- Hublot has unveiled its LVMH Watch Week 2025 novelties, showing off three new watch releases
- A beloved skeletonised movement makes a welcome return while the Spirit of Big Bang receives a material upgrade
- Last year’s new SAXEM material returns to the fray in a Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic
You can accuse Hublot of many things, but boring is simply not one of them. Gaudy? Hmm, sometimes. Ostentatious? Perhaps. Polarising? Indeed. But boring? Non, mon chéri. Much of the discourse around Hublot focuses on its bold, idiosyncratic design language, often to the point that the Swiss manufacture’s innovations in the material (it has a dedicated Metallurgy & Materials laboratory, after all) and calibre spaces go relatively unnoticed. However, it would be remiss not to take note of Hublot’s technical prowess, expressed in designs like the MP-10 Tourbillon unveiled at last year’s LVMH Watch Week.
This year, Hublot has dropped a trio of new releases, revisiting old favourites and celebrating iconic models. Here, you’ll find every Hublot release from LVMH Watch Week 2025.
Hublot Big Bang MECA-10
The first in the lineup of Hublot’s LVMH Watch Week releases for 2025 sees the Swiss watch brand iterate on a previous invention. Hublot first released the Big Bang MECA-10 in 2016, with the timepiece forgoing a traditional dial in favour of showing off the manually wound skeletonised movement within. The movement itself took on a unique form, seeing a ring-shaped base plate play host to a series of bridges which lent the structure an architectural quality.
Now, the Hublot Big Bang MECA-10 revisits and refines this concept, bestowing the manually wound MECA-10 calibre with a more pared-back, open display — the bridges are placed in a more linear format, while the open-worked chronograph subdials and tourbillon are placed in an asymmetrically harmonious fashion. The result is a more coherent visual that allows the architecturally led construction of the Big Bang MECA-10 to be better enjoyed by wearers while maintaining its technical specifications and unique appeal. If you look at images of the Big Bang MECA-10 from 2016, you’ll see how its essence has been distilled into a more elegant format here.
While its predecessor clocked in with a hefty 45mm case, the new Hublot Big Bang MECA-10 sits at a comparatively wearable 42mm. The newcomer also features new finishes, with its bridges decorated with satin-brushed surfaces and hand-polished bevels. The Big Bang MECA-10 is available in gold, titanium, and frosted carbon, with the movement galvanically coloured to match its case metal.
As the name suggests, the Big Bang MECA-10 features an impressive 10-day power reserve courtesy of two mainspring barrels. Ensuring your watch is always kept wound, the power reserve indicator features a digital display that shows the number of days remaining, with this indication employing a crémaillère rack system that sees two superimposed discs rotate in opposite directions, connected by a spiral spring that coils in between and acts like a barrel spring.
Both the gold and titanium versions of the Hublot Big Bang MECA-10 are paired with rubber straps, while the lightweight yet rugged nature of the frosted carbon iteration sees it complemented by a black velcro strap.
Price: $38,900CHF (King Gold); $20,900CHF (Titanium); $24,900CHF (Carbon Black)
Model: Big Bang MECA-10 (ref. 444.OX.1180.RX [King Gold]; 444.NX.1170.RX [Titanium]; 444.QN.1170.NR [Carbon Black])
Case size: 42mm
Movement: HUB1205/MECA-10 (manual winding)
Water resistance: 10ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, chronograph, power reserve indicator
Power reserve: 10 days (240 hours)
Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Green Saxem
Hublot first released SAXEM—an acronym for Sapphire, Aluminium oXide, and rare Earth Mineral—in 2023, debuting its proprietary material with the Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Saxem Yellow Neon before following it up in 2024 with the Big Bang Unico Green Saxem. As a material, SAXEM resembles sapphire crystal in appearance, with its inclusion of rare earth minerals allowing it to take on intense, luminous shades.
Now, the manufacture has united elements of its previous two SAXEM watches to release the Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Green Saxem, which sees a transparent emerald green case house its automatic tourbillon movement. The in-house calibre MHUB6035 is a self-winding movement built with a contemporary aesthetic in mind; as such, the 22-carat gold micro-rotor is atypically positioned dial-side. The micro-rotor is placed at 12 o’clock, while the tourbillon carriage is housed at 6 o’clock. The dial itself features alternating Arabic numerals and baton hour markers, which, along with the hour and minute hands, are painted with Super-LumiNova. The timepiece is presented on a black rubber strap and includes an additional transparent green rubber strap that matches the case.
The Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Green Saxem is limited to 18 examples.
Price: $210,000CHF
Availability: 18 examples
Model: Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Green Saxem (ref. 429.JG.0110.RT)
Case size: 44mm
Movement: MHUB6035 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes
Power reserve: 72 hours
Hublot Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph
For its third release for LVMH Watch Week 2025, Hublot has given its Spirit of Big Bang lineup a material refresh. Known for its tonneau-shaped case, the Spirit of Big Bang collection marked the first non-round Hublot timepiece upon its release in 2014 (of course, the luxury watch brand has since delved into rectilinear watches with the Square Big Bang Unico).
Now, Hublot has released three ceramic iterations of the Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph, with the material previously only available in the circular Big Bang. The new Sand Beige, Dark Green, and Sky Blue ceramic Spirit of Big Bang are lightweight and boast scratch-resistant properties. The skeletonised calibre HUB4700, a descendant of the iconic El Primero high-frequency chronograph movement, is visible through the open dial and exhibition caseback.
Each of the three new colours—Sand Beige, Dark Green, and Sky Blue—is complemented with hour markers, chronograph counters, and hands in a matching tone and presented on a colour-matched rubber strap. The Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph is limited to 200 examples in each colour.
Price: $24,900CHF
Availability: 200 examples (per colour)
Model: Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph (ref. 642.CZ.6110.RX [Sand Beige]; 642.GX.5210.RX [Dark Green]; 642.EX.5110.RX [Sky Blue])
Case size: 42mm
Movement: HUB4700 (automatic)
Water resistance: 10ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph
Power reserve: 50 hours
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Words by Henry Blake
