Hublot

After the announcement of the first Sapphire cased models by Hublot, I was really intrigued to consider my first Hublot. Much to my dismay, the timepieces were too big for my wrist 45mm - so I passed on both the Unico and Spirit. Fast forward to this year...  

I'm not usually a big fan of the "Spirit" but this version is really awesome. Congrats! Fx

Cheers

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This looks good on your wrist. Definitely interesting and different with this case. Do you know anything about the durability of these cases? How do you think it will show signs of wear/age over time?

In terms of durability I can’t say much given the limited real world experience of watches with sapphire cases - except that what we do have is experience with watches with a large protuding sapphire crystal like those on Panerai. Experience seems positiv... 

Perhaps no different than ceramic regarding unintentional dropping' let's just hope that doesn't happen. Enjoy it!

Hopefully no major drops - but having dropped platinum and steel watches in the past - never issues with the crystal so far. Also helps sapphire is much stronger than ceramic - but will see after a few years use! Cheers, Peter

My favourite version of the spirit and one I considered buying myself! Welcome to the Hublot family. Love it! Cheers Andrew

And thanks for welcoming me to the family. I really like the watch box that comes with the watch - 100pct clear! I will take a picture of it later. Hublot is pretty smart with marketing! Cheers, Peter

A superb piece, enjoy! Grtz, Dom

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pfang56, Slowly slowly...catch your monkey...er...I meant Hublot! Spooky that I was just looking at the big brother in Hublot store at Harrods, London only last week. Only looking.... Regards, MTF ...  

If Hublot is that good with listening to their customers and updating their new range quickly? I heard others having similar feedback to have a smaller sapphire model. In any case patience pays off! Curious to see what other watch brands take on sapphire ...