Hublot

Hublot is a bit of a controversial name in horology, my opinion of the brand has fluctuated from great admiration in my mid teens (when the Big Bang was introduced and heavily advertised) to mild contempt after discovering their movements were 7750 based....  

I wish I could have joined you and this factory tour should have been done long time ago. Thank you, Ed, for doing this. An excellent write-up and I sure hope you have deeper understanding of the brand. Again, thanks for great report! Best, Ken

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It's always nice to see what's behind the courtain. Thanks for sharing. vte

Youtube videos. Glad you enjoyed it! Ed.

Hello Ed. W Does not get much better than that Watches, Tools, and Technique. Thanks for all the tool shots, made my day. Anthony

Your technical insights are always welcome, and I hope to see more of them over at WatchTech. Ed.

Thanks for sharing!

I have the feeling to know better the Manufacture thanks to you! Fx

Thanks for sharing and brings back some memories of doing the tour a few times myself. Cheers Andrew

Must have been interesting to see the changes. Ed.

I see a definition : "The making of articles on a large scale using machinery" in the American/English version..... I also see the definition : from Latin " manufactura" ...hand made!!! It is so bizarre that nowadays we can use the word "manufactured" for... 

... you learn something everyday. But when it comes to watchmaking, established brands including but not limited to Hublot as well as Lange (which I visited more than a few times) do make parts by machines (by single push of one finger). The most importan... 

Bizarre, I thought I only posted two definitions of the word "Manufacture".....anyhow when one makes say, a hand made shirt one uses scissors not one's teeth "anymore" and most likely also a sawing machine :) I have nothing against using tools or even hig... 

I just literally replied to your comments. Ed read your post the same way. Stop always blaming others, but read your post again. Nobody is perfect and I am okay with that as long as people admits it. One more thing to be even clearer: All healthy posts or... 

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Dear Francois, It's interesting because I had wanted to address this issue elsewhere, but why not now... Steve Jobs, in a 1990 interview said " "I read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet. The condor used t... 

answered Ken, I have nothing at all against using tools even very high-tech tools in order to produce an object, however it was your use of certain pictures accompanying the text which made me thought about Manufacture. I did like very much a phrase in Ti...