At Hublot, innovation takes on many forms. A driving force at the forward-looking manufacture, the need to ceaselessly push the limits and break boundaries to conjure astonishing creations and world-firsts is what keeps its creativity in perpetual overdrive. After becoming an industry leader of a wide range of materials from coloured sapphire and vividly chromatic ceramic to inventing the world’s first scratch-resistant 18k gold alloy, today, Hublot unveils a true innovation that’s been several years in the making and unlike anything else: multi-coloured ceramic, dubbed “Magic Ceramic”.

For over 10 years, Hublot has been at the vanguard of developing and producing coloured ceramics, and remains the only watch manufacture capable of producing vibrantly coloured ceramics in-house. Thanks to the expertise of its R&D and Materials & Metallurgy teams, who take on the role of “alchemists of time” by conjuring things previously thought impossible, Hublot has accomplished what has long been considered a holy grail of ceramics. Nothing short of revolutionary, this achievement marks the beginning of a new world of creative possibilities and artistic expression and liberty.

More than just a simple layering of pigments, achieving multi-coloured ceramic requires innovative thinking and a deep understanding of ceramics and how colours are reproduced. While others have attempted to create multicoloured ceramics, none have come close to what Hublot has achieved. Each pigment used for colour must go through different temperatures during the baking and moulding processes of the ceramic components. The challenge therefore lies in finding the perfect balance to obtain a homogeneous and flawless result – time and time again. Always leading and never following, Hublot’s new “Magic Ceramic” is born of a pending patent process and is making its debut in the Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic, a limited edition of just 20 pieces that offers a glimpse of one of the countless possibilities that this innovation offers.

On this latest innovation by the Hublot manufacture, Director of R&D Mathias Buttet shared, “I feel an immense pride in seeing our team bring to life a material that perfectly embodies Hublot’s soul: a subtle blend of science, alchemy, and playful boldness. After more than four years of research, we have mastered the art of combining vivid, patented colors—a true technical feat. Thanks to the creativity and talent of our young engineers taking the lead, Hublot’s scientific approach and innovating spirit will continue to astonish.”

Intriguing, captivating and simply beyond reason or logic, the coloured ceramic looks like nothing else out there. In the Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic, the bezel, crafted in dark grey ceramic, gives way to intense blue circles arranged in a seemingly random and organic pattern. Like a work of contemporary abstract or pop art, the way the circles are perfectly and seamlessly integrated within the rest of the ceramic is a testament to the ingenuity of the patent-pending process.

Within the Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic beats the UNICO automatic flyback chronograph movement, conceived, developed and manufactured entirely within Hublot’s ateliers. It is finished in a grey tone matching the dominant tone of the multi-coloured ceramic. A full black lined rubber strap completes the look of this singular work of watchmaking-come-art. This combination of the manufacture’s first automatic in-house chronograph movement and its latest groundbreaking achievement in ceramic brings Hublot’s vast range of know-how full circle.

The Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic is a limited edition of 20 pieces that will go down in history as a world first, and marks the beginning of a new creative avenue for Hublot to explore to the fullest extent. The future is bright... and multicolored.

Hublot is a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Nyon. For its first ever timepiece, this fundamentally disruptive company combined gold with a rubber strap in a case with a design inspired by a ship’s porthole (hublot in French). Thus, the Art of Fusion was born, blending tradition, innovation, craftsmanship, worlds and talents. It became the brand’s aesthetic and technical signature.

This identity was strengthened in 2005 with the Big Bang, which attested to an unrivalled know-how in terms of complications, manufacture movements and state-of-the-art materials. Carbon, titanium, ceramic and sapphire have been developed on this model to technical extremes.

This ground-breaking, high-quality approach to watchmaking is summed up in its philosophy ‘Be First, Unique and Different.’ It gradually led to other collections with innovative designs: Classic Fusion, Shaped Collection (Spirit of Big Bang, Square Bang) and Manufacture Pieces. These draw on high levels of craftsmanship, both in terms of the materials so dear to Hublot (such as Magic Gold, brightly-coloured ceramics and sapphires) and its manufacture movements (Unico chronograph, Meca-10 and high complications such as the Tourbillon, the Cathedral Minute Repeater and the specific Manufacture Pieces movements).

Hublot’s world extends to powerful partnerships including football. ‘Hublot Loves Football’ has become the slogan at the world’s biggest sporting events (such as the FIFA World Cup^™, Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA EURO^™) and through its ambassadors. This love of football continues in art, design, music, sport, fine dining and sailing. Lastly, Hublot’s implication in joint environmental projects with SORAI and Polar Pod reflects its concern for the issues of the day.

Over 140 boutiques around the world share Hublot’s fervour and values, alongside the Hublot.com e-commerce site.


Few watches have had such a sizeable impact on the world of contemporary watchmaking as the Hublot Big Bang. Marking 20 years in 2025 since its game-changing introduction, the Big Bang serves as the portal to Hublot’s vision of the future. Encapsulating the furthest extents of the manufacture’s imagination, the Big Bang transcends tradition with its use of exotic and proprietary materials as well as in-house developed and manufactured movements such as the Unico. Always treading the line between bold aesthetics and inventive, playful mechanics, the Big Bang is in a perpetual state of expansion and evolution.

Reference	:	441.CIB.1171.RX
Case	:	Microblasted and polished black ceramic “One-Click” System
Diameter	:	42 mm
Thickness	:	14.5 mm
Water resistance	:	10 ATM / 100 m
Caseback	:	Microblasted and polished black ceramic and sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment
Bezel	:	Polished bi-color black ceramic with twilight blue dots
Dial	:	Matt black
Movement	:	HUB1280 UNICO Manufacture self-winding chronograph flyback movement
Main plate & bridges	:	Black-plated date calendar Display at 3.00
Oscillating weight	:	Black-plated circular satin-finished tungsten
Frequency	:	4 Hz (28,800 A/h)
Power reserve	:	72 hours approx.
Components	:	354
Jewels	:	43
Bracelet	:	Full black lined rubber straps
Buckle	:	Black ceramic and black-plated titanium deployant buckle clasp
Prices	:	30,000 CHF • 34,300 EUR • 28,300 GBP • 33,000 USD