The Big Bang Unico Sky Blue is part of a one-two colour punch that is peak Hublot
The ubiquity of blue this year has not gone unnoticed, with almost every brand hopping onto the trend in the hope of convincing more consumers to buy their watches. Hublot’s direction in the colour chosen for the Hublot Big Bang Unico Sky Blue is not a case of trend-following. It’s yet more proof of the brand reading the room – where suddenly bright colours are more popular than ever, thanks to the gloomy global 2020 mood – and turning the freshness factor up to 11. Instead of just another blue dial, Hublot brings an entirely new shade of the colour to the market – going so far as to incorporate it into the case as well as the dial. Through their use of innovative materials, the brand has brought us a Sky Blue take on their Unico watch that evokes a city of gears floating in the sky and clouds above. The watch is 42mm of robust ceramic and features a self-winding flyback column wheel chronograph movement manufactured in-house. It may seem like a party on the outside, with its youthful sky blue exterior, but make no mistake — it means business inside, providing one of the most unique and…
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Editor’s note: Ask most watch enthusiasts what Tudor’s first GMT wristwatch was and they’ll tell you it’s the perpetually popular Black Bay GMT aka “The Diet Pepsi”. And that, my friends, is the wrong answer. Tudor’s first timepiece equipped with a GMT complication was actually a model called the Iconaut. A chunky, bulbous-looking thing, this is a watch that could only have been spawned in that liminal period between noughties and present day. T+T friend Peter has one, and he is rather fond of it. Why? Keep reading … When did you first see/hear about it? I actually had no idea this watch even existed until the day I bought it. I was at The Hour Glass in Melbourne picking up another watch, and this was in the Tudor display cabinet, and the salesman told me it was on sale. “How much?” I asked, and he said they could do 50 per cent off. I didn’t really have to think twice – a unique-looking wristwatch with a date, GMT and chronograph complication made by Tudor, at half retail, is all the excuse I’d ever need to pull the trigger. Any story behind the purchase? None whatsoever. It’s just another exceedingly…
YES, we love colours! Why do we drop Instagram comments peppered with flame emojis for a Breitling or Mido rainbow dial, and yet still find ourselves at home with a monochrome dive watch, a monochrome moon watch, a black Casi-Oak and maybe, to get hog wild, a blue dial sports watch? B-o-r-i-n-g. Do what you say and go green, the colour of the year, whether it be olive toughness or bottle green in a svelte gold case. Do not be shy of wrist, and spice up that wardrobe with a pick from this verdant basket of goodness as we look at some of the best green dial watches of 2020. Longines Legend Diver bronze with green dial The Legend Diver in 42mm is as vintage perfect as they come, yet is less spoken of these days than some flashier divers of 2020. In its strict monochrome early ’60s suit, the inner bezel compressor case is more subdued and formal, but here it changes dramatically with the new bronze case, with a deep forest green dégradé dial to match gold tones. The detailed gold-coloured print on the dial is sharp, and rich against the dial. In this 42mm case, the warmth…
