The Hublot Big Bang Sang Bleu II makes its appearance now with a white backdrop that elevates its complexity and elusiveness. For its creator Maxime Plescia-Büchi the Swiss tattoo artist and creative director it evokes simplicity. With this new iteration, the tattoo artist reminds us that white is the starting point of all creations. A neutral basis that highlights the artist’s mastering of shape and form. It is here that he creates his geometry in three dimensions, between relief and depth, and where each detail is signed by a masterstroke of the talented graphic-typo-tattoo-genius.
Maxime Plescia-Büchi has a confident stroke, a perfect line, a vision composed of perspectives, in which every point seems to naturally converge towards the other to sketch out forms that are as hypnotic as they are architectural. Behind all the angles, the facets, and the lines of the new Big Bang Sang Bleu II, the master tattooist has made incisions into and chiseled at the material, from the case to the hexagonal bezel, from the sapphire glass to the hands. The 45 mm diameter watch reveals the perfection and balance of forms and recalls the gaze and the gesture of an aesthete. Available in titanium ref. 418.NX.2001.RX.MXM20 or 18K King Gold ref. 418.OX.2001.RX.MXM20, the Sang Bleu II chronograph takes things into a different dimension of geometrical absoluteness.
While recognizing the spirit of squaring the circle, which brought to life the first watch born from the collaboration between Hublot and Sang Bleu, the Big Bang Sang Bleu II invites hexagons, rhombuses, and triangles to play with the round form in three-dimensions. The addition of the chronograph function strengthens the watch’s original way of telling the time without altering its readability. The key to Maxime Pleschia-Büchi’s style is the balance and harmony of the lines that he draws on time just as he does on skin. The interplay of polished and satin-finished materials accentuates the monumental architecture of the piece, while the alternations in geometric forms, which adorn each of the watch’s spaces, tell the time all the way to its mechanism. Its open-worked dial allows for partial views of the movement. The stopwatch seconds leap onto the rectilinear hand while the stopwatch minutes finish their race on one of the dial’s two discs.
Powering the Hublot Big Bang Sang Bleu II is the Hublot in-house movement UNICO HUB1240 . This automatic chronograph movement composed of 330 parts is revealed by a skeleton dial and a display case back. Its pulsations beat at the rhythm of 28,800 vph for 72 hours. Available in titanium or King Gold, there are also a few iterations available with diamonds. The watches are delivered on a white rubber strap with black rolled-edges fitted with the Hublot patented One-Click system. The titanium model is available in a limited edition of 200 pieces while the King Gold model comes in a 100-piece limited edition.
Sticker Price $25,200 USD for titanium white and $47,300 USD for King Gold white. For more info on Hublot click here.
