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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 492

White Ceramic Big Bang Hublot, Genève, "Big Bang", No. 148/250, case No. 613949, Ref. 301SH. Made in a limited series of 250 examples in 2005. Fine and unusual, oversized, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel, titanium, ceramic and Kevlar wristwatch with square-button chronograph, registers, date and a special integrated rubber strap with a stainless steel Hublot deployant clasp.

C. Six-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 6 screws, hooded lugs, white ceramic bezel fixed by 6 titanium screws, white Kevlar sides, sapphire crystals. D. Black carbon, ?tapisserie?, with applied titanium Arabic numerals and luminous indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date, outer red minute track. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 7750, rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, tungsten/steel rotor, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.