Hublot and Juventus in Melbourne

HUBLOT AND JUVENTUS TO CELEBRATE “HUBLOT LOVES FOOTBALL” IN MELBOURNE 
LUXURY SWISS WATCHMAKER CONTINUES A WORLD-FIRST AND DECADE LONG LEGACY WITH THE SPORT 

Hublot and Juventus are a pairing that stands for passion, records and sports adrenaline. Two giants, the first in the world of Haute Horlogerie, the second in football, celebrated their long-standing partnership at Crown Tower’s Monards Store on Monday 25 July, in celebration of the team’s Australia summer tour. Hot on the heels of the UEFA EURO2016™, where Hublot served as the Official Watch, this partnership and timepiece are another example of Hublot’s love for global “football” and ongoing support of the “Hublot Loves Football” campaign launched during FIFA World Cup Brazil™ in summer 2014 as well the second campaign presented during the UEFA EURO2016TM. 

Friend of Hublot, David Trezeguet, who is currently in Australia supporting Juventus’ presence at the 2016 International Champions Cup was the special guest during the VIP celebration. Having scored 135 goals in 245 league appearances for Juventus overall, his accomplishments with the club make him the highest foreign scorer in their history. Trezeguet joined alongside Daniele Rugani and Paulo Dybala, players from the Serie A TIM 2015-2016 winning team for the occasion. VIP guests had the chance to view Hublot’s latest novelties within Monard’s shop-in-shop. 

From being the first luxury brand to align with football in 2006, and for the ten years following, Hublot has led its established commitment to football ever since. Whether official ambassadors, or friends of the brand, they are all part of the « Hublot Loves Football » world. Through this legacy, Hublot maintain relationships with some of the most prestigious clubs in the world (Juventus, Ajax of Amsterdam, Bayern of München and Chelsea). 
The partnership between Hublot and Juventus even resulted in a special limited edition Big Bang Unico Bi-Retrograde Juventus released in late 2015. 

ABOUT HUBLOT 
“Be first, be unique, be different”. This was the philosophy upon which Hublot built up an excellent reputation in just a few decades on the very competitive high-quality timepiece market. The focus is perfectly ingrained in the idea of the art of fusion, which Hublot has applied since 1980 when it designed its first case combining natural rubber and gold with a shape inspired by a ship’s porthole. When Jean-Claude Biver and Ricardo Guadalupe took the helm of the brand in 2004, and they made this art of fusion into a founding spirit that they deployed as they wished, combining traditional watchmaking savoir-faire with the most cutting-edge technologies and unexpected materials. In 2005, the Big Bang collection, a chronograph with an elegant and contemporary design, enjoyed international success. This year marks the 10th Anniversary of ALL BLACK, a concept created by Hublot to create a watch with blackened hands, indexes, dial and date, rendering a timepiece not explicitly about telling time. 
In its 6,000 m2 Manufacture on Lake Geneva in Switzerland, Hublot is constantly pushing back the boundaries of horological innovation. 

HUBLOT loves football I Timeline 
2006 I Hublot becomes the first luxury timepiece brand to commit to the world of football Sponsor of the Swiss national football team 
2008 I UEFA EURO 2008 TM 
2008 I Official Timekeeper for Manchester United 
2010 | FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa 
2011 I Official Timekeeper for Ajax Amsterdam 
2012 I UEFA EURO 2012 TM 
2012 I Official Timekeeper for Juventus 
2012 I Official Timekeeper for FC Bayern Munich 
2013 I Official Timekeeper for FC Paris Saint-Germain 
2014 I FIFA World Cup™ in Brazil 
2015 I FIFA Women’s World CupTM in Canada 
2015 I Official Timekeeper for Chelsea FC 
2015 I UEFA Champions LeagueTM and UEFA Europa LeagueTM (2015-2018) 
2016 I UEFA EURO 2016TM in France 

BIG BANG UNICO BI-RETROGRADE JUVENTUS 

Reference 413.CQ.1112.LR.JUV15- Limited edition of 100 copies 
Case « Big Bang Unico » – diameter 45 mm 
Black polished and satin ceramic 
Bezel Carbon fibre with 6 titanium screws, black H-shaped 
Crystal Sapphire with anti-reflective coating 
Lug White composite resin 
Crown Black rubber and black titanium with satin finish 
Buttons Black titanium and white rubber at 2 o’clock and black rubber at 4 o’clock 
Caseback Satin ceramic engraved with progressive « xx/100 ». 
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating inside and Juventus logo 
Dial Black and white 
Hands Retrograde minute hand in black and yellow 
Retrograde second hand in white 
Micropeened rhodium satin hands for hours, minutes and small seconds with luminescent white coating 
Movement HUB1261, movement of bi-retrograde manufacture with UNICO automatic winding, central chronograph and column wheel 
Power reserve 72 hours 
Water resistance 10 ATM (100m) 
Strap White rubber and black alligator strap with white stitching 
Clasp Folding, black titanium