Hublot has joined forces with the brand ambassador and legendary football player Diego Maradona to create the Limited Hublot King Power Diego Maradona Watch and celebrated with a charity event supporting a children aid program in China. 

Diego Maradona, the brand ambassador of Hublot, the legendary king of football for the first time takes the “Hublot One Million RMB Goal Shooting” Charity Challenge on The Bund in Shanghai, China. Joining forces with Maradona, Hublot will generously donate the total fund of corresponding successful shootings to support the children aid program in China.

The legendary Argentine footballer is well-known for his love of Hublot watches. In March 2010, Hublot, the Swiss luxury watch brand has signed a partnership with the legendary name. Followed by the remarkable 2010 FIFA World Cup, the whole world noticed he was wearing two Hublot watches at once – the Hublot chronograph bearing his own name on each wrist and cheering for his team with the “Hand of God”.

Technical details: 

References: 716.CI.1129.RX.DMA11 (Ceramic version)

716.OM.1129.RX.DMA12 (Gold version)

Series: Limited to 500 numbered pieces for the ceramic version

Limited to 200 numbered pieces for the gold version

Movement: HUB4245 skeleton chronograph with central 45’ counter

Mechanical self-winding. Oscillating weight Black galvanic coating, with tungsten carbide heavy metal segment, 28 Jewels 

Power reserve: 42 hours

Case: "King Power" - Diameter 48 mm in micro-blasted black ceramic or 18K King Gold

Bezel Ceramic version: Micro-blasted black ceramic with black rubber moulding

Gold version: Circular Satin-finished black ceramic with black rubber moulding

Crystal: Sapphire with sky blue minute track transfer. Interior/exterior anti-reflective coating

Crown Ceramic version: Black PVD titanium with black rubber insert

Gold version: 18K King Gold with black rubber insert

Case-back: Micro-blasted black ceramic or 18K King Gold, with Maradona logo transfer on

crystal

Dial: Sapphire, sky blue index with white SuperLuminovaTM, date window at 4 o'clock

Diego Maradona signature transfer.

Strap: Adjustable black rubber strap with white stripe

Clasp: Deployant buckle clasp in micro-blasted black PVD titanium and micro-blasted

black ceramic or 18K King Gold

Water resistance: 100 metres or 330 feet

Hublot is proud to announce a new exclusive watch to the celebrate the victory of the FIFA Women’s World Cup that took place in Germany in 2011, the Big Bang FIFA Women’s World Cup  Winners. 

On July 18th 2011, an Asian women's football team rose  to  the  pinnacle  of  women’s  football history when it was crowned champions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup  Germany 2011. The  new  women’s  watch  named  “Big  Bang  FIFA  Women's  World  Cup   2011™  Winners” commemorates this memorable victory.

The sporty yet elegant watch with pure  white dial is accentuated by pink color inspired by the dianthus flower, which is the symbol of the team. Its sophisticated  white  rubber  straps  allow  the  comfort,  and  the  bezel  adorned  with  brilliant diamonds reflects the feminine yet strong image of the champions.

The “Big Bang FIFA Women's World Cup  2011  Winners” numbered 01/100 will be sold at Hublot Boutique  Ginza  and  all  proceeds  of  the  sales  of  01/100  will  be  donated  to  a  Non-profit organization “KIDS EARTH FUND (KEF)”, which is engaged in charity activities over the world to help kids, who are suffering from conflict, war, poverty or disasters. 

Technical details

Reference               361.SE.2090.RW.1104.NAS11

Series                     Limited to 100 pieces numbered from No. 01/100 to No. 100/100

Case                       Big Bang 38 mm in polished & satin-finished Stainless Steel

Bezel                     Polished & satin-finished stainless steel, set with 126 diamonds for 0.87 ct

                                                6 H-shaped countersunk, polished & locked titanium screws

Crystal                   Sapphire with interior/exterior anti-reflective treatment

Bezel Lugs             White composite resin

Case-back             Stainless steel with circular satin finish, “Fifa Women’s World Cup 2011™ Champions” engraving 

                              and the World Cup  logo

Dial                         Matt white with pink varnished appliques

Hands                     Faceted, polished and rhodium-plated, with white SuperLuminova™

                                Pink chronograph hand with polished & rhodium-plated H counterpoise

Movement               HUB2900 – Quartz movement 7 jewels

Bracelet                   Adjustable white rubber strap

Clasp                     Big Bang steel deployant buckle, titanium screws and steel plate

Water resistance   100 metres or  feet

On January 9th, the Zurich Kongresshaus played host to the stars of the football world at the FIFA Ballon D’or 2011 awards ceremony, which honors the best players and coaches of the year and specialist journalists.

Among the winners of the evening: Josep “Pep” Guardiola, coach of FC Barcelona, was awarded Best Coach of 2011. Guardiola won five trophies including the Champions League and the Spanish Championship. To mark the event, FIFA presented him with a specially engraved Hublot watch, a Classic Fusion Zirconium automatic model that blends zirconium, carbon, ceramic and rubber.

FIFA Marketing Director Division Thierry Weil presented Hublot watches to the winners of all categories of the FIFA BALLON D’OR 2011. The female winners received one of the brand’s iconic models, an elegant steel Big Bang, with white dial and bezel set with 126 diamonds, and a white rubber strap.

As the grand finale, Sir Alex Ferguson, legendary coach of Manchester United and Hublot ambassador, was presented with the FIFA Presidential Award.

Hublot has announced that Jean-Claude Biver stepped down as CEO effective January 1. Hublot Managing Director Ricardo Guadalupe was named Biver’s successor. 

The transition has been planned for some time and is based on the significant accomplishments Guadalupe and Biver achieved together since 2005, and on the 20-year personal friendship the two men share.

Biver will continue to serve Hublot as the company’s Chairman of the Board, and he will continue to offer valuable business strategy and product development insights. As the official spokesperson of Hublot, Biver will also coordinate communications activities with the press and collectors, and with the trade and industry.

Biver said: that there is a time for learning, a time for doing, a time for handing over, and a time for moving on and that he has made it to the hand-over stage safe and sound. .

It has been a busy year for Hublot with its new partnership with Ferrari and it seems that 2012 will be no different. We have already previewed a few models from Hublot,  we now get a sneak to the Hublot King Power Unico GMT.

To be presented at the SIHH 2012, the Hublot King Power Unico GMT watch not only features one of Hublot’s new in-house movements (its “Unico” series), but it also an interesting manner of showing 24 timezones on the dial.

The new addition to the King Power line will feature four GMT discs attached together by arms that form a plus shape. The discs are all linked and they rotate centrally with the main time. As the discs move, you can tell time in each of the 24 time zones marked by red lines and city names around the outer edge of the dial. 

Another impressive timepiece by Hublot that will be anxiously expect to discover at the 

SIHH 2012.