They said that the rules were set by Margaret Thatcher's government when she de-regulated the City in the so-called Big Bang of 1986.

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Hublot, which gave the world the now de rigueur rubber strap, came back from the brink with the brilliantly conceived Big Bang series, unmistakably the bastard child of the Royal Oak, only edgier and probably aimed at wearers who would choose a Lamborghini over a Bentley, or a Black Russian over a glass of Masseto.

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