TRANSGRESSION IS AN ART
These editions, imagined like genuine Art Watches, combine the Nyon watchmaker’s know-how in mastering materials and Swiss artist Saiff Vasarhelyi’s talent.
“Street life, you can run away from time”. This extract from the chorus of the jazz-funk hit from the end of the 70s, sang by Randy Crawford on one of The Crusaders’ albums, rings out like a hymn in the ears of urban artists. Over the following decade, tags and miscellaneous styles of graffiti would take over public spaces for good. This art form now flourishes on our wrists with a quartet created by Hublot and produced in a 10-piece limited series. Forever true to its ability of dynamiting watch codes, the manufacture once again wows the world with its Big Bang Meca-10 Street Art. To achieve its goal, it uses a material rolled out for the first time in 2016 in a Classic Fusion, an alloy mixing concrete with epoxy resin and graphene. This time round, gray’s been cast aside and bright, fluorescent hues take pride of place. As such, the 44 mm-diameter case becomes an expressive channel for artist Saiff Vasarhelyi. In a nutshell, the graffiti virtuoso handcrafted a one-of-a-kind creation using a technique he masters so well, Airbrushing. And, for a perfectly-fitting finish, each piece is worn on a fabric strap adorned with a design identical to the one on its case.
The fact that there’s no dial means that the 223 components of the powerful HUB1201 caliber play a key role in the extraordinary look of the Big Bang Meca-10 Street Art. This hand-wound movement’s power reserve indicator (around 240 hours) also center stages a colorful tag. A pure masterpiece delivered in a wooden presentation box specially designed for the occasion.
