Crazy is what Hublot does best. Everyone knows that, and no one actually wants a Classic Fusion because, at this point, they’re boring and show a fraction of a fraction of what the brand can do. People want big, bold colors in big, bold cases. People want a rainbow of sapphire and the Big Bang. And for the model’s 20th anniversary, five very special (and well-heeled) people will get just that. In a pure demonstration of its commitment to pushing boundaries and the legacy of the Big Bang, the brand that will always wow has given us the UK perfect replica Hublot Big Bang 20th Anniversary “Master of Sapphire” Set watches, a quintet of colorful sapphire Big Bangs for the die-hard collector.
Up front, I’ll let you know that these best fake watches, all five of them, are known quantities. Hublot introduced the Big Bang in 2005, a sapphire Big Bang in 2016, and the MECA-10 movement in 2019. This is to say that you aren’t really getting anything new here, just a celebration of the cool things Hublot does. Other Big Bangs equipped with the same movement are sized at 42mm or 45mm, but this set is 44mm, and while it’s not exactly clear why, it’s also not very relevant. Big is big, and these are big. The cases have a sandwich construction, with layers of sapphire connected by visible bolts and completed with further sapphire crystals on the front and back. They all measure 15.3mm thick and are rated to 50m WR, which is lower than other MECA-10 Big Bangs but on par with the brand’s other sapphire offerings. (I assume the lower WR is because gaskets ruin the visual charm, but there may well be some materials-science factors I don’t understand.)
The high quality copy watches all wear well on the wrist, for their size — they’re still undeniably large — with very comfortable rubber straps color-matched to the case, each of which can be removed with a single button’s push (In theory, you could swap them around for some real color fun, but we weren’t allowed to do that). One touch I liked about the titanium clasps was the color-matched Hublot text; effectively, no element in the entire watch is without color-matching. The joy of these buy replica watches truly comes down to the panoply of color and getting them to play in the light. The hues don’t shift, but they do brighten and dim depending on the light angles, so each has a bit of variability that’s easy to appreciate. There’s one important note to all this case talk, though. The neon yellow version — a color we first saw in 2023 — isn’t regular sapphire, it’s SAXEM. Hublot was the first to use this material and did so in 2019 with a Big Bang MP-11. SAXEM’s mineral structure makes it better suited for rich, vibrant colors compared to regular sapphire. And you can see the difference: The neon yellow is far more saturated and bright than the other colors.
The dials also make use of their own bits of sapphire, with the chapter ring and hour flange made of the material with color-matched lume accents, which are also seen in the Swiss made replica Hublot watches style hands. The dial layout is based on the architecture of the caliber housed beneath and is completely visible from above. There’s a sapphire register at 9 o’clock for the running seconds and a power reserve indicator with a red frame at 6 o’clock. Perhaps predictably, the blue models, with colors closer to metal hues, weren’t as legible as the yellow or purple models, but the clear sapphire was the worst offender. Luckily, with a quick tilt of the wrist, the light hits everything, and you can easily read the time.
The in-house manual winding Hublot Calibre HUB1201 is on full display through the front and back sapphire crystals, and it delivers a whopping 240-hour power reserve at 21,600 vph. As we mentioned when we debuted this collection, the unique power reserve indicator is driven by a “crémaillère” rack system, which consists of a linear gear connected to a circular gear, with the mechanism proudly displayed on the upper portion of the dial. And if you’re wondering if top fake Hublot watches made a clock out of the Calibre HUB1201 and the MECA-10 design, it did.
This 5-piece set is less of an innovation in itself and more a tribute to the Big Bang and Hublot’s use of sapphire over the last decade. It’s a nod to the fun the brand has while also delivering interesting watches in novel materials. More than that, one has to assume it’s a bit of an expression of gratitude to hardcore Hublot collectors, who are certainly the only ones who will have a chance to get one of the five sets being made. The cheap super clone Hublot Big Bang 20th Anniversary ‘Master of Sapphire’ set watches limited to five sets.
