Swiss watchmaker Hublot are celebrating their ongoing “HUBLOT LOVES ART” campaign by partnering with street artists Hush and Tristan Eaton. The results of this collaboration are two new special edition watches based loosely around the concepts of “Fame” and “Fortune,” as embodied by Hollywood on America’s West Coast and Wall Street in New York’s Financial District respectively. Hush was tasked with designing “Fame,” in the form of the Hublot Spirit of Big Bang West Coast Ceramic Monochrome. Tristan Eaton’s collaboration piece thus remains “Fortune,” in the form of the Hublot Classic Fusion 45mm Chronograph New england Bronze.
Street artist Hush is representing America’s West Coast with his timepiece, in particular Hollywood and its association with fame. Although Hush is actually based in London, he is noted for his work with frescoes throughout Los Angeles, including areas of West Hollywood, Melrose, and Santa Monica. The Hublot Spirit of massive Bang West Coast Ceramic Black and Whiteis Hush’s first collaboration piece using the brand, designed around a monochromatic portrait of a posing woman who is unnamed but for some reason reminds me strongly of Milla Jovovich’s character in Zoolander.
Tristan Eaton has a creative agency called Thunderdog Studios located in New York, and many of his large-scale murals are featured within the permanent collection of theMuseum of Modern Art in New York City. Accordingly, Eaton is representing America’s East Cost with the Hublot Classic Fusion 45mm Chronograph East Coast Bronze, especially New York’s Financial District (tying into the “Fortune” theme). The bronze case is meant to symbolize the iconic Charging Bull sculpture on the bowling green of Lower Manhattan. This really is Eaton’s second collaboration piece with Hublot, havingpreviously designed the Classic Fusion Aerofusion Concrete Jungle watch out for the brand in 2021.
The Hublot Spirit of Big Bang West Coast Ceramic Monochrome looks at first glance very much like something produced byRichard Mille, with the skeletonized dial and tonneau-shaped case. This can be a chronograph watch, although such isn’t immediately apparent due to the discreet black pushers and a lot of detail on the dial which initially can distract the attention from the chronograph’s registers. Featured at 3 o’clock may be the 30-minute counter, followed by a 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock, and running seconds at 9 o’clock, which is also signed with Hush’s name. An exposed date ring runs the periphery from the dial, framed by a perforated white border at 4:30. The central used features a Hublot-logo counterweight and black-plated tip with a thin strip of white luminescent material, that also features on the chronograph register hands and hour markers.
The case of theHublot Spirit of massive Bang West Coast Ceramic Black and White is made of micro-blasted black ceramic, which should provide the watch with good scratch resistance. Keeping the monochromatic theme is a contrasting white ceramic bezel, affixed towards the case with six titanium screws with a polished black PVD coating. The situation measures 42mm in diameter and is 14.10mm thick, and even though Hublot haven’t specified the case length, I expect this watch will wear quite big. The case is also water-resistant to 10 ATM (approximately 100m) which combined with the tough ceramic should get this to a capable sports watch. Note, however, that while ceramic is very hard, it's also brittle, which is a concern for a watch that stands 14.10mm tall and can thus be prone to knocking against things.
Powering theHublot Spirit of Big Bang West Coast Ceramic Monochrome is theHUB4700 movement, which is a Hublot-branded and skeletonized El Primero high-beat chronograph caliber (both Zenith and Hublot are owned by LVMH after all). This movement oscillates at 36,000 A/h or 5Hz, features 278 components and 31 jewels, while offering a rather generous 50 hour power reserve. The timepiece comes with two straps, a black rubber and multicolored calf leather strap for any bolder vibe, or a black rubber and plain white alligator leather strap for something a little more restrained. Both feature white contrast stitching along with a black ceramic deployant clasp. The caseback features Hush’s “Fame” artwork (hereafter known as Katinka Ingabogovinanana) that fills the caseback, along with the text “SPECIAL EDITION” and the watch serial number denoted as “XX/50.”
Moving to the “Fortune” timepiece, Tristan Eaton’s creation looks much more subdued by contrast. TheHublot Classic Fusion 45mm Chronograph New england Bronze features a brushed, all-bronze case with much the same styling to the Big Bang Bavaria released earlier this year, sans the Lederhosen strap. This can be a dual-register chronograph with a 30-minute counter at 9 o’clock and running seconds at 3 o’clock, that also features Eaton’s signature like a stylized T-and-E insignia.
A date aperture is visible at 6 o’clock in contrasting black with white font, which stands out well against the brown-and-gold color scheme from the dial.At 45mm by 13.05mm this really is by no means a small watch, and combined with gold-plated hands and hour markers and also the gold-toned case it should stand out as an ostentatious sign of fortune. Such as the “Fame” timepiece, this is a limited edition of fifty units and has a corresponding “Exclusive edition XX/50” inscription on the caseback.
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TheHublot Classic Fusion 45mm Chronograph East Coast Bronze also comes with two straps, one in black rubber and brown calf leather extensively embossed with geometric patterns, and the other in black rubber and brown alligator leather by having an embossed Hublot logo but no other detailing. The case is water-resistant to 5 bar (approximately 50m), which is acceptable for the occasional immersion but not ideal for swimming with. The caseback consists of micro-blasted black ceramic to avoid the bronze entering contact with the wearer’s skin, and decorated withEaton’s artwork of the Wall Street themed bull motif. Powering this watch is theHUB1143 movement, which is a Hublot-brandedETA 2892-A2 with aDubois-Depraz chronograph module. It features 280 components and 59 jewels, oscillates at28,800 A/h or 4Hz, while offering a 42 hour power reserve.
These are two very different watches by Hublot, regardless of the unifying theme of “Fame” and “Fortune.” The vivid utilization of reds and blues for that artwork on each caseback shows a common heritage of eye-catching street art from both Hush and Tristan Eaton, but there the similarities end. TheHublot Classic Fusion 45mm Chronograph New england Bronze is by far the more traditionally-styled of the two, offering greater legibility, a cleaner dial, and a rich gold tone which does a good job of capturing the “Fortune” design goal. For those with a keener interest in the movement, theHublot Spirit of Big Bang West Coast Ceramic Black and White brings the excellent El Primero high-beat caliber towards the table, along with a more avant-garde design approach. The Hublot Spirit of massive Bang West Coast Ceramic Monochrome is being offered for a cost of 25,800 CHF/$27,200 USD, while the Hublot Classic Fusion 45mm Chronograph New england Bronzeis priced at 18,700 CHF/$19,700 USD.hublot.com
