A new piece for 2016, the?Hublot?MP-05 LaFerrari Sapphire dresses Hublots Ferrari engine-inspired movement in?an all-sapphire case. Several years ago, Richard Mille was a pioneer in sapphire, releasing a timepiece produced from a single monolithic piece of this super-hard?crystal. It cost over $1,000,000, and since then Richard Mille has followed up with a few more sapphir [...]
Hublot is probably one of the least understood luxury brands around (particularly in the wrist watch realm) especially because so many people think that they understand it. Hublot really epitomizes what someone recently described to me as a non-fragile company. The idea is that fragile companies are those that dont deal well with criticism or complaint [...]
Welcome to?the third installment in our Cost of Entry series, where we go hands-on?with?the most affordable, entry-level watches from leading luxury watch brands to see what you get for your money when entering a brand. In our first article, we looked at Rolex and the Oyster Perpetual, followed by the?Panerai Luminor PAM000 Base Logo watch. Now its time [...]
One of the more interesting Hublot watches for 2015 is the limited edition Hublot Big Bang Alarm Repeater which comes in two styles. Limited edition Big Bang? Yes, I know that is something that we have all heard before from Hublot, but in this instance, the more exclusive nature of the watch makes a bit more sense even though there will be a combined 500 pieces in total.
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Watch writer and author Constantin Stikas has just released a new book on the famed ancient Greek Antikythera device, which was an astronomical clock-style device discovered in the 20th century aboard a ship wreck off the coast of Greece. In 2011, watch maker Hublot released a miniaturized version of the Antik [...]
Tuesday, September 29th 2015, saw the official opening of Hublot 2, Hublots new workspace that adds a massive 8,000 m2 to their operational space. Located in Nyon, a literal stones throw from Hublot 1 (built in 2009), Hublot 2 will enable the brand?to delve deeper into the manufacturing process, conduct more essential research and development, and increase their assembly and after-sales pro [...]
Everybody likes to receive a nice present to mark a special occasion. For my birthday, I got a new razor. For the 10th birthday of the Hublot Big Bang, the Nyon-based manufacture is giving you, the paying public, a little gift in the form of the Hublot Big Bang Unico Haute Joaillerie Collection. If you happen to have $1,000,000 burning a hole in your pock [...]
Im a sucker for a new material. When I was a younger watchmaker and far wetter behind the ears, I stuck hard-and-fast to the principles of old, believing science to be cheating, witchcraft, magic Well, it turns out I was right. The Hublot Big Bang Unico Full Magic Gold and Hublot Big Bang [...]
For 2015, Hublot has introduced a new bracelet option for the Big Bang UNICO watch collection. Since 2005, the Hublot Big Bang collection has been almost synonymous with being paired with a strap often a rubber strap. In fact, one could make the argument that Hublot was a major player in the luxurification [...]
Hublot Big Bang Depeche Mode watches debuted in 2010 with 12 unique Big Bang Depeche Mode watches that sold for charity, each including the art of a different Depeche Mode album cover. The sale was intended to benefit a charity as is common in situations such as this. At that point, no consumer models were avail [...]
One of the new Hublot Big Bang Unico 45 watches for 2015 was the limited edition Italia Independent model. Hublot continues their close partnership with other brands and events with more limited edition watches that hope to attract both lovers of Hulobt and Italia Independent products. What [...]
Tomorrow on May 2, 2015, world boxing champions Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will fight in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand and you know the luxury industry will be there too. Hublots tenacity in working with a range of sports that the more conservative Swiss watch industry has traditionally shunned continues to pay off, and today, Hub [...]
It was back in 2011 when the original Hublot La Cle du Temps (The Key of Time) watch was first debuted. Later that year, I got to go hands-on with the odd Hublot watch that allowed its user to control time. The basis of the Hublot Key of Time watch is with Hublots Mathias Buttet, who arrived at Hublot afte [...]
At the recent 2015 Farmers Open PGA championship, Hublot announced 2013 US Open Champion Justin Rose as its newest ambassador. While Hublot is not new to the concept of famous sports figures as ambassadors-as this is the brand who counts Pele, Diego Maradona, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, Usain Bolt, and many more in its legion of ambassadors-this meant?the fi [...]
For 2015, Hublot has released a new ref. 504.QX.0110.LR version of its very interesting Tourbillon Cathedral Minute Repeater watch, this time as a limited edition in an all carbon fiber Classic Fusion case. Minute repeaters are becoming trendy again, as watch makers seek to wow [...]
Miami in December does it get better than this? The locals will agree, but perhaps not during Art Basel, where an estimated 100,000 or more extra people swarm in for the now international art show whose US station is Miami Beach. But I am not at Art Basel right now. I am at Bal Harbor a ritzy shopping mall on the Northern part of [...]
This Big Bang Unico World Poker Tour is probably one of the most Vegas Hublot watches I have ever seen. Writing that, I realized that Las Vegas can mean different things to different people at different times. There is glitzy Las Vegas, weddings Las Vegas, Elvis impersonator Las Vegas, diamond and jewel [...]
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