In its bid to "wow" the crowd at this year's BASELWORLD, luxury timepiece maker HUBLOT embarked on a world's first. Sheathed in King Power 48mm casing of raw carbon fiber, the watch makers at HUBLOT mastered their Art of Fusion with the Cathedral Minute Repeater Tourbillon and Column Wheel Chronograph. A mouthful to say, but like onomatopoeia, the watch's name is an exact description of its movement, or in this case, movements. With a 5-day power reserve, the chronograph housed 3 forms of Haute Horlogerie complications 2 so-called "cathedral" forms gongs, a tourbillion and column wheel. While its complexity isn't clearly shown, one notable difference between it and other chronograph all of its functions are visible on the dial side. In a statement by the ever irrepressible Jean-Claude Biver, CEO of HUBLOT, who simply exclaimed "More watchmaking, more mastery, more innovation, more daring, more fusion!", a fitting depiction of the new chronograph indeed.

"Cathedral" Minute Repeater
Tourbillon and column wheel Chronograph
Technical Details
Reference 704.QX.1137.GR

Case: "King Power" - Diameter 48 mm in matt carbon fiber
Bezel: 6 H-shaped titanium screws, countersunk, polished & locked
Crystal Sapphire with interior anti-reflective treatment
Lateral inserts Black composite resin
Case-back Matt carbon fiber

Crown: Black PVD titanium
Screws: Titanium
Dial: Matt black with satin-finished black nickel appliques and silvered
White and red powder transfers
Hands: Faceted, satin-finished and micro-blasted, black nickel, skeleton

Dimensions Diameter: 30 mm
Thickness: 9.47 mm (Diameter of chime gongs: 32.60 mm)
Functions Hour, minute and seconds via the cage
Minute repeater
Cathedral chime gong
Single push-piece chronograph at 3 o'clock (60-sec. and 30-min. counter)
Manual winding

Time-setting: 2-position: Manual winding and time-setting stem

Movement: HUB 8100 Flying tourbillon without ball bearing

No. of Components: 404

Jewels: 37

Hairspring: Flat, for extremely accurate setting

Frequency: 21,600 Vib/hour (3 Hz)

Power reserve: Approximately 120 hours (5 days)

Oscillator: Hublot balance with adjustment inertia-blocks

Wristlet: Black alligator gummy, stitched onto black rubber