During the time affected by the COVID 19 pandemic, factories had to close, production lines were stagnant, the Hublot watch brand still showed its creativity and worked tirelessly when collaborating with famous artists, launching new limited editions.
Hublot honors 21st century women with famous artist Marc Ferrero
Artist Marc Ferrero is known for his school of Storytelling Art, which is the art of telling stories with images. Marc’s paintings are both professionally and commercially successful because of their ability to expose viewers to an unlimited variety of topics. He is also a master in combining many different graphic schools in the same area including Cubism, Abstraction, Pop Art… making the messages he wants to convey not limited by space, time and basic theory, helping each of his works become exciting adventures.
Famous artist Marc Ferrero
Sự hợp tác của Hublot và Ferrero được thể hiện trên Big Bang One Click 39mm – thiết kế nổi tiếng nhờ thể hiện những giá trị tinh hoa của Big Bang và “Art of Fusion” vào lớp vỏ nữ tính, thanh lịch trên cổ tay phái đẹp. Hệ thống thay dây được cấp bằng sáng chế "One Click" cũng là một trong những điểm đặc trưng của bộ sưu tập này, bởi chỉ với một thao tác bẩm đơn giản người đeo có thể dễ dàng thay đổi dây đeo cho chiếc đồng hồ của mình, làm nổi bât sự muôn hình, muôn vẻ của Big Bang.
With Big Bang One Click, famous artist Marc Ferrero conveyed the message of honoring modern women through one of the symbols associated with his name – the image of “Lipstick”, standing out on the abstract face of the woman at the heart of the watch. In the second collaboration with the master artist, this image is recreated once again.
The change in the new duo version comes from the black and white colors used, symbolizing two inseparable concepts, Day and Night. While white represents sophistication, purity and charm, black brings boldness and charisma.
The two new colors also represent a breakthrough from Marc Ferrero, an artist known for his use of vibrant color palettes. Ferrero was very skillful in creating the contrast of these two colors, although opposing, they always attract and complement each other.
Standing out on the black and white color of the watch face is the “Lipstick” image that remains the same with the attractive but mysterious red color behind the sunglasses. The image of a woman exudes an independent, strong spirit, confidently applying lipstick to conquer the outside world. Hair is represented by countless different faces, symbolizing the diverse looks of today’s women. Two new Big Bang One Click Marc Ferrero models are produced in limited quantities of only 100 pieces for each version.
Hublot cooperates with famous fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto
In early May, Hublot continued to mark an important milestone in the brand’s development journey by welcoming its Boutique Flagship in Ginza, Japan. This event became even more notable and attractive when the brand cooperated with famous fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto to jointly launch the limited edition Big Bang GMT All Black Yohji Yamamoto.
Famous designer Yohji Yamamoto
“This is truly an honor for Hublot to collaborate with famous designer Yohji Yamamoto. The All Black limited edition that they both created is the result of common values, combining Yohji Yamamoto’s signature design style with Hublot’s complicated GMT movement mechanism” – Ricardo Guadalupe, CEO of Hublot shared.
For Yohji Yamamoto, collaborating with Hublot is also a great opportunity to put his design style on a time machine. “I chose the Big Bang GMT because of its ability to display the time in the two cities I live in, Tokyo and Paris. I have always been interested in mechanical machines and feel proud to contribute to the launch of this special edition” – he shared.
The Japanese designer first appeared on the fashion catwalk in 1981 with unique avant-garde designs, breaking previously existing standards of conventional beauty. Until now, that is still the school that Yohji has followed and built his name in the world fashion industry. He continuously revolutionized the fashion industry through his own philosophy and created new and consistent values for fashion.
Hublot and Yohji’s choice is the Big Bang GMT, a watch model that displays two time zones. Normally, to adjust the second time zone, the wearer will rotate the crown to bring the second hour hand to the position displaying the desired time zone. However, with the Big Bang Unico GMT, instead of using a crown, Hublot has simplified this process by using two extremely innovative mechanical buttons.
The use of two buttons brings greater simplicity to the wearer when they want to adjust the time, and also helps reduce the risk to the crown compared to conventional GMT models. Built into the machine is a safety locking mechanism to prevent activating both buttons at the same time. All of these features are operated by the Unico movement equipped with an exclusive mechanism, completely closed production at Hublot’s factory.
Yohji’s style is also a concept that Hublot has developed since 2006 with the All Black collection, in which the entire watch will be covered in a mysterious black color, from the watch case, watch hands to the hour markers on the watch face, even the sapphire crystal also uses black smoke.
To explain this, according to Hublot, the All Black concept was born with the desire to bring a closer experience between the wearer and the watch on their hand, when they have to really look closer not only to see the time but also feel the intense emotions this work of art brings. Hublot Big Bang GMT All Black Yohji Yamamoto also bears the designer’s personal stamp with his signature printed on the watch face at the 6 o’clock position and only 50 pieces are produced worldwide.
