~~**PINNWAND**~~ » Replica Hublot Big Bang Unico Summer

Hublot has never shied away from flamboyant use of color. Case in point – the latest Big Bang chronograph by way of the limited edition Début Big Bang Unico Summer. In an execution that can only be described as profoundly turquoise, this summer-themed creation uses the blue-green colour for the case, the dial, the pushers, and even the actual strap.
Interestingly, especially when compared to the recent crop of brightly colorful Large Bangs, the particular Unico Summer time does not use a ceramic situation. Rather, the case and bezel are made of anodized aluminum. With a mix of brushed and polished elements, this particular aluminum circumstance is 42mm wide and 14. 5mm thick as well as houses Hublot’s HUB1280 in-house flyback column-wheel chronograph movement.

Automatically wound and ticking at 4 Hz, the power reserve is 70 hours and the motion uses some 354 parts, many of which can be viewed through either typically the skeletonized switch or the display case back (which is made of titanium).
Featuring Hublot’s “One Click” tool-less strap quick-change system, the Big Bang Unico Summer comes with a pair of color-matched straps : one textile strap with velcro, and one rubber strap. Both straps have matching anodized aluminum hardware.

Said to have been inspired by the summer light shining on lagoons, the Échappée Big Boom Unico Summer season is limited to 200 units at $20, 900 apiece. Availability will be initially limited to Hublot’s website and a handful of boutiques in the Mediterranean ~ including those in Capri, Mykonos, Ibiza, Saint-Tropez, and also Monaco.
I always try to imagine where I would actually see a watch like this in the wild. Monaco leapt to mind this time around, so I guess it makes sense that this limited edition will hit that market along with others of a similar vibe.
While I have previously admitted to having something of a soft spot for the 42mm Huge Bang Straordinario and many of its colorful iterations, I’m not sure how I feel about the color used for the Summer LE. It’s not that I think the colour is bad, but more that I would love to see it in person, especially as the light weight aluminum will carry the color much differently than we might expect from ceramic. Ultimately, I might need a few weeks within the Mediterranean in order to sort this specific out. For research purposes.
If you look closely at the included macro detail images, you can see what I mean about the shade – often the aluminum has its own texture. Judging by the images, I do think that the coloring works really well on the call and looks amazing with the legible and luminous white accents and the coldly industrial backdrop of the visible movement elements.

All told, while I am about twenty large and a deep tan shy of making this Orifice work for my wrist, it’s a shimmering blue reminder that we’re in for a colorful Passage Big Beat Unico Summertime.