is entirely visible. Beyond providing ceaseless animation to the display, it also highlights Hublot’s unique and patented fine adjusted mechanism. The regulating organ features a lubricant-free and paramagnetic silicon escape wheel. For precise time-setting, the new Big Bang MECA-10 features a hacking seconds mechanism.
Release details Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph Ceramic
Upon its launch in 2014, the Spirit of Big Bang took Hublot fans and watch-lovers by surprise, as it was the very first Hublot since the establishment of the brand decades earlier to feature a case that wasn’t round. And yet, the Spirit of Big Bang is inherently and unmistakably a Hublot. The barrel shape remains a porthole, a window into the future of watchmaking far beyond conventions.
For the first time in the collection, the cases and bezels are crafted in coloured ceramics that were previously only available in the round Big Bang shape: Sand Beige, Dark Green and Sky Blue, each limited to 200 pieces. Colourful, hypoallergenic, light, scratch-resistant and gender-neutral in their appeal, these three new models are a testament to Hublot’s unrivalled prowess when it comes to cutting-edge materials and developing ceramic for watches in unprecedented tones.
Visible through the open dials, the Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph models are powered by the Hublot automatic skeleton chronograph calibre HUB4700, which is a modernized descendant of the historic and highly prized El Primero, considered the first Swiss high-frequency integrated chronograph calibre ever made. Visible from both the open dial and sapphire display back, the movement hosts several technical innovations and advancements compared to the original from 1969, including a low-friction silicon escape wheel.
Matching each of the three coloured ceramic cases in this new trio of Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph watches, the dials feature hour markers, chronograph counters and hands in a matching tone. The rubber straps, made of black rubber with a coloured central inlay, are also perfectly coordinated with the coloured ceramic cases.
