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Hublot King Power Usain Bolt

Published by in Hublot on June 24th, 2012 | No Comments »

I’m afraid we’re finishing in pretty much last place with this one, given that it was announced some four weeks ago now.

Travel and other commitments will do that to you :-)

Still, with the Olympics almost upon us, I think it’s relevant, don’t you?

The King Power Usain Bolt is a 48mm limited 250 piece model in black ceramic and titanium PVD.

It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal and water resistance to 100 meters.

Movement is the automatic Hublot caliber HUB4100. This has 27 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours.

It’s a nice watch, but it has one fundamental flaw ..

.. it always runs fast! *boom boom*

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Hysek Kilada Power Reserve

Published by in Hysek on April 22nd, 2012 | No Comments »

Something a little more ‘filled in’ than their normal fare from Hysek – the Kilada Power Reserve.

It’s 41mm piece in 18kt rose gold.

There’s an AR-coated sapphire crystal and a sapphire display back.

An automatic movement with 28 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours rounds out the package.

Simple and yet effective, no?

The little power reserve triangle is quite funky :-)

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Hublot King Power UEFA EURO 2012 Ukraine & Poland

Published by in Hublot on April 21st, 2012 | No Comments »

Good old JCB – he never lets us down! :-)

[Press Release] Hublot – Appointed Official Watch of UEFA EURO 2012 – Unveils in Kiev the Two Official Limited Editions “UEFA EURO 2012 Watches”

As Official Watch of the UEFA EURO 2012, and also present on the referee board of the 14th UEFA European Football Championship, Hublot has chosen the Kiev Olympic Stadium, an imposing 68,000-seater structure and the venue which will host several UEFA EURO 2012 matches as well as the final scheduled for 1st July 2012, as the symbolic location for the unveiling of its two official UEFA EURO 2012 watches.

As the competition’s Official Watch, Hublot held a press conference, attended by Jean-Claude Biver, Chairman of Hublot, Martin Kallen, Director of Operations at UEFA Events S.A, Markiyan Lubkivskyi, Tournament Director in Ukraine, and Friend of UEFA EURO 2012™ Sergey Bubka, Ukraine’s sporting legend (he remains the men’s world pole vaulting record holder, President of the National Ukrainian Olympic Committee and member of the IOC) for a large number of local and international journalists, at which it unveiled the two King Power UEFA EURO 2012watches, one made from King Gold and ceramic and mainly featuring the blue of the Ukrainian flag, and the other in titanium and ceramic featuring the red of the Polish flag. This King Power chronograph, 48 mm in diameter, with elegant sporty lines, was specially created for this event and includes a 45-minute counter at 9 o’clock amongst its special features, indicating the duration of half a football match as a nod to the footballing world. The official UEFA logo is featured on the watch’s sapphire crystal case-back, surrounded by a graphic representation of a football, inspired by the competition’s official logo.

Hublot started out as a trailblazer in 2006, as the first luxury brand to invest in football, and has continued to develop its commitment to the sport: Official Timekeeper and Official Watch of the FIFA World Cup, Official Timekeeper for Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Ajax Amsterdam…

Technical Specifications

716.OM.1129.RX.EUR12 (Ukraine) – Limited edition of 250 numbered pieces
716.OM.1129.RX.EUR12 (Poland) – Limited edition of 500 numbered pieces

Case – “King Power” – Diameter 48 mm in 18K King Gold (Ukraine) or satin-finished titanium (Poland)

Bezel – Black ceramic with circular satin finish and black rubber moulding with 6 H-shaped relief black PVD titanium screws

Crystal – Sapphire with blue minute track transfer (Ukraine)/or red Sapphire with red minute track transfer (Poland) Interior and exterior anti-reflective coating

Bezel lug – Black composite resin

Lateral inserts – Black composite resin with push-piece guard at 3 o’clock

Case-back – 18K King Gold with circular satin finish (Ukr) or titanium with circular satin finish (Pol) – UEFA EURO 2012 logo transfer on crystal

Crown – Satin-finished 18K King Gold or satin-finished Titanium with black rubber insert

Push-pieces – Black PVD titanium with black and blue (Ukraine) or back and red (Poland) rubber moulding

Water resistance – 10 ATM or approximately 100 metres

Dial – Sapphire, satin-finished indexes coated with 5N gold with yellow SuperLuminova™ (Ukr) or Sapphire Satin-finished indexes coated with ruthenium with white SuperLuminova™ (Pol) – Date window at 4 o’clock

Hands – Satin-finished and coated with 5N gold, with blue SuperLuminova™ (Ukraine)
Satin-finished and ruthenium coated, with red SuperLuminova™ (Poland)

Movement – HUB4245 skeleton chronograph with central 45’ counter – Self-winding mechanical movement – Oscillating weight – Black galvanic coating, with tungsten carbide heavy metal segment

Components – 249 (Jewels: 28) – Frequency – 4 Hz (28,600 Vib/h) / Power reserve: 42 hours

Strap- Adjustable black rubber strap with blue or red decoration – Clasp – Micro-blasted black PVD titanium deployant buckle & satin-finished 18K King Gold (Ukr) Satin-finished titanium (Pol) decorative plate.

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Bell & Ross WW1 Jump Hours Power Reserve Rose Gold [Baselworld 2012]

Published by in Bell & Ross on March 14th, 2012 | No Comments »

Fans of Bell & Ross’s non-boxy range might like this one.  You’ll have to fight for it though – only 50 pieces will be made.

The ‘WW1 Jump Hours Power Reserve Rose Gold’ – phew – is a 42mm piece in 18k pink gold.

As the name suggest, if features a ‘jumping hour’ movement. This is an automatic winder.

You’ll also get an AR sapphire crystal and sapphire caseback as well as 100m water resistance.

The watch comes sporting an alligator strap with 18k pink gold buckle.

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Tiret Gotham Power Reserve Floating Diamonds

Published by in Tiret on January 16th, 2012 | No Comments »

Tiret can be a little, err, hit and miss with their models.

Thankfully, this one isn’t too over the top.

The Power Reserve Floating Diamonds features a 42 hour reserve ETA 2897 automatic movement.

This features a visible Tiret New York engraving; additional train wheel bridge with Tiret New York engraving on side and an oscillating surface smoothed weight.

Not much else of use in the fluffy press release I’m afraid :-)

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Hublot King Power Unico GMT

Published by in Hublot on December 27th, 2011 | No Comments »

I’m going to attempt to use a bit of the quiet holiday period to catch up with some of the backlog of posts I really should have done earlier in the year!

Unsurprisingly, given how many watches they pump out, there are a couple of Hublots on the list.

Thankfully, this one’s a corker, unlike some of their other recent models (**cough**).

The King Power Unico GMT has a rather nice trick up its sleeve – 24 timezones on one dial.

You need to line up the ‘angles’ to see local time around the world, courtesy of the four rotating discs around the bezel.

This is a 48mm piece and will come in either 18k ‘king gold’ or black ceramic.

Both versions have ceramic bezels.

The movement is a Hublot caliber HUB1220 automatic GMT with 72 hours of power reserve.

If you’re keen, this should be out early(ish) 2012.

Not long now! :-)

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Hublot F1 King Power Interlagos [Video]

Published by in Hublot on December 3rd, 2011 | No Comments »

The Formula One season has come to an end for another year, and with the final race came the final 2011 Hublot King Power F1 special – the Interlagos.

This variant looks really good with center-of-the-Brazilian-flag blue flashes.

There’ll be 250 pieces made of this 48mm carbon fiber model.

The bezel is ceramic  and resembles an F1 ‘brake disc’.

Inside is an automatic mechanical chronograph movement.

The watch comes shod with a horback alligator strap, with cobalt blue stitching.

Reference #: 703.QM.1129.HR.FIL11

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Hublot F1 King Power Abu Dhabi

Published by in Hublot on November 17th, 2011 | No Comments »

“Dear Jean-Claude Biver, you always look like you’re having an incredible time. Can you please fix it for me to swap lives for say .. a year?  I’ll become Hublot CEO and you .. you can do whatever it is that I actually do for a day-job.  Sound like a plan?”

Our favourite funny CEO continues his world tour – another Formula One GP, another F1 King Power to release: this one is for the Abu Dhabi GP.

JCB is pictured here handing over the piece to a slightly wary looking Bernie Ecclestone.

Here’s the official word:

[Press Release] As the Official Watchmaker of Formula 1 and at the occasion of the penultimate Grand Prix of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship, Hublot reveals the new F1 King Power Abu Dhabi.

This exclusive limited edition of only 250 pieces has been especially designed in recognition to the Yas Marina Circuit which is considered as one of the most technologically advanced circuits in the world.

Sporting the unique blue color in reference to the blue tracks of the famous circuit, the F1King Power Abu Dhabi also features several unique aspects made from an array of high-tech materials directly inspired by Formula 1 (some of which have never before been used in watchmaking) such as a ceramic bezel with a circular-grained satin finish adorned with multiple holes inspired by a high performance brake disc, a strap made from rubber and Nomex™, a synthetic fibre developed by Dupont De Nemours and used – thanks to its very low combustibility and thermostability – to make the suits worn by F1drivers as well as the Start, Reset and Split push buttons, the latter for the split second function and a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock.

Technical Specifications

Reference 719.QM.1729.NR.FAD11 – Series 250 pieces numbered from 01/250 to 250/250

Case King Power – Diameter 48 mm in carbon fibre – Bezel Carbon fibre and black ceramic, “F1™ brake disc” style with 6 H-shaped relief black PVD titanium screws
Crystal Sapphire Ǿ 35.50×3.00 mm, colourless single-layer ART, inner face with white transfer minute track .

Bezel Lugs Black composite resin – Lateral inserts Black composite resin with white coloured F1™ logo transfer at 9 o’clock – Crown Ǿ 8.40 in satin-finished black PVD titanium, with black rubber insert – Screws Black PVD titanium
Push-pieces 2 o’clock Start with blue rubber insert and black text – 4 o’clock Reset, black rubber and blue text – 7 o’clock Split-Seconds, black rubber and blue text.

Case-back Carbon fibre – Water resistance to 100 meters – Dial Black indexes, blue SuperLuminova, power reserve indicator with green, white and red Superluminova spots – Hands Satin-finished black nickel hands with blue SuperLuminova.

Movement Hublot calibre HUB4247 – Mechanical chronograph with automatic winding
Split-seconds function and power reserve indicator – No. of components 293 – Jewels 31 – Bridges Rhodium-plated with black ruthenium coating – Screws Polished & nickel-plated
Oscillating weight King Power Hublot, micro-blasted black openworked plate, polished black decorative screws, micro-blasted black heavy metal segment, black engraving on micro-blasted case-back bevel, with grey King Power – Main plate Rhodium-plated – Barrel Reinforced spring – Escapement Glucydur hairspring – Power reserve of approximately 42 hours.

Wristlet Adjustable black rubber and Nomex strap with blue stitching – Clasp King Power micro-blasted black PVD titanium ’deployant buckle’, micro-blasted black PVD titanium cap, micro-blasted black ceramic decorative plate, black ink engraving and polished black PVD screws.

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Hublot F1™ King Power Suzuka

Published by in Hublot on October 8th, 2011 | No Comments »

Another day, another Hublot King Power special.

I’m very much looking forward to hanging out with the every-jolly Jean-Claude Biver as he presents me with my very own King Power Paul.

It’s coming soon, I can feel it ;-)

On the plus side though, this piece in honour of the Suzuka Japanese Grand Prix is rather handsome; it also benefits the Japanese Earthquake appeal, and that’s a very good thing.

Read on for the full press release, and a surprise visit from a Korean mega-star (spoiler: it’s Jang Geun Seok … no, me either … ).

[Press Release] One day prior to the 2011 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX, Round 15 of the FIA Formula One World Championship™, as the Official Watchmaker of Formula 1™, Hublot revealed the new F1™ King Power Suzuka watch, named after the reputed Japanese circuit. This exclusive timepiece is impressed with white and red colours, inspired by the Japanese flag.

Combined with stately F1™ logo and impactful colours, the F1™ King Power Suzuka features several unique aspects made from an array of high-tech materials directly inspired by Formula 1™ such as a ceramic bezel with a circular-grained satin finish adorned with multiple holes to represent a high performance brake disk, a strap made from rubber and Nomex™, a synthetic fiber developed by Dupont De Nemours and used to make the suits worn by F1™ drivers. This model is offered as limited edition up to 250 pieces. On the occasion of the press conference for the launch, Hublot announced its continuous support to KIDS EARTH FUND(KEF) by auctioning the watch with precious limited number “0 of 250”, and all the proceeds will be donated to KEF, in the same manner of Ginza boutique’s opening before.

KEF is establishing their 12th home base named “Kids Earth Home” in Watari, which was affected by the huge quake and TSUNAMI this March, and the home will be a new foothold for their further activities to support more kids living in Tohoku area. Hublot hopes this commitment will help children to restore their energy to have brilliant dreams. Ms. Harumi Torii, founder of KEF, and Ms. Ai Tominaga, one of KEF advisers as well as a famous fashion model, were invited to the press conference as partners for charity and celebrated the new product launch together.

At the end of the press conference, Mr. Jang Geun Seok, a South Korean actor and singer, who is a fan of Hublot and F1™, appeared as a surprise guest to support the charity auction of the F1™ King Power Suzuka model numbered “0 of 250”.

KIDS EARTH FUND (KEF) 

“Kids Helping Kids” is the philosophy and cornerstone of the organization. Since its establishment in 1988, KEF has been sponsored by corporate enterprises and individuals and carried out distribution of monetary and non-monetary donations (e.g. medical supplies, art/education materials etc.) by utilizing the fund. The selected brilliant artworks of the children are reproduced with support of corporate sponsorships, to create marketable products. KEF has held children’s art exhibitions worldwide in such major locations as Pompidou Center in Paris, GATT Headquarters in Geneva, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and the World Trade Center in Boston.

Hublot and KIDS EARTH FUND (KEF) 

Hublot, led by its CEO Jean-Claude Biver, was one of the first luxury brands to take action for tragic disaster. Just after the chaos, by launching a campaign on its official website to raise funds to Red Cross Society for support. Then Hublot donated 10,000 sets of coloured pencil to KEF to support their activities. The heart-warming gifts had been brought to the children by KEF and they are helpfully used in consecutive drawing workshops in Tohoku areas. On the occasion of the opening ceremony of first-ever boutique in Japan in Ginza, special and unique items donated from Hublot ambassadors, such as Diego Maradona or Manchester United and so on, were auctioned to raise fund for KEF. Hublot also donated all the proceeds from an auction of “King Power Red Devil” – precious limited number “000 of 500”- to KEF.

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Hublot King Power “Dwyane Wade”

Published by in Uncategorized on August 8th, 2011 | No Comments »

Following on from the naming of Miami Heat star ‘D-Wade’ to the position of Hublot ambassador earlier this year, the brand has now released this special limited edition King Power in his honor.

Wearing the Flash’s number ’3′ at the, err, three O’clock position (where else?), this 48mm model comes in a ceramic case.

The colour scheme is Miami Heat inspired – red/white – and the leather/rubber combo strap comes replete with cross-stitched netting.

Only 500 pieces will be available.

Well, 499 probably, as I’m sure Mr Wade gets one :-)

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