Hublot pays tribute to Depeche Mode

In March 2023, Depeche Mode announced its big comeback with the release of Memento Mori, its 15^th studio album, along with a worldwide concert tour. Also in collaboration with the band, which has sold over 100 million albums, Hublot is helping to raise funds and awareness for Conservation Collective, a global charity that unites a network of regional philanthropic foundations working to protect, conserve and restore natural environments. Thanks to this funding, the first round of projects tackling plastic pollution in 2023 supported seven impactful initiatives across seven countries. Three more rounds of funding will build on these initial positive results.

It was against this backdrop that Hublot and Depeche Mode teamed up again in Berlin, 11 years after their first joint event in the German capital, to release a new limited-edition watch: The Spirit of Big Bang Depeche Mode. The signature tonneau shape is designed with Hublot’s iconic All Black aesthetic. Created in collaboration with Depeche Mode, the design combines the skull motif – an emblem seen in the video announcing the band’s return – with an hourglass to symbolise the passage of time. The centre of the dial is filled with small black ceramic spheres that symbolically flow back and forth as the wrist moves, conveying the concept of Memento Mori. This Latin phrase, meaning “remember you must die”, is intended to prompt reflection on the transience of life. Alongside the dial, the initials DM, the British band’s logo, appear at 6 o’clock. The indices take the form of pyramid-shaped studs, a motif echoed on the black ceramic bezel.

Each of the 100 timepieces in this limited edition will come in a special box containing a wonderful surprise: a 10” vinyl single of Depeche Mode’s Wagging Tongue track, exclusively available as part of this package and produced using green energy and recycled PVC.

March 07, 2024