{"id":12952,"date":"2019-10-18T17:02:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T16:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a-gentlemans-row.com\/?p=12952"},"modified":"2022-05-14T08:52:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T07:52:18","slug":"hublot-makes-us-green-with-envy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-gentlemans-row.com\/hublot-makes-us-green-with-envy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hublot Makes Us Green With Envy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Watch giants, Hublot have announced an updated version of their MP-11 model. This time, the brand claims, it is encased in a material never used before in watchmaking. It is called SAXEM, as in Sapphire Aluminium oXide.<\/p>\n

To gain its distinctive green aura, Hublot mixed aluminium oxide, the primary component of sapphire, with rare-earth elements like thulium and holmium as well as chromium. The result is a material with such a deep green it is comparable to the most beautiful emeralds. If you wanted to use emerald instead, then it wouldn\u2019t have a composite strong enough for machine manufacturing, SAXEM does. So, a material that is tougher than emerald but with the brilliance of a sapphire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n