Essentially Rubber: Coffee time

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials contribute to all aspects of life and lifestyle in the 21st century:

Recycled Nespresso capsules, coffee and rubber feature in the Big Bang Unico Nespresso Origin. The €25,000 watch, developed under Nespresso’s ‘second life’ initiative, incorporates coffee grounds from the capsules in the rubber straps. The limited edition product also uses recycled aluminium fused with the Nespresso aluminium capsules for its case, bezel, crown and 'pusher'. The rubber strap version incorporates 4.1% coffee grounds, 8.2% recycled 'white' rubber within a Hublot 'formula'.