Hublot

Switzerland · Founded 1980

Founded 1980 in Nyon, Switzerland by Italian entrepreneur Carlo Crocco, who pioneered pairing a precious-metal case with a natural rubber strap - unconventional at the time. Debuted at Baselworld 1980. Jean-Claude Biver became CEO in 2004 and relaunched the brand around the 'Art of Fusion' philosophy (mixing unlike materials: gold, ceramic, titanium, rubber, carbon fiber). The 2005 Big Bang chronograph was the breakout hit that redefined the brand. LVMH acquired Hublot in April 2008. Known for material R&D: Magic Gold (scratchproof 18k gold-ceramic composite, 2011), sapphire crystal full cases (2016), and colored ceramics. Sourced via Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hublot) cross-checked with general web search snippets; no single deep official 'About' page was fetchable (hublot.com returned 403 to automated fetch throughout this research pass).

Models

Big Bang 3 references
Big Bang Integral 2 references
Big Bang Sang Bleu 2 references
Big Bang Unico 4 references
Classic 1 references
Classic Fusion 6 references
King Power 2 references
MP Collection 4 references
Spirit of Big Bang 2 references