Is this the week of American themed watches or what? Just a few days ago I discussed the Perrelet Turbine XL America, that was a bit of a polarizing piece. Now I present to the Swiss Hublot US Liberty Bang – one of Hublot’s latest limited edition Big Bang watches. This watch was unveiled recently in Philadelphia of all places – during the annual award ceremony where the Constitution Center (a non-government organization) gave out its annual Liberty Medal award.
The watch will be exclusively available in the US (duh) and limited to just 100 pieces. The dial of the 45mm wide Big Bang watch has a US flag motif made up of text. That text begins with the preamble of the US Constitution followed by other that as far as I know is not in the Constitution I read. Seems like descriptive text talking about the founding fathers, etc… Still pretty cool. It is interesting from a poetic standpoint to have the flag made up of words, as powerful words were really what we study when discussing the history of the US and its formation. The watch case is in black ceramic and priced at $11,900.
The Liberty Bang TECHNICAL DETAILS from Hublot:
Reference 511.CM.1190.GR.USA11
Special edition USA
Series Limited to 100 pieces
Numbered from No. 01/100 to No. 100/100
Case “Classic Fusion” – Diameter 45 mm
Polished and satin black ceramic
Bezel Satin Black ceramic
Crystal Sapphire with anti-reflective treatment
Case-back Black ceramic with Hublot engraving
Crown Black ceramic with Hublot logo
Screw Titanium
Water resistance 5 ATM or approximately 50 metres
Dial Black sapphire with text and citations from the American
Constitution and colours of the American flag
Hands Polished, black nickel platted
Movement HUB1112 Automatic, hour, minute, seconds
No. of components 63
Ruby 25
Bridges Satin-finished, bevelled and polished
Screw Black PVD
Oscillating weight Tungsten with black PVD treated dimpled surface
Barrel Reinforced spring
Escapement Glucydur hairspring
Power reserve Approximately 42 hours
Strap Black Gummy Alligator (alligator skin upper stitched onto black rubber base)
Clasp Steel black PVD deployant buckle