Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 65

Hublot - Big Bang - White Gold Steel - Kevlar - Titanium and Diamonds Hublot, Genève, "Big Bang," Chronograph, Automatic, No. 02, case No. 621089, Ref 301 SW. Made in 2008. Fine and unusual, oversized, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel, 18K white gold & diamonds, titanium and Kevlar wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Hublot deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box and instruction booklet.

C. Five-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 6 screws, hooded lugs, white gold bezel fixed with 6 nuts and pave-set with 48 baguette diamonds, lugs and centers set with 208 round diamonds, 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. Luminous steel skeletonized baton hands. m. Cal. 7750, rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, skeletonized rotor, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm. Thickness 15 mm.