Hublot Big Bang SS

[takashi]

This one is claimed to have come from a new factory... There are certain features that make me believe that this new factory can very well share parts with Black Magic v2 that I reviewed earlier.

Stay tune for more pictures and complete review.

 

[Hambone]

As always Taka, your pics are the best. That HBB has a distictive look of quality to it.
From whom did you acquire this beauty?

 

[jvd45]

taka, that is lovely, do you mean you suspect that the BM v2 is from the same factory? if this is the factory's initial model, looks good for production of bm. your thoughts on ar reflex compared to gen?

 

[willem6]

Very nice watch,also very nice Pic.
How do you make so fine pic? expensive Camara ???

 

[avenger007]

Looks great, Taka! Very nice pics.

 

[guru]

this Watch was announced about 8 days ago here in RWI, just check some of the dealers postings, very cheap.

 

[jvd45]

yes I saw that too, discussion about the 21j and the fact that the AR was supposed to be the best rob had seen... this is why I was essentially interested in second opinion amazing for the price no doubt.. waiting to see your franken too.

 

[takashi]

Thank you for your compliments. The camera used is Olympus e420 with Zuiko kit lens 14-42mm. I don't have extra lenses. White balance corrected later and of course vignette effects added This watch is from Time4Direct.

Well, the AR coating is OK for a rep and it appears to be single sided. This makes it the best out of box single sided AR coated crystal on rep. How do I know that? You can see that on the picture with bluish tint, you see different gradient of blue. The darker blue indicates that it is the light source but the lighter blue reflection indicates the lack of coating. On good double sided AR this lighter blue shade reflection should not be there on the crystal. Of course the property of the AR is shown on this piece, although it is only single sided, as shown on other pictures.

Movement is low beat, highly decorated, similar to what I have seen on BM v2.
Crystal is thick with different coating tint than BM v2. However, I am pretty impressed with the case work. This is a well made watch.

Expect other dealers to carry similar watch too at similar price point (i.e.: about 250USD shipped).

 

[mw1015]

thanks for the impressions taka.

great photos as per usual.

can you confirm the datewheel is less recessed than previous versions of the HBB?

 

[Dr.Verylong]

Ordered one

Dr.Verylong

 

[takashi]

The datewheel is not less recessed. It is the same as usual modified asian 7750 to be 3-6-9 layout.

 

[Time4Direct]

Taka it certainly gives the appearance of being less recessed than the normal HBB lite As I said i didn't know why but looking at your pictures it looks like they have beveled the dial more

 

[takashi]

Probably because on the dial, it's slightly beveled near the date. This is a different dial than v1 and v2 that I have compared previously. The printing is very crisp but I wish the subdial ring could have been finer and softer off white tone like in the case of v1 dial.

All in all, very good watch for the money. This watch is about 5 secs fast a day. Pretty impressive out of box.

 

[Dr.Verylong]

I didn't get the nice cover (mine was stuck in an IWC plastic sleeve ) but apart from that mine looks the same.

Good fit, unfortunately PAHs in the bracelet.

I'll have to find out if the black magic is available from the same factory. If so, it is an instant buy for me.

Dr.Verylong