Has it really been six years since Swiss watchmaker Hublot announced its partnership with Italian sports-car icon Ferrari and its racing team, Ferrari Scuderia Corsa" Indeed it has, and since that time the Ferrari team has racked up its milestone 100th victory, conquering the competition at Le Mans, Indianapolis, Daytona, and Sebring, to name just a few legendary tracks. To commemorate the “championship centennial,” Hublot unveiled last week its latest ultra-exclusive timepiece, the Big Bang Ferrari Scuderia Corsa Limited Edition.
Hublot Big Bang Ferrari Scuderia Corsa Limited Edition
Limited to just 25 pieces, the watch uses authentic carbon fiber from Ferrari Scuderia Corsa’s 488 GT3 racing machine, incorporated into its 45-mm-diameter case, which also features, in Hublot’s now-familiar “fusion” tradition, a cornucopia of other high-tech materials. The disk-brake-inspired bezel mixes carbon with ceramic; the H-shaped screws that fasten the bezel to the carbon casebody (with streaks of Ferrari red) are made of black PVD-coated titanium; the screw-down winding crown combines black PVD titanium with black and red composite resin; and the red calfskin leather strap is lined with black rubber. Beneath a nonreflective sapphire crystal, red lacquered hands sweep over a sapphire dial with red lacquered hour markers and an applied Ferrari emblem. Hublot’s Unico Caliber is on display behind the decorative sapphire caseback.
The sapphir...