Hublot is already chosen; these five are not interchangeable.
The ranking
5 picks
No. 01
Hublot Big Bang 301.CX.130.RX
Porthole chronograph, paid as a silhouette.
- 44 mm
- Chronograph
- Ceramic
Why it’s here
The Big Bang in Black Magic ceramic is the porthole chronograph. Twin pushers around an automatic chronograph, the shape that still stands in for the name. Around 42,584 is what that window costs.
No. 02
Hublot Classic Fusion 542.NX.1171.RX
Quieter three-hand, and the lowest spend of these five.
- 42 mm
- Titanium
- 48 hours
Why it’s here
The Classic Fusion is the quieter round watch, three hands, no chronograph to arrange. The reserve is about 48 hours, which will do when the automatic is used and will not when it is left to wait. Around 21,577, the lowest of these five: the spend is for timekeeping in titanium, not for a staged complication.
No. 03
Hublot Big Bang Unico 441.CI.1171.RX
Manufacture flyback, without the usual stop, reset, start.
- 42 mm
- Unico flyback
- Ceramic
Why it’s here
The Big Bang Unico resets the timing and starts the next interval without the usual stop, reset, start. That manufacture flyback is what the money is for.
No. 04
Hublot Spirit of Big Bang 642.CI.0170.RX
A barrel. Fifty hours will not carry the price.
- Barrel
- Skeleton chrono
- 50 hours
Why it’s here
The Spirit of Big Bang is a barrel. The sapphire dial lets the automatic skeleton chronograph fill that case. Around 76,337. Fifty hours of reserve is ordinary automatic life. It will not carry a price like that, and it should not be asked to.
No. 05
Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 414.CI.1123.RX
Wound by hand, with ten days to make that reasonable.
- Hand-wound
- 10 days
- 45 mm
Why it’s here
The Big Bang Meca-10 is wound by hand. Ten days of reserve is what makes that demand reasonable: a Sunday wind can still be running the following weekend. Around 79,690, the dearest of these five.