More than a Touch of Gray: Hublot Big Bang Unico Berluti Aluminio
Hublot’s partnership with Parisian high-end footwear firm Berluti reached the five-year mark in in 2021 and the Swiss watchmaker is celebrating with its latest in its series of special-edition timepieces that elegantly incorporate Berluti’s hallmark Venezia leather into their cases, straps, and dials. The Big Bang Unico Berluti Aluminio, with its monochromatic gray ensemble, offers perhaps the most understated aesthetic thus far in the exclusive collection.
Hublot Big Bang Berluti Aluminio (Ref. 421.NX.0500.VR.BER21)
Despite what the name of the model would imply, the 44-mm case of the watch is made not from aluminum but titanium, “Aluminio” instead referring to the distinctive gray Venezio leather used throughout the timepiece. The intent, says Hublor CEO Ricardo Guadalupe, was to create an “urban style” timepiece that brings to mind “the smooth satin tones of the concrete that adorns the greatest cities.”
The monochrome gray look evokes concrete canyons of great cities.
Alumino Venezia leather, which is one of Berluti’s signature patinas, is deployed on the polished titanium bezel as well as on the openworked dial, whose surface hosts relief hour numerals and indices and the “Swiss Made” indication, all gauffered directly into the leather. The dial’s leather border is held between two panes of sapphire, and frames a large aperture through which the gears of the movement are on display, sw...
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