Since 2017, Hublot has made the Mediterranean its summer home, and their launches have become one of the horological highlights of the year. This time the company chose Saint-Tropez and a pastel palette.

Two Big Bang Summer models lead the collection. They share the same face and the same mix of mint, pink and sky blue, but they differ inside. One holds the manufacture Unico flyback chronograph in a 42mm case. The other holds a manufacture automatic tourbillon in 44mm.

A set of monochrome watches sits alongside them in peach, mint and petrol blue, plus a fresh look at the coloured ceramic the company has spent years developing. The palette is new, but the technical side is exactly what buyers expect.

The pastel pair

The two Big Bang Summer watches share the same design and colour. Both have a microblasted and polished case in pink and mint green ceramic, with a sky blue ceramic bezel and a matching sky blue case-back. The case-back pairs sky blue ceramic with anti-reflective sapphire crystal, and six H-shaped titanium screws hold the bezel in place, which is a nod the porthole design from 1980.

The 42mm chronograph is limited to 200 pieces. It has a matte mint green and pink dial, sits 14.5mm thick and is water resistant to 100 metres. The 44mm tourbillon is the rarer of the two at just 10 pieces. It is 14.4mm thick and water resistant to 30 metres, with a transparent pink sapphire crystal dial that shows the movement underneath.

Both watches use the One-Click system, so the sky blue rubber strap can be swapped for mint green or pink in seconds. Each strap is white-lined and held by a titanium deployant buckle, and additional straps.

Since 2018 Hublot has built the only palette of coloured high-tech ceramics, from strong shades to these soft pastels, with several patents behind it. The ceramic is up to 300 Vickers harder than traditional ceramic, with strong scratch resistance to match.

The movements

The 42mm model runs on the HUB1280, the self-winding Unico flyback chronograph in service since 2010 and improved many times since. It works at 4Hz, or 28,800 vibrations per hour, with a 72-hour power reserve, using 354 components and 43 jewels. A front-facing column wheel and silicon escapement are on show, and the flyback function is precise to one eighth of a second for an instant reset and restart.

Five patented innovations sit inside, including dual oscillating clutches, an anti-trembling system, a zero-friction ratchet wheel blocker, a fine balance wheel adjustment system, and a constant-pressure system for the minute counter. Each caliber is tested through the Chronofiable protocol and runs accurate to within minus two to plus four seconds a day.

The 44mm tourbillon uses the HUB6035 automatic movement. It runs at 3Hz, or 21,600 vibrations per hour, with the same 72-hour reserve, built from 293 components and 26 jewels. A micro-rotor on the dial side keeps it wound without hiding the view, and the sapphire architecture puts the whole movement on display with the tourbillon front and centre.

Monochrome Meets titanium peach

Hublot has also added three monochrome Big Bang watches in 33mm, in peach, mint green and petrol blue. For the first time the 33mm comes without diamonds, so the colour runs cleanly across the dial, case, bezel and strap. Each one uses the HUB1120 self-winding movement at 4Hz, with a 40-hour power reserve, 169 components and 18 jewels. All three are 10.55mm thick, water resistant to 100 metres and held by a stainless steel deployant buckle.

The 42mm Big Bang Titanium Peach Ceramic is the more technical option. It has a satin-finished and polished titanium case, a polished peach ceramic bezel and a peach skeleton dial. Inside is the same Unico flyback chronograph as the multi-coloured model, with its 72-hour reserve and 4Hz beat. It is 14.5mm thick, water resistant to 100 metres, fitted with a peach structured rubber strap and a titanium deployant buckle.

The story goes back to 1980, when the brand put a gold case on a rubber strap and took its name from the porthole bezel and its exposed screws. The Big Bang followed in 2005 and won the Best Design award at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève that year. It has kept reinventing itself ever since, and the Art of Fusion runs through every collection, from Big Bang to Classic Fusion and the Exceptional Timepieces.

Every piece is covered by the 5+5 warranty introduced in 2026. This gives ten years of international cover for eligible watches registered through the Hublotista programme, as long as the basic five-year term is still active. The summer and ceramic editions are sold through selected points of sale and online.