The dragon is truly making a grand entrance on the dials of luxury watches this year. Hublot, too, pays tribute to the Chinese New Year heralding the Year of the Dragon with a special edition, the Spirit of Big Bang Titanium Dragon, which is driven by the automatic caliber HUB1710 with a power reserve of 50 hours. This statement timepiece highlights traditional Chinese paper-cutting art, aligning with Hublot’s philosophy “The Art of Fusion.” Its tonneau-shaped titanium case has a diameter of 42mm and is water-resistant up to 100 meters.
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For this limited edition of 88 pieces, Hublot collaborated with Chinese paper artist Chen Fenwan. She designed a dragon motif using traditional Chinese paper-cutting techniques and incorporated typical features of Hublot watches. The dragon’s head on the dial is formed not only by sharp teeth and flame-like lines but also by the shapes of hands and gears, with two H-shaped Hublot screws representing the eyes.
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The artwork features shades of pink, blue, gray, and white. These four colors continue on the rubber strap in marquetry style, essentially forming the dragon’s scaly body. Behind this is a time-consuming and meticulous process: each individual scale had to be dyed and nano-vulcanized, a task achievable only through manual work. In addition to this strap, Hublot provides a second titanium-gray fabric strap.
Pricing for the Hublot Spirit of Big Bang Titanium Dragon is marked at $29,500.
To learn more, visit Hublot, here.
I just don’t like much that Hublot does these days…
This one included…
$30K US – you can buy so much better almost in any other brand…
Chinese paper cutting is inferior to Japanese paper cutting. When it comes to the intricacy and execution of fine-art design, the Japanese reign supreme. Just saying. BTW I’m not Japanese.