During Rick Ross’s 36th Birthday party at Club Amnesia in Miami, Dr. Dre broke out his lavish present, a $100,000 Hublot watch!

People often ask me how to buy a watch. I represent the fourth generation of my family in the watch business, and I quite literally grew up among the display cases of Westime with frequent visits to the workshops of Switzerland’s master watchmakers. Since watches are my past, my passion and my livelihood, I understand […]

While we’ve been covering Dwyane Wade’s extravagant 30th birthday festivities through the weekend, we thought it was particularly important to mention the haute timepiece he received as a birthday gift from renowned watchmaker, Hublot. Wade is a brand ambassador for Hublot and recently unveiled his own Hublot watch design in Miami at the brand’s Bal Harbour boutiqe, […]

  The CEO of Swiss luxury brand Hublot, Jean Claude Biver has announced he is stepping down from the position. Taking his place will be Ricardo Guadalupe, former Hublot managing director. Despite the chance, Biver isn’t entirely out of the picture. He will serve as Hublot’s board chairman, and continue to provide input into the company’s business […]

  Hitting the market early 2012, the King Power Unico GMT from Hublot is a sporty modern timepiece which features rotating satellites to display 24 timezones at once. The design features displays of cities which go from bezel to dial, all in different font sizes. Four GMT discs attached together and all linked to move […]

  There is no doubt about it. Swatch  components are widely used, outside the brand itself. But that could change as soon as January 1st. The Swatch Group is considering cutting back their sales of the internal copoments to competitors to concentrate on making enough supplies for it’s own brands such as Longines, Omega, Tossot, Breguet […]

Hublot, now the official timekeeper of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is paying a tribute to the nation of Brazil and one of the country’s most celebrated figures, architect Oscar Niemeyer. Working in conjunction with Niemeyer, Hublot has unveiled their Aero Bang Niemeyer series. The Aero Bang Niemeyer celebrates Niemeyer’s 104th birthday with only 104 […]

Limited to just 20 pieces, the Hublot Ferrari Big Bang Chrono Tourbillon has debuted in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the first Ferrari in China. The features of this sporty special edition piece make this watch a distinctive top speed collaboration between the Italian auto brand and luxury Swiss watchmaker. The timepiece boasts PVD Titanium buckles, exposed internals, red sapphire-tint crystal and the […]

Hublot, the official watchmaker for Formula 1, unveiled the F1 King Power Interlagos just in time for the final round of this years FIA Formula One World Championship in Brazil. The timepiece–which sports the same cobalt blue found in the Brazilian flag– is a tribute to “the land of samba and the famous Sao Paulo […]

It has been 20 years since Ferrari first entered China and to celebrate the anniversary, Hublot and Ferrari have collaborated to introduce the Big Bang Tourbillon Chrono Ferrari edition timepiece. There will be only 20 editions ever made for lucky collectors to get their hands on. Insider information notes that this could very well be […]

Hublot ambassador and NBA Champion Dwyane Wade made his debut as a watch designer, as the luxury Swiss brand celebrated the opening of its new Bal Harbour boutique on Nov. 10. Dwyane Wade, accompanied by girlfriend Gabrielle Union, welcomed friends and Hublot aficianados to Miami’s exclusive Club 50 at the Viceroy Hotel.  The soiree served […]

Two luxury icons have joined forces, as Hublot becomes the official timing partner for Ferrari. A press release announced that luxury watchmaker Hublot is partnering up with Ferrari and will become the official timing partner of the exclusive carmaker. Announced at Mugello outside Florence, Italy, the press release states that this is not a time […]

There’s supposed to be an old Chinese adage that risk and opportunity are two sides of the same coin.  The problem, of course, is that usually you see only one or the other.  Many luxury watch houses are pulling back, going classical, looking for the broadest appeal with the smallest risk.  Hublot is not one […]

One of the most successful watch brands of modern times literally sets in green pastures between Geneva and Lausanne in Switzerland. I recently visited the factory and learned how Hublot is advancing. The unique high profile luxury watch brand was in sputtering disarray just a few years ago. In 2004, the now well-known Hublot received […]

Hublot has a secret weapon located in its manufacture. The weapon’s name is the Confrérie Horlogère Hublot, led by Mathias Buttet (founder of now defunct complex watch movement maker BNB Concept). Mathias started the Confrérie Horlogère at BNB Concept, an idea that Hublot has wisely chosen to continue. The Confrérie Horlogère is like a free […]

You know a watch brand is particularly proud of a piece when the movement is designed in what the industry calls an “architectural manner.” The idea is that the movement has decorative elements combined with technical ones to show off the abilities of the brand. A mere glance at the interesting and symmetrical dial of […]