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Hublot Big Bang Ferrari Watch

And so it begins…

Girard-Perregaux disappointed. Panerai fared only slightly better. And now Hublot becomes the third (or did I miss?) high-end watch brand to try its hand with Official Ferrari-themed watches. Live from Guangzhou, China, Hublot unveiled the first genuine Ferrari-Stamped Hublot watch – a pure collectors’ item of just 20 pieces. This watch was expected given Hublot’s recent announcement of its global partnership with Ferrari, but rest assured that it is only a teaser — we can expect one if not multiple Hublot-Ferrari watches to be unveiled next March at Baselworld 2012 (I’ll be bringing You the first looks, of course).

Hublot Big Bang Chrono Tourbillon Ferrari Watch

20 pieces LE for the 20th Anniversary of the First Ferrari in China

44mm carbon fiber case, automatic mechanical column-wheel chronograph movement with tourbillon, red tinted sapphire crystal





http://blog.perpetuelle.com/index.php/l ... ari-watch/

Εγω γιατι νιωθω οτι αργησαν..!

HUBLOT presents the new material: MAGIC GOLD

On Thursday 15th December, in the Metallurgy department of the Hublot Manufacture in Nyon, Jean-Claude Biver, Hublot's CEO, and Andreas Mortensen, a Professor at EFPL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) unveiled a range of brand new alloys which are set to revolutionise the characteristics of precious materials and may also pave the way for new alloys to be used in the high-tech industry.

Hublot presents new alloys for watchmaking and jewellery, developed in collaboration with EPFL.



his presentation focused on a genuine "fusion" of 24-carat gold (the finest of the noble materials and a natural product) and the very latest in high-tech materials expertise. Almost three years of collaboration and research have gone into achieving this impressive result: a completely new type of noble gold, with patents pending and graded 18 carat by the Central Office for Precious Metals Control. Hublot's 18-carat gold is the world's first scratch-resistant gold, and as such eliminates the age-old vulnerability of gold and its alloys.

Hardness is a measure of a material's resistance to indentation; doubling a material's hardness means doubling the force required to produce a given indentation. Whereas "standard" high-quality 18-carat gold can reach 400 on the Vickers hardness scale, Hublot gold has a hardness rating of almost 1000 Vickers (most hardened steels are up to 600 Vickers). This makes Hublot gold the hardest in the world, and by some margin: it can only really be "scratched" by diamond.



Components made from this material are produced using a complex process: boron carbide powder is formed by cold isostatic pressing in moulds very close in shape to that of the finished part, e.g. watch cases, bracelets, bezels, etc. This ceramic - one of the hardest in existence - is also highly refractory: the preforms are then hardened at very high temperatures to create a rigid, porous structure without altering the shape. After this, molten liquid gold is injected under very high pressure. This operation is performed under inert gas pressure, at a sufficiently high temperature and pressure to ensure that the molten metal fills the pores in the ceramic, causing the two to "fuse" into a single new material.
The resulting 18-carat Magic Gold must, like other 18-carat alloys, be composed of 750 parts pure gold out of 1000, but the inclusion of ceramic makes this gold scratch-resistant, unlike traditional 18-carat gold.

Hublot has now passed the experimental stage for its new gold and acquired the means to produce the new material entirely in its own Manufacture, thanks to a high-tech foundry enabling processes such as refractory ceramic sintering and high pressure metal casting. The first watches made from Magic Gold will be presented at BaselWorld 2012.

http://news.watchprosite.com/?show=foru ... fi=112&s=0

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Μαμούνι ο Μπιβέρ.

NEWS: Hublot CEO Jean-Claude Biver Steps Down

Some big news today that watch industry rock star Jean-Claude Biver has relinquished the top spot at Hublot to longtime company insider Ricardo Guadalupe. Guadalupe, who has played an increasingly prominent role at events and product unveilings over the last couple years, is a 20 year veteran of the company as well as close friend and confidant of Biver. Even though Biver will stay on as Chairman, the eponymous “face” of Hublot is no more. While Hublot is surely in good hands under Guadalupe, there is no denying that Biver’s larger-than-life personality will be a sorely missed by Hublot and many of us who follow the industry at arm’s length.

Pioneering the art of “fusion”, Biver basically resurrected Hublot from the ashes to become one of the hottest and most innovative brands on the market today. Biver’s many successful exploits — from Blancpain (1980′s) to Omega (1990′s) to Hublot (2000′s) — are largely highlighted on Biver’s Wikipedia page, though numerous interviews can be found via Google.

Congrats on all your achievements Mr. Biver.



From Hublot:

All of us at Hublot are very pleased to inform you that Mr. Ricardo Guadalupe, former Managing Director of the Company, and personal friend of Mr. Jean Claude Biver with whom he has been working since nearly 20 years, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer effective January 1st 2012.
This step was planned a long time ago in consideration of Mr. Guadalupe’s significant and instrumental achievements together with Mr. Jean Claude Biver since joining Hublot in 2005. Mr. Jean Claude Biver will continue to serve Hublot as the company’s Chairman of the Board, and as in the past give his precious insights into business strategy and product development.

As the official spokesperson of Hublot, Mr. Biver will also coordinate communications activities
with the press, collectors as well as trade and industry.

“There is a time for learning, a time for doing, a time for handing over, and a time for moving on. I’ve happily made it safe and sound to the hand-over stage. With the gratification of being able to hand over to a friend and colleague of more than twenty years. And happiness at the prospect of remaining part of the team on matters relating to strategy, products and corporate relations.”

http://blog.perpetuelle.com/special-rep ... guadalupe/

ενα σημαντικο νεο για τον χωρο της ωρολογοποιιας ...
ο Biver απο το βιογραφικο του παραπανω ανα δεκαετια αλλαζε εταιρεια ..Blancpain, Omega, Hublot ...
λετε να κανει αρχη μιας νεας καριερας στην δεκαετια αυτη ??

Απο οτι ξερω η εταιρεια ειναι δικη του την οποια αγορασε πριν λιγα χρονια παμφθηνα.
Η ετοιμαζεται να την πουληση (κοροιδο θα ηταν να μην το κανη τωρα που εχει φτιαξη ενα ονομα και πουλαει) η ετοιμαζεται παλι για κανενα καινουργιο μοντελο (συνηθως εκτρωμα) οπως μας εχει συνηθισει να κανει.

ΓΙΟΥΡΓΙΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑ!!!!
Τα θέλω όλα!!!
Τα θέλω ΤΩΡΑ!!!

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