Hublot Big Bang UNICO Watch With Bracelet Hands-On
For 2015, Hublot has introduced a new bracelet option for the Big Bang UNICO watch collection. Since 2005, the Hublot Big Bang collection has been almost synonymous with being paired with a strap – often a rubber strap. In fact, one could make the argument that Hublot was a major player in the “luxurification” of rubber when it comes to watch strap materials. Whereas rubber was traditionally a more “utilitarian” material associated with sports such as diving, brands like Hublot helped thrust it into the arena of luxury sport watches, a genre than was exploding in the mid 2000s. One of the more rare types of Hublot Big Bang watches were those that came on bracelets. I would venture to say that many Hublot customers did not even know that the Big Bang watch came on a bracelet. Hublot clearly is a brand that thrives on watches that come on a range of straps, but the bracelet option is always interesting. In my writings on the topic in the past, I’ve always made it very clear how much I...