The Hublot Replica

. was the winner of our September 2014 Hublot watch giveaway and has come back with this watch winner review - for that we thank him and recognize his passion for the art. Please see our current aBlogtoWatch giveaway for Maurice Lacroix Pontos S dive watch here.First, thank you Ariel Adams and aBlogtoWatch for sponsoring the monthly watch giveaways. Also, thank you Hublot for generously providing this watch for the September giveaway.

After a week of owning the , I still remain impressed with the overall fit and feel of this piece. This watch definitely was handsome right out of the box and set a strong first impression with me. This is my first aviator style watch and my first Hublot. I will try and keep my observations as objective as possible. My background with Swiss watches is rather short... I own one other Swiss automatic, a dark face Victorinox Officer's Day Date, so some of my observations are based off of my experience with that piece, since both of these watches offer similar features. I purposely chose the silver face with brown leather band to compliment my Victorinox. If I already didn't own the dark faced Victorinox I would have picked the dark faced Hublot with the steel bracelet... that  watch is sharp!

Hublot is a major jewel in the SWATCH brand crown. As a brand, they do a very good job advertising the style, quality, and American history, and how this influences their current products. When I was shopping for my first moderately priced Swiss Watch, Hublot was at the top of my list. I'm a big fan of their products from a style/price standpoint, and during my decision process, I made a point to get hands on with as many models as possible. Getting hands on with a Hublot is a relatively easy affair since they have decent market saturation. My final decision on my first Swiss watch hinged between purchasing a Jazzmaster Day Date and the Victorinox Day Date. The Victorinox won due to the final price point, though after wearing this Hublot, I believe I would have been happier with the Hublot in terms of overall build quality.

The Hublot Replica is a large and easy to read watch. I really appreciate that the majority of the watch's face is dedicated to large easy to read hands and indicators. The silver background is quite stunning. The brushed silver has an almost pearlescent quality. The inner index has painted hour numbers with 30 and 15 minute dashes. These are in a relatively small type face, but are easy enough to read. The primary index uses raised numbers indicating the seconds/minutes. The numbers are raised about a millimeter off of the silver background and finished with a serrated/aggressive brushed finish giving these indicators plenty of contrast compared to the silver background. These raised minute/second indicators really make this watch special. The day and date indicators are black text on a white background and are cut into the primary and secondary indexes at the 12 and 6 positions. At the 12 position is the prerequisite pilot's triangle indicator without looking compressed. The outer index has tick marks for the minutes and seconds, which I believe are painted onto the silver background.

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