A Fabulous Q&A with the Superstar CEO of Hublot – Mr. Jean Claude Biverz
King Jewelers : What does the watch industry look like to you by the year 2100?
Jean Claude Biver : The watch will have disappeared as a time piece and it will be replaced as a piece of Art, a symbol of tradition and culture. It will be the reign of the “Haute Horlogerie”, the reign of fine Swiss watch making Art.
KJ : If you could be any animal which one would you be?
JCB : I would choose the cow. Because the cow is pacific, has a great curiosity and a strong memory. In addition to all of that, it gives us milk and food.
KJ : What musician or band could create the best soundtrack for the Hublot Brand?
JCB : Carlos Santana and/or Miles Davies. Because both have created new sounds with traditional instruments. In that sense they are close to what Hublot has done with traditional watch making.
KJ : What visual artist would you want to create dials for Hublot?
JCB : Joan Miro, because he was a master of emotion, and colors. Color would be one of my favorite features in a watch or dial.
KJ : What do you say to Hublot haters and how do you approach a fan?
JCB : Hublot cannot be loved at first sight, as we are the fusion of tradition and the future. Therefore I would recommend people to buy first a few traditional watches till they get the right feeling about it. Once they have achieved this, they will understand the richness and beauty of fusing tradition with vision. But if you don’t understand tradition, it is impossible to you to understand fusion.
KJ : If you were the leader of the world for only 1 hour, what would be the first thing you would do?
JCB : I would share! Share the richness, share the resources, share the space, share the planet and share love!
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King Jewelers Nashville previews Hublot's King Power Alinghi for our new corner shop
Hublot’s CEO Jean-Claude Biver unveiled the chronograph sporting the colours of the Swiss Defender of the 33rd America’s Cup at the Hublot MiniBasel based in Miami Beach this past weekend in which David King of King Jewelers was in attendance to marvel at the new masterpiece of haute horology.
Swiss Made expertise was the toast of the hour this weekend at the exclusive Fountainbleu Resort where limited edition Hublot “King Power Alinghi” watch made its debut. The pride of the participants was swelled by immense motivation felt on all sides to defend the Swiss colours together in a few weeks’ time, when Alinghi and Oracle do battle on the water.
The King Power Alinghi echoes the expertise and precision of the Defender yacht built for the America’s Cup. New developments, cutting edge technology and
materials, a focus on the excellence of resources and sharing the highest level of skills are qualities which link the two companies.
Jean-Claude Biver hopes that the King Power will bring the catamaran luck in this extraordinary challenge: “Alinghi already has an enormous range of skills and qualities, as well as the motivation to win, and we wish to demonstrate to them how proud we are to be their partner and to show them our support through this chronograph in the yacht’s colours!”.
KING POWER ALINGHI
Technical details
Case “King Power”, diameter 48 mm in microblasted black ceramic
Bezel Microblasted black ceramic with moulded black rubber, with 6 relief
black PVD H-shaped titanium screws
Crystal Sapphire with interior/exterior anti-reflective treatment
Bezel Lug Black composite resin
Lateral Inserts Black composite resin
Case-back Microblasted black ceramic
Crown Black PVD titanium with black rubber insert
Push-pieces Black PVD titanium with black rubber insert
Screws Black PVD titanium
Water resistance 100 m or 10 ATM
Dial Sapphire with anti-reflective treatment, multilayered, additional matt
black counters, index with black nickel, black SuperLuminova™, Alinghi
logo at 9 o’clock
Hands Satin-finished microblasted black nickel with black SuperLuminova™
Movement Mechanical skeleton chronograph with automatic winding, carbon
bridges, calibre Hublot HUB4400
No. of Components 252
Jewels 27
Bridges Microblasted black chrome
Screws Black PVD
Oscillating Weight Tungsten carbide with black PVD treated dimpled surface
Main plate Microblasted black chrome
Barrel With reinforced spring
Escapement Glucydur hairspring
Power Reserve 42 hours
Wristlet Adjustable articulated black rubber
Clasp Microblasted black ceramic and black PVD steel
Edition limited to 333 pieces numbered from 01/333 to 333/333
The King Power Alinghi is available exclusively at King Jewelers in Nashville, TN where the timepiece will be on display at our new Hublot corner shop this Fall.