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Two decades of Hublot’s Big Bang

An anniversary extravaganza

In 2005, with Jean-Claude Biver at the helm, Hublot launched the model that would put the company firmly on the map of luxury watchmaking: the Big Bang. In that same year, the watch won the design prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. Since then, the Big Bang collection has accounted for around 40 percent of Hublot’s sales.

“The Hublot Big Bang is undoubtedly a modern icon,” says CEO Julien Tornare. “As we celebrate 20 years, we honour its past while looking ahead to the next two decades of groundbreaking innovation.”

To mark the occasion, Hublot has gone all guns blazing and is releasing several anniversary collections within the Big Bang range that prove the technical prowess of the brand and its continued appetite for innovation. The first one is the Hublot Big Bang 20th Anniversary Collection.

Playing tribute to the company’s motto “The Art of Fusion”, Hublot is bringing together past and future with five limited-edition models based on the original 2005 Big Bang, to which they have applied the latest advancements in watchmaking technology.

Each anniversary edition revisits the Big Bang’s signature…

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Chanel J12 Bleu

A new chapter in ceramic excellence

The new Chanel J12 Bleu celebrates 25 years of excellence by Chanel in ceramic watchmaking. With the introduction of a striking new shade exclusively developed for Chanel, the J12 starts a new adventure in the world of colour, expanding beyond its classic black and white predecessors. THE EVOLUTION OF AN ICON When Chanel introduced the J12 […]

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Richard Mille RM 43-01 Ferrari

The purest expression of a racing machine on your wrist

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A new home for Rolex in London

Watches of Switzerland opens a new flagship Rolex boutique

After 16 months of meticulous refurbishment, finally the new flagship Rolex boutique opened its doors on 14th March 2025. Managed by Watches of Switzerland, which has been working with Rolex since 1919, the new store houses one of the largest collections of new and pre-owned Rolex watches in Europe. Brian Duffy (CEO, Watches of Switzerland) […]

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Game Time: Boulton Death Stranding 2

Hamilton partners with Hideo Kojima

The latest adventure of a watch company into the fictional world has resulted in the Hamilton Boulton Death Stranding 2. In partnership with Hideo Kojima, the creator of the blockbuster apocalyptic video game, Death Standing, Hamilton has produced a watch modelled on the in-game timepiece worn by pivotal character Neil in Death Stranding 2: On […]

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Vanguart Orb

Avant-garde design meets masterful craftmanship

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Franck Müller Vanguard Slim Night Cut

A sartorial timepiece with mischievous sex appeal

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Richard Mille RM 74-02 Automatic Tourbillon Gold Quartz TPT

Alchemy in luxury watchmaking

Richard Mille’s use of new material composites always had the Midas touch. The latest proof is the Richard Mille RM 74-02 Automatic Tourbillon Gold Quartz TPT®. This new exciting material is the latest out of the partnership with composite firm, North Thin Ply Technology. It took years of research to produce Gold Quartz TPT®, which […]

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Bvlgari x MB&F Serpenti

21st century aesthetics for a much-loved design classic

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Feadship Project 714

Precision Engineering Meets Cutting-Edge Nautical Innovation

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MoonSwatch 1965

Celebrating the success of the Omega Speedmaster in the NASA tests

MoonSwatch 1965 celebrates a milestone achievement for Omega from 60 years ago. With the Gemini flight programme including the first spacewalk (outside the capsule), NASA required an official watch that had been appropriately tested for the astronauts to wear. On 1st March, 1965, NASA Program Director James H. Ragan declared that the Omega Speedmaster was […]

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Wheels Of Time

Girard-Perregaux Laureato Chronograph Aston Martin Edition

Roger Dubuis and Lamborghini, Hublot and Ferrari, Breitling and Bentley, IWC and AMG – something akin to alchemy seems to take place when the world’s top watch brands join creative forces with the world’s top car marques. This new collaboration between Girard-Perregaux and Aston Martin – the Laureato Chronograph Aston Martin Edition – is surely one of the […]