Carlo Crocco left being part of the Italian Binda Group in 1976 to pursue a new watch company. He moved to Switzerland and started to design the watch that he called Hublot, a French word for the porthole. The timepiece he formed was the first rubber strap in the history of the watch industry.

To create the strap, it took 3 years of research. Although on the first day of its debut at the Basel Watch Fair in 1980, one potential customer failed to see its significance, the watch quickly became a trade success with sales of over $2 million in its first year.

The brand’s timepieces signify unquestioned power, glamour, and even societal status. These qualities are not even worth arguing. The brand is said to be like the Bugatti’s of the wristwatch world. There are a few things, however, that many people may not know about Hublot.

The Jean-Claude Biver Era

Nowadays, Hublot endorses international sporting events, including soccer clubs, football tournaments, and competitive events. All those other product associations have made Hublot the accurate glow that the distinguished luxury consumer needs to live in.

The acclaimed Jean-Claude Biver, however, is a consequence of Hublot’s steady ascent. In 2004, Jean became the company’s CEO and soon developed a reputation for turning watch companies around. In 2005, he created the well-known Big Bang Chronograph that was received numerous prizes.

Jean built a brand by the end of 2006 that generated sales of over CHF 100 million. Before being the CEO of Hublot, the Luxembourgish watchmaker and businessman have previously served as the CEO of TAG Heuer.

The Craftsmanship In Creating Hublot Watches

Hublot watches performed and developed on a single mechanism, or a distinctive movement in watch terms known as “Unico Movement” that is contrary to most brands’ idea of movement. Unico Movement was first unveiled in 2010, two years after its announcement in 2008.

Hublot Manufacture has a whole Unico Movement screening and installation department. Every watch was thoroughly assembled, and watchmakers worked concurrently and in stages for several movements.

This company also generated its gold and ceramic special alloy known as the ‘Magic Gold’, which is scratch-resistant and has the finest gold and ceramic properties. Magic Gold is highlighted in this section by Hublot Manufacture and is the forerunner to a new era of precious metal alloys.

Hublot Ambassadors

The following successful men possess a respectable and inspiring personality that makes Hublot noticed their achievements in life and asked them to become their ambassadors.

• Jet Li

Biver presented Jet Li, a Chinese-born Singaporean film actor, martial artist, retired Wushu champion, and producer, as Hublot’s next brand ambassador at the inauguration of its first flagship store in Beijing. He is the first ambassador of the brand in Asia and the first movie actor to work as an ambassador of the brand.

• Ayrton Senna

The deceased Brazilian racing driver, Ayrton Senna, a Formula One World Drivers’ Champion in 1988, 1990, and 1991 was also a Hublot’s ambassador, as well as his family and institute.

• Usain Bolt

Since 2010, Jamaican former sprinter widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time and world’s fastest man has been an ambassador. He has a very inspiring life, and one of his motivating quotes is: “there are better starters than me, but I’m a strong finisher.”

• Pelé

The 80-year-old Brazilian former professional forward footballer and is a legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, is a brand ambassador for the company. He is also labeled by FIFA as “the greatest” and was among the most innovative and famous sports personalities of the 20th century.

• Rohit Sharma

Indian international cricketer, Rohit Gurunath Sharma, is another ambassador of Hublot. He plays in domestic cricket for Mumbai and a captain of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Prime Minister League, and a vice-captain of the Indian national team.

In 2019, Sharma launched the limited-edition watch amounting to ₹11.9 lakh, which was created to celebrate the brand’s being the official watch and official Timekeeper on the ICC Cricket World Cup in England and Wales in the summer of the same year.

• Kylian Mbappé

French professional football player, Kylian Mbappé Lottin, who plays as a forward for the France national team, and Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain is also an ambassador. He has been widely known for his explosive speed, clinical finishing, and professional football player and is probably one of the greatest players in the world.

• José Mourinho

Portuguese professional football former player and manager, José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix, GOIH, who is the head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, has become an ambassador in 2014. He is widely known as one of the strongest executives of all periods and is among the most adorned manager ever.

In 2018, Mourinho joined Ricardo Guadalupe, Hublot CEO, in London as the company unveiled its limited edition, the Big Bang Unico Special One. That was the second time he put his name to a Hublot watch.

Friends of Hublot

In the areas of cuisine, football, arts, and sports, Hublot also established a network of Friends of the Brand. Remarkable brand friends include the following personalities.

• Ada Hegerberg

The 25-year-old Norwegian international professional footballer, Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg, plays as a striker for Division 1 Féminine club Olympique Lyonnais and whose older sister Andrine Hegerberg plays for PSG, is already counted as a Friend of Hublot. Previously, she played for Kolbotn and Stabæk in Toppserien and a 2018 Ballon d’Or winner.

• Alex Morgan

The third Friend of the company is the American competitive soccer player for the Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League, which is the highest division of women’s professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women’s national soccer team, Alexandra Morgan Carrasco.

• Laure Boulleau

Another Friend of the brand is Laure Pascale Claire Boulleau, the 34-year-old former French footballer, who played for the Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and was a defender, and a member of the France women’s national football team. For almost a year, she was a left-hand defender of the PSG and coached the Bordeaux team.

In A Nutshell

Justifying Hublot as a royalty watch is not required since cautious work has been done in creating this brand. The involvement of the brand in many tournaments and events marks the glam and power it possesses to everybody who witnesses it.