Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 330

Hublot ?Ice Storm? Big Bang Hublot, Genève, "Big Bang," Chronograph, Automatic, case No. 691819, Ref 301. Made in 2007, sold in April 2008. Fine and unusual, oversized, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel, titanium, ceramic and kevlar wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and an integrated Hublot rubber and ceramic bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Five-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 6 screws, hooded lugs, titanium bezel fixed with 6 nuts, ceramic frame, black kevlar sides, sapphire crystals. D. Matte black with applied steel Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute track with Arabic 5 minute/seconds marker, aperture for the date between 4 & 5. Steel and black skeletonized baton hands. M. Cal. 7750, rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, skeletonized rotor, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 15 mm.