(image credit: Hublot) Hublot Chukker Bang | US$tba | www.hublot.com
Hublot has announced the Chukker Bang time piece to mark the occasion of the Polo Gold Cup Gstaad, a prestigious polo event Hublot has been associated for the last four years. this particular time piece drew its inspiration from the game of polo and developed with input from one of the world’s best polo player and Hublot Ambassador Facundo Pieres. one of the highlight of this 44.5-mm diameter polo-centric time piece is its 7-min 30 counter which is exactly the length of one period of play, or “chukka” as it is called in the world of polo.
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other features include satin-finished black ceramic bezel with removable vertical satin-finished titanium grille, anti-reflective sapphire crystal, black composite resin bezel lugs and lateral inserts, water resistance to up to 100-meters (10 ATM), Polo Flyback automatic chronograph movement and SuperLuminova treated white hands and indexes – just to name a few. it is also worthy to mention that the case back is of solid titanium engraved with Chukker Bang. the Hublot Chukker Bang watch is available in either a limited edition titanium version, or the titanium version with diamond-set grilled. the former is limited to just 500 numbered pieces. more detail specifications after the break.
| References | 317.NM.1137.VR (titanium version) Limited edition of 500 pieces numbered from 01/500 to 500/500 317.NM.2136.VR.1104 (titanium version with diamond-set grille) |
| Case | Big Bang – Diameter 44.5 mm in vertical satin-finished titanium |
| Bezel | Satin-finished black ceramic with vertical satin-finished titanium grille 6 titanium H-shaped countersunk, polished & locked screws |
| Crystal | Sapphire with interior/exterior anti-reflective treatment |
| Bezel Lugs | Black composite resin |
| Lateral inserts | Black composite resin |
| Case-back | Solid titanium with special Chukker Bang engraving |
| Push-pieces | Satin-finished steel, rectangular with black rubber inserts |
| Water resistance | 10 ATM or approximately 100 meters |
| Dial | Matt black with black satin-finished indexes and white SuperLuminova™ |
| Hands | Black nickel, satin-finished with white SuperLuminova™ Red chronograph hand with H counterweight Red minute counter hand |
| Movement | HUB1141 – Polo Flyback automatic chronograph movement (7 min 30) |
| Components | 280 |
| Ruby | 59 |
| Bridges | Satin-finished polished and bevelled |
| Screw | Black PVD titanium |
| Calendar | Rectangular window at 6 o’clock |
| Oscillating weight | Tungsten with black PVD treated dimpled surface |
| Main plate | Micro-blasted, rhodium-plated |
| Barrel | Reinforced spring |
| Escapement | Glucydur hairspring |
| Power reserve | Approximately 42 hours |
| Frequency | 4 Hz/ 28,600 vib/h |
| Strap | Adjustable black rubber and beige calfskin with ecru stitching |
| Clasp | Big Bang satin-finished polished steel deployant buckle, titanium screws |
SOURCE: Hublot
