Hublot Unveils New Range Of Big Bang Ferrari Chronographs
Hublot began its partnership with Ferrari four years ago, in 2012. The partnership began with a Big Bang, so to speak – one of the first of Hublot’s watches to feature its proprietary scratch-proof “magic gold’ compound. Since then, we have had the spectacular, over-the-top and then some, Hublot MP-05 LaFerrari replica watch – a cobra-headed watch boasting a colossal power reserve (much like its namesake, of course). And that, watch-wise, was pretty much that. The LaFerrari got a full-body sapphire re-working at the start of 2016 (paving the way for the Big Bang Unico Sapphire), but the bulk of Hublot’s work with Ferrari came across in the “brand synergies” much beloved of boss Jean-Claude Biver – marketing opportunities to closer align two pretty well-matched sets of high net worth clienteles. That’s not to denigrate the MP-05 LaFerrari – it’s an accomplished piece of engineering, if extremely large – but there wasn’t much for the sub-six-figure watch buyer to work with. Now that’s ...