To mark a new partnership with Kevin Pietersen and SORAI (Save Our Rhinos Africa and India) to help put an end to poaching Hublot unveiled the Big Bang Unico SORAI for World Rhino Day on the 22nd of September.

Limited to 100, a large proportion of the funds raised through selling each watch will be directly paid to Care for Wild to assist in the care and conservation of orphaned baby rhinoceroses, and to the South African National Parks agency to reinforce their nocturnal surveillance capabilities using airborne thermal intelligence tools.

Hublot’s Big Bang comes in Magic Gold, titanium and sapphire (to list a few). But, there’s something to be said for the understated beige micro-blasted ceramic case found on the Big Bang SORAI. Its matt beige skeleton dial features a geometric Rhino motif within the running seconds sub-dial at 9 o’clock, not too dissimilar to the angular aesthetic found on the Hublot Classic Fusion Orlinski.
Beige lacquered appliqués with white luminescent provide contrast without overwhelming the more subdued aesthetic of the watch. The 60-minute counter at 3 o’clock is coloured in beige barring for a segment to display the date ? which is also skeletonised, evident by the visible date ring encircling the dial in the space between the hour markers and the beige minute track.

Pared with both a beige nato-style bracelet and a camouflage rubber-lined strap. The rubber-strap is in...