Credits: Article and images by Martin Green @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/02/27/4-off-the-beaten-track-dress-watches-from-panerai-nomos-hublot-and-grand-seiko/
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Hublot Classic Fusion Original
A Hublot as a dress watch? Many probably won’t think about this right now, mainly because the brand made such a strong comeback with large chronographs and complicated watches, but the first Hublot’s were both gold and utterly elegant. Hublot has not forgotten its past, and in its current collection the Classic Fusion is a homage to how the brand began.
Just like the original, they offer the Classic Fusion as a three-hander in yellow gold, with a date function. It is available in three sizes, and for this article, I picked the middle one, which is 38mm. This gives it character on the wrist without becoming too overpowering, as the 42mm, the largest size, can be.
The Classic Fusion is also available in 33mm, and that would have been my initial choice. However, where the original design from the 1980s was quite smooth, the current one is more angular. That makes it look more dainty in a smaller size than it looked before, hence my preference for the 38mm version.
While we can argue if a dress watch can ever have a rubber strap, this material is so intertwined with the birth of the brand that I feel that it is almost mandatory for this model. Where some Hublots used a movement based on the Elite-caliber from Zenith, this Classic Fusion features caliber HUB1110, which is a reworked Sellita SW300.
I might be a bit of a snob, but this watch is too ‘elite’ to be powered by a movement that can also be found in watches that cost 1/10th the price of this Hublot. Yes, I know that there are also great stories about noble British, French, and even Italian cars powered by rather common American engines, but Hublot would have pleased me more with a Zenith Elite-based movement. Price: $20,500
For more information, please visit www.hublot.com/en-us/watches/classic-fusion/classic-fusion-original-yellow-gold-38-mm
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Credits: Article and images by Martin Green @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/02/27/4-off-the-beaten-track-dress-watches-from-panerai-nomos-hublot-and-grand-seiko/