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Hublot

Hublot is a leading watch brand from Switzerland, founded in 1980. Hublot’s a part of the luxury group LVMH (TAG Heuer, Bulgari, Zenith, Louis Vuitton). Since Jean-Claude Biver became CEO in 2004 Hublot’s success grew rapidly. Hublot has sponsored a number of large sport and celebrity events, has created watch collections in collaborations with VIPs and employed intense marketing to communicate its brand and models.

Sculpting Time: Hublot Unveils Classic Fusion Chronograph Orlinski

The collaboration between Hublot and Richard Orlinski, a French artist and an ambassador of the Swiss luxury manufacture, continues this year with a new chronograph model, the Classic Fusion Chronograph Orlinski. While previous editions of this collection had a striking “sculptured” dial, here the 41mm case, crafted from sandblasted titanium, is distinguished by geometric facets....

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May 18, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

It’s Time – WatchTime New York 2024 Tickets On Sale Now!

After an incredible show in 2023, WatchTime New York, the premier collector’s event in North America, is set to return to Manhattan from October 18th to 20th, 2024. WatchTime New York 2024 promises to be even more spectacular, with the show marking the 25th anniversary of WatchTime and bringing together the world’s finest watchmakers, timepieces,...

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Jun 20, 2024 by WatchTime

Watches and Wonders 2023: Hublot Square Bang Unico Sapphire

At this year’s Watches and Wonders, Hublot, the undisputed master of materials and fusion, unveils a new execution of the Square Bang, clad in a sapphire case. An offspring of the legendary Big Bang, the barrel-shaped luxury timepiece was first introduced at Watches and Wonders 2022.  Translating the specific features that distinguish the Big Bang...

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Apr 1, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Hublot Introduces Third Collab with Save Our Rhino Africa via Big Bang Unico SORAI

Hublot recently introduced its third collaboration with Save Our Rhino Africa India (SORAI), an organization working to protect rhinos threatened with extinction from poachers. SORAI was founded by Hublot brand ambassador Kevin Pietersen, and the partnership naturally took shape with its first collaborative timepiece released in 2019, and its second in 2021. The new Big...

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Feb 20, 2023 by Caleb Anderson

Hublot Debuts New Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow Watch

In 2021, Hublot announced its first collaboration with Takashi Murakami, one of the most celebrated contemporary artists of our time. The watches have all explored Murakami’s “Smiling Flower” motif, with the first watch being an all-black Classic Fusion that was later followed up by a fanciful and captivating all-sapphire Rainbow model. Now, Hublot is releasing...

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Feb 2, 2023 by Bilal Khan

The Sophistication of Simplicity: Meet the new Hublot Classic Fusion

At this year’s LVMH Watch Week, Hublot has revealed the Classic Fusion Original, a three-hand watch that resembles the early models from the 1980s even more than the standard contemporary Classic Fusion. The main difference is that it omits hour indexes. As a result, the black lacquered dial has decidedly pure charisma with only the...

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Jan 18, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Green Rambles: The Importance Of Visiting Manufactures

When you are an established watch journalist working for respected publications, you get several invitations for press trips during the year. The brands certainly know how to make them tempting, often serving more champagne than water in breathtaking areas of the world with accommodations that rarely rate below five stars. It sounds like heaven on...

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Sep 12, 2022 by Martin Green

Squaring The Circle: Hublot Introduces New Case For the Big Bang at Watches & Wonders 2022

Going straight for the unexpected, Hublot now unveils one of the most uncommon looking new designs at this year’s Watches & Wonders. The Swiss manufacture introduces a new case shape for its most iconic timepiece, namely the Big Bang. In addition to the round Big Bang and the tonneau-shaped Spirit of Big Bang, there is...

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Mar 31, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Hublot Launches Big Bang Integral in New 40-mm Size, New Case Materials

In 2020, Hublot unveiled its very own take on an integrated-bracelet sports watch, the aptly named Big Bang Integral. Over the course of last year, Hublot used the new series as one of its many creative outlets, launching a handful of ceramic-cased editions alongside what was likely one of the brand’s most notable watches of...

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Jan 27, 2022 by Caleb Anderson

Clockwork Orange: Five Watches With Orange Dials, Details, and Straps

As watches continue to embrace a wider range of color options for their dial, straps, and other details, orange remains relatively scarce in the expanding spectrum, though undeniably appealing to a core of loyal fans. Here are five timepieces where orange tones dominate.    HUBLOT BIG BANG TOURBILLON AUTOMATIC ORANGE SAPPHIRE Hublot takes pride in...

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Jan 4, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

2021, The Watch Year in Review: Seven Tantalizing Tourbillons

By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldwide economic consequences — with high-profile retailers reopening and expanding, new auction records set, some large-scale industry events (like our own WatchTime New York) returning, and of course, a host of...

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Dec 31, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Hublot and Fuente Team Up for Another Limited-Edition Big Bang Unico Honoring the First Family of Cigars

Swiss watch maison Hublot began its partnership with Dominican Republic-based premium cigar icon Arturo Fuente y Cia. in 2012, and the collaboration has yielded three limited-edition models all celebrating, in their own distinctive manner, the synergy between the arts of watchmaking and cigarmaking. The fourth made its celebrated debut this week, at a gala event...

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Dec 1, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

More than a Touch of Gray: Hublot Big Bang Unico Berluti Aluminio

Hublot’s partnership with Parisian high-end footwear firm Berluti reached the five-year mark in in 2021 and the Swiss watchmaker is celebrating with its latest in its series of special-edition timepieces that elegantly incorporate Berluti’s hallmark Venezia leather into their cases, straps, and dials. The Big Bang Unico Berluti Aluminio, with its monochromatic gray ensemble, offers...

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Oct 6, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Summertime Blue: Hublot Big Bang Unico Summer Shines in Turquoise Aluminum Case

Since its founding, and particularly in recent years, Hublot has been on the cutting edge of both unusual colorways and avant-garde materials. Now, inspired by the promise of a vibrant, post-Covid-19 summer, the Nyon-based manufacture remains true to this calling card with the Big Bang Unico Summer, a festive, monochromatic timepiece featuring a turquoise-blue case...

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Jul 5, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Hublot Supports Rhino Conservation with Big Bang Unico SORAI Limited Edition

As many are aware, rhinoceros populations in the animals’ native Africa have long been threatened. The cause for the decline is directly linked to human activity, particularly the ongoing practice of poaching. According to SORAI, (Save Our Rhino Africa/India), two thirds of the rhinos in South Africa’s Kruger Park alone have have been killed over...

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Jun 22, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Hublot’s Newest Big Bang Integral Tourbillon is Sapphire from Stem to Stern

Hublot’s expertise In making watch cases out of sapphire is, at this point, beyond reproach. The Nyon-based manufacture was the first watch manufacturer to produce such cases on an industrial scale, in 2016, and has remained a pioneer in that field during the five years since. “But what,” aficionados of such innovations might ask, “has...

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Apr 15, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Bigger Case, Deeper Dive Rating, and Three New Colorways: This is the Zenith Defy Extreme (with Hands-on Photos)

Today at Watches & Wonders, Zenith unveiled the latest extension of its cutting-edge, “resolutely futuristic” Defy collection, called Defy Extreme. The new collection, which the manufacture describes as “all-terrain 1/100th of a second chronograph[s],” encompasses three models and essentially represents the most supercharged version of the Defy, with a larger and more accentuated silhouette to...

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Apr 9, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Empire Mindset: Hands-on with the Hublot Classic Fusion Concrete Jungle Limited Edition

At the end of last year, Hublot unveiled its latest ode to New York City, the aptly named Classic Fusion Concrete Jungle Limited Edition. That model, limited to only 50 pieces and following up on the original Concrete Jungle released in 2016, quickly caught eyes with its unique construction — from materials including concrete, epoxy...

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Mar 21, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Hublot Honors the “Great Eight” with Big Bang Unico Red Carbon Alex Ovechkin

Russian NHL superstar Alexander Ovechkin, winner of the 2018 Stanley Cup as captain of the Washington Capitals, joined Hublot’s star-studded stable of athlete ambassadors in 2019. Like many who preceded him — notably “fastest man alive” Usain Bolt and late NBA legend Kobe Bryant — Ovechkin has collaborated with the Swiss watchmaker on a very...

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Feb 24, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

LVMH Watch Week: Hublot Expands Big Bang Integral Series with Colorful Ceramic Models

At the start of last year, Hublot unveiled its take on the surging trend of integrated-bracelet sports watches, aptly named the Big Bang Integral. This year, as part of LVMH Watch Week, the luxury watchmaker revisits the ceramic version of the model with three new colorways. Joining the original, all-black edition are a white, navy...

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Jan 29, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

LVMH Watch Week: The Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Orange Sapphire is a Peach of a Timekeeper

Hublot takes pride in being the first watch manufacturer to make sapphire cases on an industrialized scale, starting in 2016 with the first Big Bang Unico Sapphire, and even greater pride in its leading role in creating new color variations in that difficult-to-machine material, from reds to yellows to blues. For the undisputed headline piece...

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Jan 26, 2021 by Mark Bernardo
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