Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 20, 2016

LOT 71

HUBLOT REF. 341 BIG BANG CHRONO TITANIUM Hublot, Genève, "Big Bang," Chronograph, Automatic, No. 141 / 250, case No. 636863, Ref 341. Made in a limited edition of 250 pieces circa 2007. Fine and unusual, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium, ceramic and kevlar wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a Hublot rubber strap with ceramic deployant clasp.

Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 6 screws, hooded lugs, ceramic bezel fixed with 6 nuts, ceramic frame, black kevlar sides, sapphire crystals. Textured brown 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 and skeletonized baton hands. Cal. 7750, rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, skeletonized rotor, hack mechanism.