Hublot Classic Fusion Titanium Blue 33mm Ladies Watch

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Hublot Classic Fusion Titanium Blue 33mm Ladies Watch

Ref. 581.NX.7170.RX.1104

The Classic Fusion line was built around a single structural idea: bonding materials that had no business being together — rubber and titanium, sport and ceremony — into something that read as neither purely one nor the other. This 33mm version carries that logic into a size drawn for the wrist it is designed to wear on, with a satin-finished blue sunray dial that shifts register depending on the angle of the light, and a bezel set with 36 diamonds against polished titanium. The blue rubber strap is not an afterthought. It is the same material philosophy that defined the original proposition, matched here to the dial and secured by a push-button deployant clasp that adjusts without tools and holds without slipping. Titanium keeps the weight low enough that the diamonds read as decoration rather than burden.

Reference: 581.NX.7170.RX.1104
Brand: Hublot
Collection: Classic Fusion
Case size: 33mm
Case material: Titanium
Case shape: Round
Dial: Blue
Crystal: Sapphire
Movement: Quartz
Calibre: HUB2912
Functions: Date
Water resistance: 50m
Bracelet / strap: Rubber strap
Strap colour: Blue
Clasp: Deployant clasp
Lume: Luminous
Condition: Ex-display
Retailer: Mappin & Webb

Additional specifications

Warranty: 2 years
Gem set: Yes

Learn more about Hublot

Carlo Crocco, who had worked in his family's Binda watch business, founded Hublot in 1980 with an idea that sounds trivial and was not: he paired a gold case with a natural rubber strap. Nobody had done it. The material cost almost nothing and the case cost a great deal, and the combination broke a rule the industry took seriously.

The name is French for porthole, describing the case shape with its exposed bezel screws.

The brand was moderately successful for two decades and then transformed under Jean-Claude Biver, who arrived as CEO in 2004 having already revived Blancpain. Biver launched the Big Bang in 2005 and articulated the art of fusion — combining materials that do not conventionally belong together: gold with ceramic, carbon fibre with rubber, titanium with tantalum.

The material development that followed was genuine. Hublot produced Magic Gold, an 18-carat gold alloy infused with ceramic and hard enough to resist scratching, and coloured ceramics previously thought impossible to sinter at high temperature, particularly a vivid red.

Hublot has been aggressive in sponsorship — FIFA World Cups, football leagues, Ferrari — which has made it divisive among traditionalists. It is also, commercially, one of the most successful watch launches of the modern era. LVMH acquired the company in 2008.

1980: Carlo Crocco pairs a gold case with a rubber strap.
2004: Jean-Claude Biver becomes CEO.
2005: The Big Bang launches the art of fusion.
2008: Acquired by LVMH.
2011: Magic Gold, a scratch-resistant gold alloy, is developed.

Also in 6 collections

This watch appears in Back in Stock (4,847), Watches Under 37mm (1,704), Women's Watches (1,622), Blue Dial Watches (876), Pre-Owned, Ex-Display & Vintage Watches (344) and Titanium Watches (173).