Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 243

HUBLOT BIG BANG PVD AND ROSE GOLD UNIQUE PIECE Hublot, Genève, case No. 713025, Ref 301.CX.130.RX "Special Piece". Made circa 2007. Fine and unique, oversized, self-winding, water-resistant, PVD-coated titanium, black ceramic and rose gold wristwatch with square-button chronograph, registers, date and a special integrated rubber strap with a PVD-coated stainless steel and rose gold Hublot deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original presentation case, booklet, sales and price tag, extended warranty personally written by Jean Claude Biver and an email from Mike Margolis (Hublot, USA), certifying that watch no. 713025 is a unique piece.

C. Five-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back with scripted inscription (in French) ?/With my warmest thanks and best regards' / secured by 6 gold screws and engraved ?Special Piece?, hooded lugs, bezel fixed by 6 rose gold nuts, black kevlar sides, sapphire crystals. D. Matte black, with applied rose gold Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers highlighted in rose, outer red minute track with white Arabic numerals, aperture for the date. Luminous baton hands. M. Cal. based 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. 48 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.