Hublot Black Caviar Bang Joins The Million Dollar Watch Club

The newest member of the million dollar watch club is the Hublot Black Caviar Bang. Coming from the Big Bang line with all its derivatives, the Black Caviar Bang has an 18k white gold case and clasp that feature hundreds of precision cut black diamonds, for a total of 34.5 total carats. This includes 322 diamonds on the case, 179 on the bezel, and another 30 on the clasp at the end of the rubber strap. Black diamonds are exceedingly rare, and are attributed for most of the Black Caviar Bang's million dollar value.
Inside the watch is Hublot's specially manufactured manually wound HUB Solo T tourbillon movement. A beautifully designed face opens with a view on the one minute tourbillon, and diamonds are patterned into the face as the power reserve indicator. The design of the face is attractive and functional, but doesn't try very hard to be practical. With an impressive array of square cut black diamonds, the Hublot Black Caviar Bang register's high on the glitz scale as well as the exclusivity meter with a limited edition of only one piece.
Ariel Adams publishes the watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jason Dec 17th 2008 12:44PM
BNB Concepts makes Hublot's tourbillon movements!
just me Dec 17th 2008 2:37PM
I think it's stunning. And looks to be made for a man. The diamond so not read bling-y.
Bill Dec 18th 2008 12:48PM
Sorry, but black diamonds aren't really rare: They are the second most common colour of diamond after the clear ones. It makes sense that black diamonds would be common as diamonds are composed of nearly pure carbon. Also, the colour of any diamond can be changed simply be applying high pressure to it in a high temperature environment.
Diamonds themselves aren't rare at all: annual production is around 270,000lbs (approx 60,000lbs from mining and another 210,000lbs from synthesis).
Anyway, that is a nice looking watch, which I sure will wear very well in daily use since it's literally diamond plated. However, it's not worth $1,000,000. ;)