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Paul, BLB King and Ridea hubs all seem to have a bit of shielding built in to the design. Miche do too but I'm not a fan of their axle system and the hardware they use seems particularly prone to corrosion so wouldn't recommend them.
I don't think it would be in the same league of bling as Phil, Goldtec etc but a converted Shimano XT disc front hub + iso cog would fulfil the bombproof bit of your brief and the hub seals are pretty good so the service intervals could easily be as long if not longer longer than the lifespan of a cartridge bearing. Couple penny's worth of grease to do the service not £5-10 for new cartridge bearings too.
@mdcc_tester has a converted Hope front hub I believe, bearing shielding on Hope stuff is pretty good being that its designed for the rigours of mtbing. .