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Hublot Big Bang Black Magic amfAR BANG Limited Edition (Ref. 301.CI.1170.GR.AMF11) Replica Watch

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Hublot is going to sell 100 pieces of its special numbered edition Hublot Big Bang amfAR BANG (Ref. 301.CI.1170.GR.AMF11) automatic chronograph donating some part of the revenue to the US-based amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research) nonprofit organization. Although I (as well as a lot of other bloggers and journalists who happen to write about watches) grow more and more tired of Hublot’s design language, which seems to degenerate into recombining the same couple of vowels and consonants over and over again, it is always a pleasure to write about a corporate monster doing a good thing. Whether it is a restoration of an old plane or a move to support the dwindling rainforests of Malaysia, the act is always generous, always welcomed not only by its beneficiaries but by the general public as well. The watch that Hublot decided to re-issue as a limited edition model belongs to their well-known (even iconic, perhaps) Big Bang collection. Its only difference from the rest of ...

Hublot Big Bang Bullet Bang Limited Edition Replica Watch In Cermet

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With this limited edition Hublot Big Bang Bullet Bang , the relatively young brand keeps experimenting with materials. While not particularly unfamiliar to those designing jet engines, electronic components, and Formula One cars, they are extremely rarely employed by the local watch-builders: the industry is traditionally quite conservative when it comes to materials. This new member of the highly popular Big Bang family uses a highly scratch-resistant (and also quite dressy if you use it to make an expensive watch) Cermet ceramic material. Let me start with a total disclosure here: I am a big fan of Hublot’s Big Bang series. Although having certain problems with legibility (especially, their ‘All Black’ models), there is something about the Big Bang, that makes some people fall in love with the watch in a moment they see it. So, you must understand I am a little, to say the least, biased here. Okay, here we go with the Hublot Big Bang Bullet Bang limited edition watch. Ove...

Up Close:The Rolex Cellini Moonphase Replica Watch

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Rolex re-launched the Cellini collection in 2014, to a lukewarm reception. It's not that they aren't good watches - they come with the same build quality as any Rolex Oyster - but there's just not the same love for seeing Rolex "do dressy" that there is for the Oyster collection. This year Rolex released the Cellini Moonphase; can this convert the doubters and add a bit of punch and personality to the dressier side of the mega-brand? Cellini is a victim of Rolex's success, really. The Oyster models have all existed for decades and Rolex has done an excellent job of stewarding those designs into the 21st century, slowly and surely modernising them where necessary. Sure, the die-hard fans rant and rave about the addition of a cyclops to the Sea-Dweller's date window, but that's exactly the point: when that's all you've got to be unhappy about, things are not going too badly. The Cellini on the other hand, is new. Rolex fans don't like ...