During all races this season, the Formula One racing driver FELIPE MASSA will have new luxurious watches by RICHARD MILLE. He continues the partnership with the Swiss watchmaking company although his team, Scuderia Ferrari, is sponsored by other brand, Hublot. As we know, Massa is a good friend of the French designer and owner, Richard [...]
I remember featuring Blancpain + Lamborghini partnership more than two years ago; and today, such alliance between a watchmaker and a carmaker comes back to live by HUBLOT and FERRARI, not in a single and simple agreement but a very complete one that we can list as follows:
Hublot is the “Official Watch” and “Official Timekeeper”of [...]
A few days ago, we featured William Henry, a knife-maker that incorporates Damascus steel in its design. And now, comes the competitor that also includes that same material used to make swords from about 300 BC to 1700 AD: Gustafsson & Sjögren (GoS). The latter, a partnership between the bladesmith Johan Gustafsson and watchmaker Patrik [...]
Richard Mille for Jacky Chan, Jaeger LeCoultre for AL PACINO. The latter Swiss high-end luxury watch manufacturer presented Reverso 68. Mostra, Leono d’Oro to the legendary American actor and director Alfredo James “Al” Pacino who is the recipient of the Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2011 Award. This makes him joining the list of [...]
Dwyane Wade wears Hublot King Power Dwyane Wade Signature Series Limited Edition at Forbidden City in Beijing
When HUBLOT and DWYANE WADE made collaboration, people started anticipating their fusion watch. And recently at the heart of Forbidden City in Beijing, 3 August 2011, in conjunction with the Hublot’s One Million RMB Basketball Chinese Charity Challenge, the [...]
German design house, PORSCHE DESIGN has just released a new compass watch in March at Baselworld. The P’6250 COMPASS harks back the first navigational watch designed by Prof. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche and released in 1978 as collaboration between Porsche Design and the Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen. Yet, to me, with the two-fold function, the [...]
Following its success in tennis, RICHARD MILLE has also entered the sport of Polo. The Swiss premium watchmaking company has formed a polo team manned by Argentine players PABLO MACDONOUGH (ranked 1st in the 2010 World Polo Tour) and Alejandro Muzzio, the English promising young player Max Routledge, plus the patron Prince Bahar of Brunei [...]
André Villas-Boas is the new brand ambassador of Franck Muller. The Portuguese football manager and the Swiss complicated watch-making company signed the deal on June 17, 2011. He has been before recognized as a wristwatch collector. Many pictures show him wearing various kind of watch while on training or a match. With a recent 3-year [...]
While Hublot pays homage to Mexico and Thomas Prescher came with Qatar Watch, RICHARD MILLE chooses Argentina. The Swiss watch manufacturer – famous for its RM 027 Tourbillon model worn by Rafael Nadal on his tennis matches – salutes the country of Maradona, Messi and Javier Pastore by introducing ultra-thin (8.25 mm) watches with a [...]
One day before the ‘big match’ against Chelsea, 7 May 2011 at 6 pm, all the first team of MANCHESTER UNITED gathered on the club’s home ground for a special occasion: the launching ceremony of KING POWER RED DEVIL, the third edition of the official Manchester United timepiece by Swiss luxury watchmaker, HUBLOT. This is [...]