VIDEO: The Hublot Big Bang Integral Blue Ceramic shows the potential future of sports watches

Fergus Nash

Hublot are a brand who love to outdo themselves, as well as outdoing everyone else. With the craze for blue-dialled steel sports watches fading slightly, there’s a chance to pounce on forging the new watch trends for decades to come, and the Big Bang Integral in blue ceramic is a real marker of what the future could look like for sports watches.

Material is a huge conversation in the watch world currently, considering the rise of bronze cases in some big name brands, and even stranger options such as Tudor releasing a silver watch. I once wrote about the democratisation of ceramic bezels, and it feels like a similar thing may now be happening with ceramic cases and bracelets. It begins with the big names experimenting with seemingly crazy projects, and eventually it becomes the standard.

Hublot’s ability to make vibrant ceramic colours without compromising the hardness is one of their specialties, and the Hublot Big Bang Integral in blue ceramic is priced at $32,200AUD, which is of course a lot of money. But, the price represents of the quality and uniqueness of the watch, which could be a real trailblazer, and such is the price of innovation.

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