It’s shaping up to be a big year for Hublot, as the beating heart of its collection — the Big Bang — turns 20 in 2025. While we have a feeling there’s more celebration coming down the pipeline (perhaps at Watches & Wonders in Geneva), the brand’s LVMH Watch Week collection makes it clear that Hublot isn’t straying too far from its core competencies of wild color, bold technical materials and an aesthetic approach to watchmaking that has stayed remarkably constant for the last two decades. Other brands might have flipped and flopped from style to trend, but Hublot has hewn close to the Big Bang — a watch born in the bravura energy of the Big Watch Era. I’m sure there were times when Hublot’s management team wished they had some vintage designs to recreate (like everyone else), but in the end, Hublot being Hublot has been a smart play in the long term. The Big Bang, once an outsider banging on the halls of the establishment, is now one of the most important players in the canon of modern watch brands, and watchmaking is all the better for it.

Having said that, here are the latest Hublot Novelties for 2025.

The Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Green Saxem evokes the Emerald City

If you’ve been paying attention to Hublot’s releases over the last few years, you’ve probably noticed them dropping the works SAXEM quite a bit — and with good reason. The brand is the first (and only) watchmaker to use the material in its designs. But what, I hear you ask, is SAXEM? Okay, here you go. SAXEM is a more press-release-friendly shorthand for Sapphire Aluminium oXide and rare Earth Mineral. Essentially, it’s a type of synthetic sapphire, a material Hublot has used extensively for years. The structure and composition of SAXEM are interesting for watch case applications, as it allows for more colours and a more vibrant expression of the colour, which is right up the Big Bangs alley.

This Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Green Saxem is the follow-up to the 42mm Unico Green Saxem, announced in 2024. This version shared the same emerald-toned case with the Chronograph but offered a decidedly more complex interior, thanks to the MHUB6035 calibre, a contemporary micro-rotor movement with an open design and large 60-second tourbillon at six. All the details are in black, providing a high level of contrast with the 44mm case.

As you might expect, this isn’t going to be a high production number — it’s limited to 18 pieces and stands as one of the most technically and mechanically complex pieces in Hublot’s catalogue.

The latest Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 boasts a smaller size and an updated design

In 2016, almost 10 years ago, Hublot released the Big Bang Meca-10, a watch that was billed as the ultimate interpretation of the manually wound Big Bang, pairing an aggressively open-worked dial into the iconic Big Bang Case, creating a compellingly industrial aesthetic object, packed with power reserve.

Today, the Meca-10 has been given a meaningful structural makeover, most notably in the new 42mm case and the HUB1205 movement. This new caliber is, broadly speaking, a more sophisticated evolution of the 2016 original, both in design and finish. The architecture consists of three linear bridges decorated with a satin-brush and colour-matched with the case material. As you’d expect, the calibre still maintains a 10-day power reserve, thanks to the twin mainsprings, and is tracked via the unusual rack-driven power reserve. There’s a running seconds indicator at nine, just above the fully exposed balance wheel. This take on the Meca-10 still delivers the same visual impact of the original — it’s a delight for the mechanically inclined — but the overall effect is neater, thanks largely to the cross-like design and the tighter proportions forcing a greater economy of design.

The Meca 10 has always been one of the most interesting propositions in the Big Bang ecosystem. It’s a fairly simple mechanical proposition — chuck some absolutely giant mainsprings in a manually wound movement and make it look as cool as possible. The original Meca-10 nailed this brief. What Hublot has done in 2025 is refine and rework the premise while keeping the core mission in sight. It’s a watch that delivers the cool factor of a well-done, open-worked movement and a stonking big power reserve without overcomplicating the equation with, well, complications. Add to this fact the more real-world size of 42mm, and Hublot are onto a winner with this new Meca-10.

Hublot Spirit of Big Bang in three shades of ceramic

In addition to the brand new calibre and more contemporary size of the Meca-10, Hublot’s 2024 slate of releases also boasts some vivid new options in the popular, tonneau-shaped Spirit of Big Bang collection.

From its debut over a decade ago, the Spirit of Big Bang line has gradually become an increasingly important part of Hublot’s assortment — it takes the core of the Big Bang identity and stretches it into a wrist-hugging tonneau that has plenty of appeal and off the wrist.

So it should come as no real surprise to see that this curvier take on the Big Bang is now being treated to the same tricks as its round brethren, namely, colorful ceramics! The 42mm Spirit of Big Bang models are now offered in a trio of contemporary ceramic hues — Dark Green, Sky blue or Beige. All three versions are offered as chronographs with open-worked dials and have the same mix of polished and micro-blasted aesthetics that have the same airy, unisex appeal and a testament to Hublot’s expertise with ceramics that, when combined with the matching straps and dial highlights, makes for an attractive package. These three new variants of the Spirit of Big Bang are limited to 200 pieces per colourway, but don’t fret; we’re confident that we’re going to see more ceramic splendour on the Spirit of Big Bang in the future.

Hublot Spirit of Big Bang Year of the Snake

Keeping the shape of the Spirit is another watch — actually announced prior to the LVMH Watch Week events — but still very much a certified fresh release: the Spirit of Big Bang Year of the Snake. This watch, made in honour of the lunar year of the snake, is limited (unsurprisingly) to 88 pieces and features a few pleasingly serpentine details. Most obvious is the bezel and strap, which feature a pattern of the snake’s shimmering scales. Beyond that, there’s a golden serpent, with its head at 12, and a delicately sculpted body that sinuously weaves its way around the registers and subdials, creating a delicate piece of high contrast drama to this watch.

Of course, in the Chinese zodiac, the snake is a symbol of wisdom, charm and transformation, and this Hublot is a fitting celebration of this essence. It’s also worth pointing out that, even if the symbolism of the animal doesn’t mean much to you, this is a genuinely cool Hublot, packed full of the sort of rockstar energy and rebellious spirit that has defined how Hublot makes watches for decades.

Tech Specs: Hublot Spirit of Big Bang Year Of The Snake

Movement: Self-winding HUB4700 chronograph; 50-hour power reserve
Functions: Hours and minutes; small seconds; date; chronograph
Case: 42mm (14.1mm thick); black ceramic; water-resistant to 100m
Dial: Sapphire with gold-plated snake applique
Strap: Black rubber with snakeskin texture; black ceramic and titanium clasp
Availability: Limited to 88 pieces
Price: CHF 31,900

Tech Specs: Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Green Saxem

Movement: Self-winding MHUB6035 Manufacture Tourbillon; 72-hour power reserve
Functions: Hours and minutes; tourbillon
Case: 44mm (14.4mm thick); polished green SAXEM; water-resistant to 30m
Dial: Smoked black sapphire
Strap: Black lined rubber strap with ceramic and titanium buckle; additional green transparent lined rubber with velcro fastener and ceramic buckle
Availability: Limited to 18 pieces
Price: CHF 210,000

Tech Specs: Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 10-Day Power Reserve

Movement: Manual-winding HUB1205 Manufacture; 10-day power reserve
Functions: Hours and minutes; small seconds; power reserve
Case: 42mm (13.9mm thick); King Gold, titanium or black frosted carbon; water-resistant to 100m
Dial: Skeletonized
Strap: Black rubber strap with clasp matching case / black fabric with velcro clasp (Carbon Black)
Price: CHF 38,900 (King Gold) / CHF 20,900 (Titanium) / CHF 24,900 (Carbon Black)

Tech Specs: Hublot Spirit of Big Bang

Movement: Self-winding HUB4700 chronograph; 50-hour power reserve
Functions: Hours and minutes; small seconds; date; chronograph
Case: 42mm (14.1mm thick); dark green, sky blue or beige ceramic; water-resistant to 100m
Dial: Sapphire
Strap: Black and dark green, sky blue or beige structured rubber with matching ceramic clasp
Availability: Limited to 200 pieces
Price: CHF 24,900