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Hublot King Power Unico Blue and Gold 701.OQ.0119.HR Showcase Review

1,689 views · Published 9 February 2017 · 4:27 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: Govberg Jewelers · 2017 · Howto & Style

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Greetings, I'm Tim of Govberg and welcome to the world of Hublot. Today I'll be your guide to the Hublot King Power Unico Blue and Gold 48 millimeters in rich 18 carat red gold. This watch features a combination of materials and beautiful color tones that's playful and imposing at the same time.

Starting with the clasp and working our way in you can see that the clasp is all in gold on the outside featuring blackened titanium Hublot H pattern bolts emblazoned with the King Power nomenclature. Twin triggers ensure that it's not friction fit. It requires double positive release to open, reassuring for excellent peace of mind on this large and heavy sports watch. On the inside blackened titanium. You can see that there's a clever integration of the Hublot logo, even into the lower clasp body with a clever minderless system that tucks any excess strap length underneath the clasp body and the strap so there's no need for awkward minder loops on the strap itself.

Now the strap in Hublot's fashion features materials fusion starting with the company's specialty, soft natural vulcanized rubber on the underside to isolate the black horn back alligator leather from the moisture, sweat, grit, and oils of the skin. You'll note an electrifying contrasting blue stitch giving way to the flow of lugs that are massive, blocky and beautifully express the machine ethic of Hublot.

Now in many ways Hublot takes the machine from the inside and expresses it on the outside. Since 2005, starting with the Big Bang and continuing in the King Power series, you have that sense of a massive structure in a half finished form in the intermediate phases of construction starting with the case back, the polymer insert, the assembly screws, of course the fully expressed bezel gasket, the top portion of the case and the rubber circumference with its striations around the carbon fiber bezel.

Now the carbon fiber bezel features fully expressed black and titanium Hublot bolts with washers, and underneath you can see a beautiful blue rehaut outboard of a plied and faceted red-gold hour indices with the blue signature of this model. Inboard you can see the Unico caliber fully expressed it's skeletonized date wheel. You can see at 6 o'clock why Unico's sometimes called a movement built inside-out, with elements that would conventionally be on the top of the movement or the back of the watch. Featured on the dial side for the owner's constant enjoyment, no need to resort to a display case back here, watch the column wheel at 6 o'clock cycle as I activate and pause the chronograph.

Not only can you see the column wheel cycling, you can actually see between 7 and 8 o'clock the lateral clutch mechanism, the lateral clutch wheel, engaging and disengaging the chronograph's center wheel. Again this is all about Hublot taking the machine and expressing it to the max. Moreover, the column wheel is the crisper fashion of building a chronograph. While a cam is cheaper and easier to tune, the column wheel is more precise and gives a phenomenal tactile and audible feedback in action.

Now on the case back, you see the business end of the Unico caliber, you see the balance. You see the skeletonized winding mass. Skeletonized so that unlike a conventional rotor, it won't obscure most of the movement at all times. You have excellent view of all elements of the bridges and plates and balance. Now of course the tungsten winding mass of the rotor is borne on unlubricated ceramic rotor bearings so Hublot promotes materials innovation within as well as without. Ceramic unlubricated operates with high efficiency and long wearing durability, effectively sealed for life, never needing a service. Likewise, the escapement of the watch features a palate and an escape wheel of unlubricated silicon, once again for efficiency and long wearing durability, as well as consistency and isochronism between servicings. Of course the Unico automatic winding also features a superb three-day power reserve, which is solidly more than the industry standard of approximately 42.

With 38 jewels and over 300 parts, it's a masterpiece in its own right, but it's only one facet of this Hublot King Power Unico Blue and Gold. You can see this playful yet imposing Hublot King Power and the entire family of Hublot models on our website, govbergwatches.com.

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