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Hublot Big Bang Unico Bi-retrograde Chrono is the official Hublot FIFA 2014 watch.
Hublot FIFA 2014 watch is designed in 2 metal options, 18K Gold and Black Ceramic limited to 100 pieces and 200 pieces, respectively.
Hublot FIFA watch is also the first Big Bang Unico Bi- Retrograde Chronograph from the swiss watch maker.
What’s a retrograde chrono? Most watches tell time with hands that rotate on an axis. However, in a retrograde watch, display of time is different. See the semi circle in watch dial above. Here, hands sweep a segment of a circle before springing back to their initial position to begin their movement again.
Hublot FIFA 2014 watch uses bi-retrograde movement to depict a full soccer match time. When chronograph is started, it’s second hand and minute hand move from left to right in a circular arc of 45 minutes (one half of a football match), with an area for 15 minutes, added time up to 60 minutes. There are two push-buttons on either side of the crown for START, STOP and RESET; the push-button at 2 o’clock is also used to show the period of time selected from the following 4 options: 1st half, half time, 2nd half and end of match, indicated by a window in the centre at 12 o’clock.
Yellow retrograde display with minute hand and green retrograde display with seconds hand represent national flag colours of host country, Brazil.
The counter seen at 6 O’Clock is to tell passing time in hours and minutes. Do notice, at 9 O’clock a sector shaped counter that tells seconds.
Power reserve on Hublot FIFA 2014 World Cup Brazil watch – Big Bang Unico Bi-retrograde Chrono is about 72 hours. The watch runs on self-winding movement. It can survive 100 meters, under water.
Design of Hublot bi-retrograde movement watch is kept simple, so as to allow all attention on function of watch. The “Big Bang Unico” case has a 45.5 mm diameter for a stylish mechanical look. Bezel is secured by popular 6 H-shaped screws, designed in relief to allow alternating polished and matt finishes.
Watch this space to know price of both versions of Hublot FIFA Brazil world cup watch.
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