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Hublot Big Bang Meca 10 Full Magic Gold 414.MX.1138.RX Showcase Review

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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 features of the Hublot Big Bang Meca 10 Full Magic Gold. This limited edition of 200 piece combines the qualities of nearly indelible ceramic material with hallmarked 18 carat yellow gold.   

The timepiece begins with still more material fusion, a combination of titanium and ceramic. Ceramic on its top, titanium on its underside. It's an Hublot H-pattern folding clasp that provides extra security against droppage while donning or removing at bedside, and with twin trigger actuation, it provides utmost security such that it cannot accidentally pop open.  

Hublot's long and distinguished history of combining precious metals with rubber, natural vulcanized rubber in this case, dates back to the very first Hublot product in 1980. That revolutionary lends its essential composition to this Big Bang Meca 10 featuring striations that run horizontally across the band to give it masculine character and form definition. It flows seamlessly into lugs that are integrated to the case, and if you'll note between the two Hublot H-pattern titanium blackened bolts, there's a small pushbutton that actuates the quick release system for the strap. Push the button and, like an automotive seatbelt buckle, the strap pops right out for deeper cleaning or the case or to simply change the strap and change the look of your watch.  

Composite flanking inserts frame the Magic Gold case. Now, Magic Gold starts as a ceramic matrix into which a combination of 24-carat gold and 3% gold are infused under pressure and extreme temperature. The result is hallmarked as 18-carat gold, but it has both and indelible quality to it, it can only routinely be scratched with diamond; as well as a unique hue halfway between bronze and gold. It's completely signature and it's iconic of Hublot's Magic Gold substance. The substance, created in Hublot's own labs, is yet another example of the company's 'art of fusion' design concept. This watch, blending a titanium inner case, composite flanks, the vulcanized rubber strap, the titanium clasp, and the sapphire that both covers the dial as well as serves as a base for the calibrations underneath.  

You can see the flanking bezel bolts holding the bezel over an entirely open dial. The watch effectively is its caliper. The caliper itself, designed and executed entirely in-house by Hublot, is known as the HUB1201, and you can see from its sliding rack-and-pinion mechanism that governs the power reserve scale at 3 o'clock. The movement has been designed that is inspired by the Meccano and Erector Set toys beloved of technically-inclined children. The magic of the mechanical watch draws on that essential design language of Meccano, and you can see it's a highly modular structure.  There's a power reserve at 3 o'clock that turns red once the total reserve [inaudible 00:03:17] transitions below three days total. 

There's a radial power reserve scale at 6 o'clock calibrated up to 10, the maximum numbers of days for which this watch has manual wind autonomy. And then you can see the beating balance, the heart beat of the watch with its hairspring pulsating in and out. The timepiece is a delight for those who love automobiles, high-performance machinery such as offshore powerboats and aircraft, and again, it does take you back to that childish sense of awe of discovering engineering from the inside out.  

 You can see on the reverse side the watch, which is water resistant to 100 meters, features a beautiful architecture about its caliper. It's not simply finished in the finest traditions of Swiss high horology, it is actually designed. The pieces don't fall about accidentally. The bridges, beautiful, horizontal and punched out. The mainspring barrels silvered and skeletonized. You can see the iridescent purple of the silicon escapement, which operates unlubricated with high efficiency for long-wearing durability.  

The watch is an exceptional example of Hublot's manufacturing savoir faire in creating this outstanding 10-day power reserve manual winding caliper, but also its commitment to art design within and without. You can see this Hublot Big Bang Meca 10 Full Magic Gold Limited Edition, 200 pieces, 45 millimeters, in Magic Gold on our website Govbergwatches.com

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