AUSTRALIANS may be just at the start of their winter but Hublot is reminding us it’s still summer somewhere. The watchmaker has revealed their annual summer launch: six new Big Bang ceramic references in pastel shades of ice-cream-level deliciousness. It’s impossible not to imagine them melting down a tanned wrist as the wearer basks in the Mediterranean sunshine and honestly, it’s a total mood.

Two Big Bang Summer pieces share the same multicoloured composition of mint green, pink and sky-blue ceramic, differentiated by what’s inside. The 42mm version runs the manufacture Unico flyback chronograph, limited to 200 pieces, with a microblasted and polished pink and mint-green case, a sky-blue ceramic bezel, and a matching case-back. The HUB1280 calibre inside delivers a column-wheel-controlled flyback function accurate to 1/8th of a second, along with a 72-hour power reserve and 43 jewels across 354 components.

The 44mm version, limited to just 10 pieces, swaps in a manufacture automatic tourbillon. The HUB6035 caliber sits behind a transparent pink sapphire crystal dial, exposing the movement along with a micro-rotor for winding efficiency. Both Summer references share the same case construction, a One-Click interchangeable strap system, and a titanium deployant buckle clasp.

Alongside the Summer pieces, Hublot has added three new monochrome ceramic colorways to the 33mm and 42mm Big Bang range: peach, mint green and petrol blue. The 33mm versions mark a first for the line, dropping diamonds entirely so the ceramic color carries the design unbroken across dial, case, bezel and strap. These run on the HUB1120 self-winding movement, with a 40-hour power reserve.

The 42mm Big Bang Titanium Peach Ceramic pairs a satin-finished titanium case with a polished peach ceramic bezel and skeletonized peach dial, again powered by the Unico flyback chronograph, and carries 100m water resistance.

All the new ceramic remains part of Hublot’s in-house palette, developed since 2018 and tested to roughly 300 Vickers harder than standard ceramic for scratch resistance.

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