Hublot Timepieces & The Wade World Foudation

Hublot has patrnered with NBA All Star, Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, to create the Hublot King Power “D-Wade.” Wade collaborated with the brand to design the watch, which features a dial resembling a basketball and a strap with a basketball net-like pattern. The watch also has the color scheme of the Miami Heat uniform. Proceeds from sales of the watch — a limited edition of 500 pieces — went to Wade’s charity, the Wade World Foundation

JAY Z s GLACIER HUBLOT........

  Beyonce gifted her hubbie Jay-Z the $5 million  42 carat diamond encrusted Hublot back in Dec for his Birthday. The watch in question is a shimmering Hublot Big Bang and is made only by request.  The $5 million timepiece has 637 baguette diamonds, which is enough to cover the case, dial, and bracelet.

                                                                                                                                                                                            A rose cut diamond is placed on the crown to make is dazzle. But reports suggest that this baby has 1,282 diamonds in all! Quite a stunning buy for a man who loves collecting watches. A couple of years ago, she gifted Jay Z a stunning Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport.

Kobe Bryant...Hublots Newest     Brand Ambassador

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Los Angeles Lakers star basketball player Kobe Bryant is officially an Hublot watch brand ambassador. The Swiss watch brand (part of the LVMH luxury group) sells watches averaging about $20,000 – $30,000 in price and also recently became the official timekeeper of the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe’s deal with Hublot is unrelated to the fact that the watchmaker also sponsors his team. This week in Los Angeles,Hublot announced their new relationship with the popular athlete as well as a new limited edition watch dedicated to Mr. Bryant.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Hublot is perhaps unique among luxury brands for being among the first to work closely with black people as brand ambassadors and supporters. According to Hublot Chairman Jean-Claude Biver, this was not an intentional tactic, but rather a mere rejection of typical norms and prejudices present in the typically highly conservative luxury industry. A rumored Hublot Jay-Zwatch is in production, and Hublot has for several years penetrated the world of American sports in ways that their competitors never did. Historically, the only sports you saw with luxury watch brand affiliations were tennis and high-end auto racing, with the exception of more niche pursuits such as polo. Hublot began on a more international scale by supporting soccer (football) teams and players, and later began to work with basketball. They currently sponsor both the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat. The next step is perhaps American football, but according to Hublot’s CEO, the brand will focus more on the music industry and its talent.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          To celebrate Kobe’s new Hublot ambassadorship, the brand has released a 250 piece limited edition watch specially designed for Kobe Bryant. The timepiece takes the name “Hublot King Power Black Mamba” – in honor of Kobe’s on-court nickname. The purple and 18k gold accented timepiece is 48mm wide in a black ceramic and titanium case. Inside the watch is a Swiss automatic chronograph mechanical movement with a 60 minute central chronograph counter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                 In honor of the “Black Mamba,” the limited edition watch comes on a black python snakeskin strap over a rubber base, and includes a black snake figurine on the dial. The dial also contains Kobe’s “24″ jersey number. The back of the watch has a print of Bryant’s signature on the sapphire crystal exhibition case back window.

Hublot '' Big Bang '' Series

Switzerland has been a breeding ground for many an artist and craftsman for a long time. Whether it is theatre or music, painting or architecture, the Swiss have been known for expert craftsmanship and intricate designs. Even in the watch making industry, making big names can be quoted from Europe. One such name is Hublot. Carlo Crocco in Italy founded Hublot, in 1980 (although his company was known as MDM Geneve, back then). Born into a watchmaker family, from a very young age, Crocco had strong ideas about beauty and its incorporation in the art of watch making. In 1967, Crocco created his first watch, thus, placing his foot firmly in the world of watchmakers. In 1980, after his company was launched, Crocco went against the trend and created the world’s first watch in solid gold, with a black strap, made from natural rubber. This watch remain a pioneering design for most watches worn today as well as an on-going trend for watches to be designed in the future. Hublot believes in one rule, the rule of simplicity. Crocco was always determined to create watches that featured pure lines and also one that would have respect for the raw materials used in its manufacture. Above all, though, Hublot believes that watch making is an art form that should be useful to the common man, and hence, the watches should find use in both formal as well as informal occasions. The ingenious rubber strap idea was an instant hit, when Crocco displayed his Hublot watch at the Basel Fair in 1980. One of the most talked-about Hublot watch collections is the Big Bang collection, launched in the autumn of 2005. This Big Bang collection consists of watches that are larger in size, chunkier and mostly for men. The wide variety of watches that are available, include watches that merge different materials such as gold, ceramics, Kelvar and red gold, and of course, natural rubber, with intricate and classic Swiss watch making technique. All these materials are layered together and the 44.5 mm diameter casing is made of 18K gold or steel. The end product is a beautiful fusion of art form and simplicity. Apart from that, Hublot boasts of other definitive collections to feast your eyes on. Being one of the last independent family owned businesses in the world today, Hublot has gained recognition for having a unique selling point, that is, the incorporation of natural rubber in most of its designs. Its unique individuality, in terms of style and elegance, has allowed it to expand itself and create three new design lines, including the Classic, Sport and Elegant. Also, Hublot boasts of a limited series Art Collection, that is a must for any collector. The engraved or enameled dials exhibit the talent and craftsmanship of the watchmakers of Hublot. These rare personalized pieces add a sense of richness to the entire Hublot collection and it is must-have for any collector.

The History of Hublot Geneve

Hublot is constantly praised as an incredibly innovative watchmaker. In 1980 Carlo Crocco created the Hublot watch featuring a gold case and natural rubber strap. For the first time in the history of watchmaking, a precious material – gold – was combined with rubber. It became an inspiration to many manufacturers worldwide. Up to now, major Swiss companies and other renowned watchmakers around the world are still manufacturing the design.

In the mid-90s, rubber became the focus of interest of the leading watchmaking brands, thus validating the choices that led to the creation of Hublot watches. As far as the brand is concerned, rubber is not a fashion phenomenon, but rather the embodiment of its philosophy and brand image from the beginning. Thus, in May 2004, Jean-Claude Biver took up his position as CEO, becoming board member and minority shareholder in Hublot watches. He had many ideas for developing the brand.

Under the leadership of its new CEO, Hublot revisited its founding principles: Jean-Claude Biver relaunched the “The Art of Fusion” concept - this meant the fusion of unusual materials such as gold and ceramic, tantalum and red gold, or even magnesium and titanium. This also applied to the fusion between the Swiss Watchmaking Tradition and 21st century Watchmaking Art.

The Hublot Big Bang and Beyond

As time moved on, various models of the Big Bang have been developed, presenting watchmaking complications: Tourbillon, Big Date, Power Reserve Indicator and Split Seconds. The Fusion concept has been pushed to the limit in the quest for unusual materials and alloys. The model comes in a choice of two sizes: 41 or 44 mm in diameter. In 2007 a new "diver" Big Bang was launched — this was the third version in terms of its size: the Big Bang King was given an oversized case measuring 48 mm, but which adapts remarkably well to slender and large wrists alike!

For Hublot, October 2007 was a time of innovation. The watchmaker launched its first watch entirely manufactured in-house. The Mag Bang was designed and developed in a new light alloy made mainly of aluminum and magnesium (Ag5 alloy). This material was used to manufacture the movement and case of this new model.

Since then Hublot has continued to innovate in the areas of construction and materials but also in marketing. CEO Jean-Claude Biver has been quite a force in promoting Hublot, as he defines it, with "concentration in diversity". In other words, going where potential clients can be found. He invests a lot of energy in sponsoring and partnership activities in various fields. These include sailing and the nautical world, golf, polo, skiing, motor racing, tennis, track and field, basketball and football (or soccer to Americans).

D Wade, Jay Z & Kanye Shine Light On Hublot Luxury Watch Brand

There are certain celebrities whose influence can send a brand’s popularity into the stratosphere. Dwyane Wade, Jay-Z, and Kanye West fit that mold. They are influencers. Influencers from the worlds of sports or Hip Hop coupled with a luxury brand create a formula rarely misses. In February, Dwyane Wade became a brand ambassador for Hublot Geneve, a swiss luxury watch company. Wednesday, Jay-Z and Kanye West released “Otis” the first single from Watch The Throne, their soon to be released and much anticipated collaboration. On “Otis,” at about the :54 mark, Jay-Z yells “new watch alert, Hublots!” It doesn’t get much better than that. Listen to “Otis”…. Welcome to the map, Hublot Geneve. Dwyane Wade/Hublot Geneve gallery…. By the way, it’s pronounced “Hew-blow. 

Audemars Piguet Millenary Chalcedony Tourbillon

Audemars Piguet Millenary Tourbillion watch

Material: 18k Rose Gold

Movement: Cal.2861 hand-winding movement

Functions: Hours and Minutes

Diameter: 45mm

Crystal: Sapphire crystal glass, transparent case back

Water resistant: 20m

 

The sapphire crystal transparent dial is decorated by two rose gold diamond rings. The silvered Arabic numerals on the dial fully present the eccentric aesthetics of Millenary collection. The 4 rose gold diamond rings overlap each other to create a three dimensional effect. The decorative jewelry that travels between mechanical wheels controls the gears of hour and minute. The decorative jewelry and the large, small wheels are able to create a nice pattern of Arab-style swing. On top of that, it is a difficult job to build a tourbillon on a skeleton chalcedony board. And it is elegant that the shiny polished tourbillon bridge matches rose gold diamond rings surrounding the dial.     

Audemars Piguet watches’ inexhaustible source of inspiration roots in the Millenary Collection. Inspired by its elliptic watchcase, Audemars Piguet, again, schemed out a gorgeous pierced wristwatch. Its hollow – out board uses the innovative powder – blue chalcedony as raw material with a delicate tourbillon embedded in the board. All sizes of gears of its precise mechanisms, against the chalcedony board, dance trippingly on the stage – like transparent dial, enhancing each other’s beauty along with the ornamental ring encrusted with diamonds. Not only utilizing world – class watchmaking craft but also arousing the sensation and sympathetic response from abyss of people’s mind, the Millenary Chalcedony Tourbillon, as it were, is an unprecedented masterpiece that combines intellectual beauty with sensitive beauty.

In 2001 Audemars Piguet released a colored crystal tourbillon wristwatch which pertains to the Edward Piguet Collection. Its board is made of divergent crystal which contains a small number of golden red crystals, and the board itself serves as the dial as well. In 2005 another homologous tourbillon wristwatch emerged while its board is made of natural translucent moss agate mineral. And today, with technology that has reached a high degree of excellence, Audemars Piguet created the powder – blue chalcedony board. The watchmaker, above all, chooses the firmest and most perfect part of a natural chalcedony ore as the raw material; then, with particular techniques, he cuts the piece into the rudiment of the board. By right of rich experience of the utilization of the natural ore, Audemard Piguet employs the unprecedented ultrasonic machining technique to the process of the quartzose chalcedony. The cutting precision, with the help of the Audemard Piguet’s original device, can be achieved 0. 01mm. However, this is just the preliminary work; what’s more, the watchmaker still needs to construct a movement and to take the risk that the board parts or is scratched up. Therefore, the assembly process requires skillful hands, or the translucent lace – like chalcedony board can never be accomplished faultlessly in the end.

The unique movement design which is imbued with poetry combines jewelery craft with mechanical technology, without parallel in history. The rim of the transparent sapphire crystal dial is decorated with two rose gold rings that is encrusted with diamonds, and other sparkling watches can never compare with it for it has already surpassed the definition of luxury. The silvery Arabic numerals engraved on the dial has continued one of the Millenary Collection’s trait, namely the eccentric aesthetics style. In addition, four ornamental rose gold rings that is encrusted with diamonds cross over the board, forming a three – dimensional effect. Moreover, people will forget themselves and even the time when seeing the beautiful picture formed by the use of sky blue, pearl white, and rose golden. The 45mm rose gold watchcase with diamonds is just like a gorgeous frame while the fashionable brown sharkskin watchband connected across it is perfect.

Of course, such a delicate gem ought to collocate with the wistful tourbillon, a result of the distinctive watchmaking geniuses’ challenge to the gravity. This precise device can help the two subtlest parts of the movement – escapement device and hairspring balance wheel get rid of the interference of the gravity. To make the tourbillon run well in the movement, without doubt, requires precise techniques and years of experience while to reach the goal on the hollow – out ore board is doubly difficult. At last, Audemars Piguet still gave heed to a design detail that the polished tourbillon with high gross surface dovetails nicely with the rose gold diamond ring around the watch dial, taking the harmonious and elegant style to the extreme. Thus it can be seen that this wristwatch hasn’t, though, undergone the world’s roughest and most complicated processing, it has gathered not a few world – class watchmakers’ immortal techniques and intelligence of infinity. And this wristwatch will make a figure in and be tested by the endless flow of time. During this period of time it may pass into silence; however, a few years later when you meet it unexpectedly, you will find that nothing can change it, including the time. And this is the charm that it always has.

                                                                  

'' The Most Expensive Watch in the World? '' The $2,900,000 Hublot BB

Hublot BB Watch - Perhaps watches and accessories can be regarded as supplementary material to provide the best performance in the world of fashion. But do not be surprised when you find out that prices could exceed watches from clothing and other fashion supplement. Hublot BB Watch may be said to be the most expensive watches in this century. These watches have a very expensive price, totaled $ 2.9 million. It’s a fantastic price for a wristwatch.

Hublot BB Watch

It is indeed true, Hublot BB Watch is made from 18 carat white gold and comes with more than 140 karats of diamonds made ??of diamonds ‘baguette’ 637 individual pieces that have placed a piece-by-piece together with no space between them. According Hublot, watches it took over 2,000 hours of work to finish with 45 gem-cutting work on it. On top of all the bling that make up the entire section, this € 2 million financial torpedo came up with the movement offset tourbillion and an hour and minute indicators.

And to justify how exclusive this watch, it’s the only type with F1 tsar Bernie Ecclestone exhibit watches at the Grand Prix of Monaco recently. The Hublot overall and Formula 1 partnership is to produce a tremendous hit for both parties and if you happen to have € 2,000,000 lying around, you can make a run to watch exclusively on the main suite Zegg & Cerlati on the Place de Casino, Monaco.

The '' Limited Edition '' Hublot Rose Gold Foudroyante'

The New Hublot Gold King Power Watch

Hublot has unveiled its Gold King Power watch, a watch that is easily recognizable as a Hublot watch with its elegant yet sporty use of rubber and gold. The Gold King Power watch gets its name from the new red gold alloy used in the creation of the watch called King Gold, this new redder and more resilient alloy was developed for especially for Hublot and this is the first time it is being used by the brand. This impressive new limited Edition creation will have a production of only 500 pieces.

    

Hublot BIG BANG KING POWER FOUDROYANTE ROSE GOLD 48mm LIMITED 500

$ 33,500

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Ref.No.	715.PX.1128.RX
Movement	Automatic
Case Material	Red gold
Bracelet Material	Rubber
Condition	0 (unworn)
	New
	With Box
	With Papers
Location	United States, New York, New York City
Price	$ 33,500
Caliber
Movement	Automatic
Movement/Caliber	HUB 4144
Case
Case Material	Red gold
Case Diameter	48 mm
Waterproof	100 m
Glass	Sapphire Glass
Dial	Black
Bracelet
Bracelet Material	Rubber
Bracelet Color	Black
Clasp	Fold Clasp
Buckle Material	Red Gold
Functions
Chronograph, Double Chronograph, Annual Calendar
Others
Display Back, Small Seconds, Guilloche Dial, Limited Edition, Screw-Down Crown
Comments
SUPER SUPER RARE ~~~ HUBLOT BIG BANG KING POWER FOUDROYANTE SPLIT-SECOND CHRONOGRAPH IN ROSE GOLD 48mm * * * LIMITED TO AN EXCLUSIVE 500 PIECES * * * Hublot has designed a new model of its iconic Big Bang. The Hublot Big Bang King Power watch catches the glance by its powerful design. The sophisticated dial is composed of several layers. The timepiece accommodates a self-winding split-seconds foudroyante chronograph movement, manufactured by Hublot. The King Power Foudroyante Rose Gold watch demonstrates thoroughly redesigned components. The Hublot King Power Foudroyante All Black watch is coupled with a rubber strap with an embossed cut-out, strengthening a robust look of the timepiece. Reference No. 715.PX.1128.RX RETAILS FOR $36,900 * * * * SELLING FOR ONLY $33,500 * * * *

  

What's Cooler Than Cool ? '' The Hublot Saint Moritz ''

Hublot Big Bang St. Moritz Diamond Mens Watch 301.SE.230.RW.114

Brand	Hublot
Model number	301.SE.230.RW.114
Gender	Mens
Series	Big Bang
Watch Style	Luxury
Movement	Automatic
Engine	Hublot HUB 44
Functions	Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Calendar, Chronograph
Case Material	Stainless Steel
Case Shape	Round
Case Diameter	44 mm
Case Thickness	14.5 mm
Bezel	Fixed
Dial Color	White
Dial Type	Analog
Dial Markers	Arabic and Index
SubDials	Three: 12 Hours, 30 Minutes, and 60 Seconds, Sub-dials
Hands	Luminous Hands
Luminiscents	Hands and Markers
Bracelet	Rubber
Band Length	8 inches
Clasp	Deployment
Bezel Material	Ceramic with Diamonds
Calendar	Date displays between the 4 and 5 o'clock positions
Water Resistant	100 meters / 330 feet
Crystal	Sapphire
Made In	Swiss Made
Warranty	2 Year

Hublot Big Bang St. Moritz Diamond Mens Watch 301.SE.230.RW.114

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Retail Price:

$18,400.00

Savings:

$4600 (25%)

Shipping: (Within the US)

FREE

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Sale Price:

$13,800.00