If you want watches with animal prints, there are quite a few options and interpretations that you can pick from. But if you fancy snakes instead, then Hublot is out with a new Big Bang, this time with a Big Bang Boa Bang in steel and gold versions. Nestled inside an 18K Red Gold Satin-finished 41mm dial with Sapphire crystal Anti-reflective treatment and Gold Brown and Green 18K Red Gold Satin-finished with Sapphire caseback. The watch powered by a HUB4300 Self-winding Chronograph Movement. Sporting Gold Brown and Green18K Crown and Pushers with Red Gold with Black Rubber Inserts and Titanium screws, the watch offers 10-meters water resistance and a 42-hour power reserve.
The bezel is done up in 18K White Gold set with 48 Fine Precious Baguette of Andalusite, Dark Smoked and Transparent Quartz for the Steel Brown and Green version and sports 8K Red Gold set with 48 Fine Precious Baguette of Light-green Tsavorite, Tourmaline and Light-green Sapphire for the Gold Brown and Green version. The Steel Brown and Green watch sports a Boa Bang Color Dial with Rhodium Plated Appliques and 8 Diamonds for 0.14ct Polished Rhodium Plated Hands, while the Gold variant features Plated Hands instead.
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Press Release
BIG BANG BOA BANG
The Boa Bang or the call of the jungle…After the phenomenal success of the Leopard Bang, which really left its mark on the catwalk last winter, Hublot is now giving pride of place to the snakeskin print. The unmissable trend for 2012, it’s the one to watch this season. Snakeskin fashion is everywhere. It is sexy, glamourous, stylish, and ultra-feminine. Shoes, dresses, trousers, tops, lingerie, bags, sunglasses, … it is in every aspect of the fashionista’s wardrobe, used as a highlight rather than a complete look. Hints of the jungle are the latest in on-trend elegance, using the snakeskin print in subtle little touches as on the Boa Bang 41 mm, available in steel or 18K red gold, and in brown or green tones, equipped with a mechanical chronograph movement to impress connoisseurs and with a dial enhanced with 8 bezel-set diamonds, firmly ensuring it will be one of this season’s must-haves.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
References 341.PX.7818.NR.1978 (gold/green version)
341.PX.7918.NR.1979 (gold/brown version)
341.PX.7817.NR.1978 (steel/green version)
341.PX.7917.NR.1979 (steel/brown version)
Series Limited edition of 250 numbered pieces for each of the 4 versions
Case Big Bang – Diameter 41 mm – Steel or 18K red gold, depending on the version
Bezel Steel or 18K red gold (gold version) set with:
48 baguette andalusite, dark smoky quartz, smoky quartz, and transparent smoky quartz (brown version)
48 pale green baguette tsavorites, tourmalines, and pale green sapphires (green version)
Crystal Sapphire with interior/exterior anti-reflective coating
Bezel Lugs Black composite resin
Lateral inserts Black composite resin
Crown Steel or 18K red gold with black rubber inserts
Push-buttons Steel or 18K red gold with black rubber inserts
Case-back Steel or 18K red gold
Water-resistance 10 ATM, i.e., approx 100 meters
Dial Green or brown Boa print
Indexes set with 8 diamonds, with a total weight of 0.14 carats
Hands Steel version: polished, rhodium-plated
Gold version: polished, gold plated
Movement HUB4300 Automatic mechanical chronograph
Date Trapezoid aperture at 4:30
Oscillating weight Openworked with black PVD coating, tungsten segment
Power reserve Approximately 42 hours
Strap Denim fabric with green or brown Boa print, stitched onto black rubber
Clasp Steel or 18K red gold deployant buckle
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