By Jovan Krstevski
Well well, look who’s giving square watches a whole new attitude. Hublot just dropped the Square Bang Tourbillon 4-Day Power Reserve and it’s not playing around. This isn’t just a fresh coat of paint on the Square Bang lineup; it’s a complete mechanical makeover with a whole new playbook.
Traditionally, watchmakers shove round movements into square cases and call it a day. Hublot said nah, let’s build this from the ground up. So they cooked up a fully manual-wind movement (MHUB6023) where everything’s square; bridges, layout, even the architecture is all right angles. Think Mondrian in motion. With winding that’s situated at 3 o’clock, power reserve indicator at 9, big ol’ barrel at 12 that cranks out 4 days (96 hours) of juice, tourbillon spinning away at 6; it’s all neatly boxed off in a way that just works. The MHUB6023 also packs a silicon escapement.
This is not only the first model in Square Bang line to offer a tourbillon, Hublot’s also debuting 3D carbon fibre here; think woven strands in a lattice-like pattern that give this thing a ton of texture and depth. The sapphire sandwich case front and back for full dial gawking, it still measures 42mm x 13.2mm, so it’s beefy but wearable. And thanks to carbon, it’s lighter than you’d expect. Water resistance is a modest 30 meters, which is fine because this watch isn’t diving anywhere but maybe into a cocktail party.
Fastened to the wrist with a square patterned rubber strap with black ceramic/titanium deployant clasp; if you’ve got CHF 95,000 / EUR 109,000 / USD 105,000 in your pocket, this piece is already available.
