This year is incredibly rich in innovations and one of them is Hublot King Power Carbon Fibre Cathedral watch which was presented at Baselworld 2011. Hublot King Power Carbon Fibre Cathedral is first in the world watch model with carbon fiber case, which is also completed by rubber and titanium details. Carbon fiber with faceted and skeleton design, striping of satin and matte segments give a modern face to the Hublot King Power with classical precision and reliability.
The movement of Hublot King Power Cathedral is mechanical manual-winding with 120 hours reserve of power and frequency 21600 vph (3 Hz). Diameter of black case with anti-reflective sapphire crystal is 48 mm. Watch dial is very sophisticated, it is black with silver and satin black applications.
It shows three main complications of this Swiss mechanism. Especial high-grade flying tourbillion with 30 mm diameter is at 6 o’clock, it is HUB 8100 without ball bearing and has a Swiss lever escapement. Minute repeater in zone between 8 and 10 o`clock can sound minutes, quarter-hours and hours. At 3 o’clock is push-piece single column wheel chronograph with 30 minutes and 60 seconds counter.
Two “Cathedral” gongs – for minutes and for hours singly – double the regular’s gong duration. All these functions are visible, perfectly integrated and are parts of the whole device.
Hublot King Power Carbon Fibre Cathedral is a great example of combination future technologies with traditions of watch making.