Hands on The New Big Bang Unico SAXEM Green

It appears that Hublot's recent advancements in material development, particularly with sapphires, have not satisfied the company's relentless drive to propel the luxury watch industry forward. Not content with merely utilizing sapphire crystal for watch cases, Hublot has pushed boundaries by crafting entire bracelets and tourbillon bridges from this resilient material. Furthermore, they have led the way in introducing colored sapphire for watch cases.

Going beyond traditional sapphire, Hublot is now pioneering the use of a groundbreaking transparent material called SAXEM. This innovative material boasts the same scratch-resistant qualities as sapphire but offers an even more dazzling brilliance. 

was just unveiled as part of the brand’s novelties for LVMH Watch Week 2024. The Hublot Big Bang Unico SAXEM Green marks the new shade SAXEM has appeared in, as well as the first-ever Big Bang Unico in SAXEM. It’s also one of the most sci-fi-looking watches Hublot has ever made, thanks to its translucent alien green case, bracelet and its openworked dial.

SAXEM, standing for Sapphire Aluminium oXide and rare Earth Mineral, represents a proprietary blend developed by Hublot. This unique material, with a deep green rivaling the finest emeralds, seamlessly combines unparalleled resistance with a brilliance akin to that of a diamond. The brand has expanded its offerings to include two additional shades, yellow and emerald. While matching sapphire in resilience, SAXEM exhibits a distinct, brighter shine with a more uniform and seamless structure. Hublot's foray into SAXEM represents an exploration of the future, introducing new technical and aesthetic dimensions to luxury watchmaking.

The Green SAXEM of the new Big Bang UNICO comes in 42 mm diameter. The material does not receive light, but creates the illusion of emitting it. The Green SAXEM is diffused into the smallest contours of the case and bezel, which are studded with six of Hublot’s iconic titanium H-shaped screws. The One Click system patented by Hublot for its interchangeable straps can be found at 12 and 6 o’clock. while the structure hold the movement inside the case made of titanium and we can see it if wee look closer from the case band, and the crown and its two pushers finished in black titanium coated with PVD. 

We could see the matte black skeleton dial, with central hour, minute and seconds hands to indicate the time. The green lume applied to these hands and the hour markers reproduced the exact shade of Green SAXEM. while the iconic column wheel at 6 o’clock, Another distinctive aspect is the date disc, which it looks hard to read but the designer where smart to the date inside the subdial so easly read,  entirely visible around the movement, with the aperture set in the center of the 60-minute counter at 3 o’clock.

Unveiled in 2018, the MHUB1280 features a tungsten rotor, visible through the transparent caseback. This caliber offers a substantial 72-hour power reserve, operates at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour, and, for this particular edition, displays flawless black PVD finishing.

The watch features transparent green structured rubber straps with a titanium deployant buckle clasp. and only 100 Big Bang Green SAXEM watches will be produced, and the price is Euro 116,000 which is equivalent to 426,000 AED.

 For more information visit Hublot official website.