A Worthwile Bang!

I am writing this article because it hits very close to home. Not to air my personal laundry on here, but my 12 year old niece was just diagnosed with bone cancer. I am really proud of her as she is a fighter, believer and one of the most incredibly gifted children I know. It's ironic just last week while she was sitting in bed getting ready for her Chemo Therapy for the next day, she was reading through all the literature of what to expect and there was a section on the Make A Wish Foundation who are this amazing foundation whose goal and commitment is to help grant the wishes of children with life threatening illnesses, with the noble cause of bringing them some joy, hope and strength during the difficult periods of their lives.
Since my niece is a giant Harry Potter Fan, I told her, that her wish should be to have Make A Wish arrange to have J.K Rowling meet her in the Hospital with a brand new signed copy of the New Harry Potter Book. Let me tell you that put a giant smile on her face!

Make A Wish Foundation has teamed up in the past with many great industries to strengthen their message of support and devotion to this incredible cause. Now for the first time on a global scale, even though I am not a fan, I have tremendous amount of respect for famed watch brand Hublot who has partnered up with Hourglass luxury watch retailers in Singapore, who also happen to be the exclusive distributors of Hublot in Singapore and Malaysia, to launch Project F Bang in the name of charity for this worthwhile cause. The Hour Glass being incredibly generous humanitarians, will be pledging Make A Wish Foundation, 5% of Retail for every F Bang watch Sold through it's Singapore and Malaysia Boutiques. The watch is limited and numbered to 100 pieces for the world, and for the first time the world will be witnessing a Split Second-Hand Chronograph with a left hand crown and pushers, while simultaneously this watch is also dedicated to Singapore’s first F1 race. This accomplishes two significant things, First by advocating such an incredibly important social message and Second by celebrating such a bold historic occasion.

The F Bang is a watch that features the famous 44.5mm Big Bang polished Black ceramic case with red Kevlar on the side of the case and oreille. The jet black dial will have the 12 o’clock contrasting hour shown in red as the split-second hand is alternating in red and white, which are the national colors of Singapore. Both the pushers and crown are black while the inserts are made out of red Kevlar. The Bezel is constructed out of Satin-finish black ceramic with 6 H-shaped titanium screws,which happen to be sunken, polished and blocked, even though it looks quite raw and deconstructed on one hand, it provides a very technical visual. The movement is a Mechanical Chronograph Split-Second with automatic winding, Calibre Hublot HUB44RT developed in conjunction with La Joux-Perret which can be viewed through an anti-reflective coated sapphire crystal placed in the middle of the titanium caseback. The strap is a silky smooth natural rubber strap bearing the infamous Hublot Logo, on the underside of the strap has Project F Bang inscribed in red.

Hublot's Big Bang has never really impressed me with design or originality until now, they kind of got me by the heart and balls because of their use of various composites and ingenuity of a left handed split chronograph, as well as being part of a charity that is so personal to me,making this A Worthwhile Bang!

pic courtesy of www.hublot.com