Hublot - Live from China football
Hublot launched Big Bang Unico Biretrograde Chronograph, the official watch of Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club, in the training base of Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club is one of the top football clubs in Asia. From 2011 to 2014, the club made it to the top of Chinese Football.
Ricardo Guadalupe, CEO of Hublot, Kang Bing, Chairman of Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club, Fabio Cannavaro, the new executive chief coach, together with Pele, the king of football, and the new ambassador Mr. Lang Lang, attended the launch event. Pele even became the special coach for the youngsters' team of Guangzhou Evergrande Football School and had fun interacting with the young footballers.
Ricardo Guadalupe thought back on Hublot's bond with football and sent the sincerest and best wishes to Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club: "Hublot's fusion with football brought us unprecedented inspiration. And our cooperation with Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club will be a great opportunity for Hublot to be part of the history of China football and to contribute on its part. I wish the best for Evergrande, to go even further a 2015 season."
The Big Bang Unico Bi-retrograde Chronograph perfectly fuses the functionality of soccer chronograph with Evergrande logo. The Big Bang Unico is the first Hublot timepiece ever produced with a bi-retrograde function along with a central chronograph dedicated to a top football club. When you press the chronograph button, chronograph second hand and minute hand start to time from left to right within 45 minutes showing an arc track, which is half time of the football game. Another area is increased for a 15 minute timer so that the whole timekeeping time comes to 60 minutes. There is one Go button on each side of the crown, representing the timing to start, stop and reset. The button at 2 o'clock position will also be used to control the timing of 4 patterns: the first half, half time, the second half and the final whistle, all displaying clearly through a window located at the 12 o'clock position.
The iconic design of integrated column-wheel and dual-clutch on dial side
show an exceptional flexibility of UNICO movement. Comprising 385 components and a central chronograph featuring a Bi-retrograde chronograph movement (vibration frequency of 4 Hz, 28,800 / each h).
The dial and hands are in iconic Evergrande red and yellow. C-tiger, the official Evergrande mascot, and the slogan of "Be the Best Forever" are engraved on the case back. The watch is available in King Gold and titanium, only 50 numbered pieces for each version.