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![Profile of the [[:Hublot Big Bang|Hublot Big Bang Chronograph]],\\ case with Kevlar® inset (click to enlarge!)](/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=050166&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhren-wiki.com%2Fimages%2FHublot_Big_Bang_Red_Gold.jpg "Profile of the [[:Hublot Big Bang|Hublot Big Bang Chronograph]],\\ case with Kevlar® inset (click to enlarge!)")
Profile of the Hublot Big Bang Chronograph,
case with Kevlar® inset
© Hublot
Kevlar®
Kevlar is an extremely resistant synthetic fiber, which goes back to a discovery that the researcher Stephanie Kwolek made 1965 in the research department of the company DuPont.
Kevlar is extremely heat and cold resistant. The material is extremely stretch resistant and largely immune to chemicals and solvents. Ropes and cables made of Kevlar® are have such a high tensile strength that they have proven themselves at the anchorage of large offshore oil drilling platforms. Indicative of the stability of the fiber It is also ideal for bulletproof vests.
The discovery of Kevlar® is generally regarded as the greatest invention in the field of synthetic fiber since the development of nylon.
At the Hublot Big Bang Chronograph it is the material Kevlar®, which ensures the impression that the rubber strap flows straight and uninterrupted through the watch case …
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![[[:Oscillating system]] of a mechanical watch (click to enlarge!)](/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=a94d35&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhren-wiki.com%2Fimages%2FSchwingsystem.jpg "[[:Oscillating system]] of a mechanical watch (click to enlarge!)")
Oscillating system of a mechanical watch
Maintenance
![[[:Gerd-Rüdiger Lang]], founder of [[:Chronoswiss]] (click to enlarge!)](/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=7ac690&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhren-wiki.com%2Fimages%2FLang_Gerd-R%C3%BCdiger.jpg "[[:Gerd-Rüdiger Lang]], founder of [[:Chronoswiss]] (click to enlarge!)")
Gerd-Rüdiger Lang, founder of Chronoswiss
- Abraham-Louis Breguet Most important watchmaker in the history of horology and a great inventor
- Ferdinand Adolph Lange Founder of A. Lange & Söhne in Glashütte
- Hans Wilsdorf Founder of Rolex
- Helmut Sinn Founder of Sinn Spezialuhren Frankfurt
- Gerd-Rüdiger Lang Founder of Chronoswiss
- Nicolas G. Hayek Important watch business man (Swatch)
![[[:Hublot Big Bang King "Porto Cervo"]] with case in [[:red gold]]/[[:ceramic]] (click to enlarge!)](/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=acd4eb&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhren-wiki.com%2Fimages%2FHublot_Big_Bang_King_Porto_Cervo.jpg "[[:Hublot Big Bang King \"Porto Cervo\"]] with case in [[:red gold]]/[[:ceramic]] (click to enlarge!)")
Hublot Big Bang King "Porto Cervo" with case in red gold/ceramic
© Hublot
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