My new Hublot Trio

[Donerix 2.0]

Having a little of a Hublot-trip going on. Today's arrivals:

Ice Bang Lite from Supermirrors

Big Bang Earl Grey RG from Perfect Clones

Big Bang King 44mm from Puretime

 

Sorry for the bad iPhone pics. Have to go and get a new camera tomorrow, my good old Canon G10 finally died

 

 

All of the rep straps sucked the big one with the plain rubber on the Ice Bang being the worst (smells like moth balls). The gummy croc on the Earl Grey looked like somebody took a photo of croc hide and glued it in there. The ribbed rubber on the BBK is actually acceptable, but - as on the other two as well - the clasp is not very well made. There must be a better clasp out there. I have seen and touched one.

 

So I decided to change out the straps right away:

 

 

 

First impressions:

Earl Grey: I am not a huge fan of gold watches per se, but I think I will like this one a lot better once I install my black brushed ceramic bezel. The watch feels solid, chrono functions work well. Blue tint on the AR is definitely noticeable and a bit of a turn off. 

 

 

Big Bang King 44mm: This one I ordered as my new daily beater and hopefully water watch (we will see how that works out...). Heavy solid feel, I really like the solid caseback. Seconds hand has a bit of a stutter. Strong blue tint on the AR. Good lume. I think I might order the version from Kurvasit that comes with the CF dial and the red seconds hand. All iin all I am pretty happy though.

 

 

Ice Bang: This one takes the cake. While being the least expensive of all three and feeling just a tad lighter and the chrono pushers have a different feel (but not uncomfortable or cheap), this one IMHO looks the best and has no tint in the AR at all.

 

 

I am no expert of Hublot watches so I can make no remarks regarding the accuracy of the watches. But all in all these watches feel very well made and definitely above the average replica fare.

[nomis]

Your ice bang is hbb v6 or v1.5?

Will it have blue reflaction from the crystal?

[Donerix 2.0]

It's the Ice Bang Lite from Sead. No tint on the crystal. Great value to be honest.

[PeteM]

The chukka (Chukker) strap looks great mate..you did a great job matching it to the gen colour... great job..

 

 

But for me the EG strap dont work on the EG.... too dark for my taste against the grey and RG... but I like the style of it...especially that inner groove

[alanparson]

Hallo Donerix,

 

wo hast du diese Straps gekauft?

[Donerix 2.0]

Mache ich selber. Kannst ja mal meinen derzeitigen Sale anschauen, da sind einige drin:

http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/157224-donerix-march-madness-sale-now/

[martijnp]

wow great! my next purchase will be a new Hublot.. Will contact you for buying a strap, love your work

[Determine]

Nice straps on them! The black with the taupe is especially nice! Enjoy them. Blessings

 

 

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