Hublot King Power Ayrton Senna and Senna Tourbillon

Hublot has introduced two new King Power watches – Hublot King Power Ayrton Senna and Hublot King Power Tourbillon Ayrton Senna. Both watches feature the yellow/bluegreen colors of the Brazilian nation and are made almost entirely from materials used in Formula 1, such as carbon fiber for the case (a first for Hublot), ceramic, and Nomex for the strap.

Hublot King Power Ayrton Senna

The Hublot King Power Ayrton Senna is available in a limited edition of 500 numbered pieces.
It features a 48mm carbon fiber case, a split second chronograph movement with power reserve indicator (F1-style blue, green and red dots), and is stamped with Ayrton Senna’s signature.

For the São Paulo Grand Prix weekend, Viviane Senna (Ayrton’s sister) and the Instituto Ayrton Senna hosted a special event on November 3, 2010, which provided the backdrop for Hublot’s unveiling of the King Power Ayrton Senna and the premiere of the documentary-film “Senna.”

The timepiece has split seconds timing, marked with a button on the left side of case. To measure a split time, the first “split second” hand is stopped, while the second continues to run. This mechanism allows time to be taken to check this first period, before the push-button is activated again, allowing the hand to catch up with the direct-drive hand. This function can be used to calculate the split times of a racer, or the times of two racers.

Hublot King Power Tourbillon Ayrton Senna

The Hublot King Power Tourbillon Ayrton Senna is available in 10 exceptional tourbillons manufactured entirely by Hublot. The 10 unique commemorative pieces come with a different engraving on the case-back of each watch, showing one of 10 highlights in the driver’s career, chosen by his sister and mother, as well as a Brazil yellow strap with green and blue stitching.

Both new Hublot King Power timepieces will be available at King Jewelers in early 2011 at the Nashville store’s Hublot shop-in-shop boutique. For more information, please visit http://www.hublot.com and http://www.kings1912.com.