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Dear Purists,

I am proud today to announce the opening of the Hublot Forum.
It is not only an honor for my brand Hublot, but also for me.

As a watch collector, with nearly $20M worth of watches in my safe, it is a real satisfaction to be able to join the PuristS Community. To be able, as from today on, to communicate and exchange ideas, opinions and comments about our mutual passion.

For Hublot, which has become today an important and independent manufacture, it is also an honor to be represented among the PuristS Community. We at Hublot are really proud to have our Forum available for this highly specialized and passionate community.

I will become an active actor of this Forum and I cannot wait to start exchanging opinions and comments
I wish you all a warm welcome and a lot of interesting comments and posts.

Jean-Claude Biver

CEO Hublot SA

This message has been edited by KIH on 2011-02-02 07:13:01

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This message has been edited by amanico on 2011-02-01 00:01:06

Ten black dial, ten white dial -

 

     

Thank you for the apt and timely reminder Amanico, and welcome here M. Biver. Your presence on these boards may offer us very interesting insights into a world usually edited, sanitised and packaged for us by others. Thank you for your personal interest.

 

Cheers,

pplater

 

[photo credit - luxuodotcom]

 

Thank you for your reply. I appreciate your comments and inform you that I collect watches for two reasons:
1. it is my passion and I have been working and enjoying this industry since 1975
2. I want to leave a trace of my passion for my children
So each time I buy a watch i have the double pleasure and satisfaction. I become owner of a masterpiece and part of my passion and I give the possibility  to my children to acquire a part of the passion that has driven my life.
For that reason, I never wear the watches of my collection, as I believe that they belong to my kids and not to me. When I buy a new watch, I always ask for the guarantee to be written in the name of one of the children, not my name.
Now to come back to your question I own quite a lot of Patek (my favorite brand to collect), but also AP, JLC, IWC, VC, Greubel, Mille, Blancpain, Omega, Hublot and so on

..that is awesome because this is the year of my birth.. so having
a chance and privilege to learn from someone that has been
inside industry since is great.
Also you were not only present but also made this industry
what it is today to heft extent.
Adored your work at and for BP.
1735 still my grail.
Welcome here and thank you for posting
Sincerely
Damjan

P.S. Read you interview on Luxury Insider about what is luxury for you

just couple of days ago so I must add without any lack of respect that your

answer to Amanico is what I expected in welcome massage

I acquired my first "serious" watch...

Mr. Biver, you will likely not remember, but I have been observing and learning and "watching" the industry, and your career, for a few decades.

I have been quoted in traditional publications naming you (along with Mr. Hayek Sr. and Gerd R Lang - sorry if this list of high horology luminaries might be controversial) as those most important and influential in the rennaissance of the high horology / haute de gamme industry, c. 1982.

Bravo to your accomplishments, and thank you from me an enthusiast, for your success and the resulting flourishing industry that continues to feed my addiction and passion.

I am sure you will share with our community, through our moderator, Ken Hokugo, the roots and expressions of your personal passion in watchmaking and other areas.

Cheers,

TM

When you have a quiet moment, we'd love to hear all about your cheesemaking as well!

 

Cheers,

pplater.

... to discuss these types of topics and get away from watches for a time. You may feel the same way after a day at the office, Mr Biver!

A

We make about 5'000kg of cheese per year. Have nearly 100 cows in my farm.
The cows are leaving my farm mid of May in order to go up to the mountain and to take advantage of the numerous flowers.
We bring them first up to 900 meters and end of August they are at 1500 meters as they follow the flowers
When a cow eats flowers, the taste of the milk is different and is very flowrish. It is with this flower milk that we are making cheese
The cheese is made at an altitude of 1400 meters in our chalet. Milk is heated thanks to wood fire. And we follow a 500 years old method of making mountain cheese
We do not sell the cheese, but offer it to our customers and to my friends
As soon as we make a Purist evening somewhere, I will for sure bring my cheese

book about Switzerland!  Looking forward to it.

Andrew H

Send me your address and I will send you a book about Swiss Cheese if you are interested

I can personally guaranty for Mr.Biver’s HUBLOT Cheese

I was honored with it as a Christmas Gift, and I have to admit it is taste and smell you will never forget….

My family wanted to throw me away when they smelled it, and wanted to still it form me when they tasted it…great, but hard to describe flavor. Something between traditional yellow cheese and mild, creamy Brie. Perfect with fresh bred and butter.

And the smell is something i can't describe with English words I know

... Like someone said, I, too, am interested in your cheese making - please share it with us one day.

Ken

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I hope to see you on the Patek forum too, and not only on the Hublot forum

Must be a hell of a collection !

 

 

Yes, I should meet you in the PP Forum
Although I buy mostly collectors pieces from the 19th and 20th Century

I usually surf in Timezone as well as PuristsPro. It's good to see you here!

Best regards,

Kong (Proud Hublotista)

been a long time admirer of Hublot and so happy to now share the passion with fellow Purists.  Mr Biver, an honour and privilege having you among us. 

Andrew H

Thank you for your introductory words. We always welcome people who are passionate about horology into our community. And from all I have seen and read of you in the horological press, you are certainly passionate about watches and the industry.

Can I say that my most memorable and pleasant Boutique experiences have been discussing a whole range of watches with salespeople, not just the brands that they represent. It is when they understand their own pieces and how the fit in the horological world, what they represent, and their relative strengths (and weaknesses) that I am most impressed. While I completely understand that you will have a certain bias towards Hublot, as a watch lover yourself I am looking forward to those types of candid discussions here. And it just may, in some small way, lead to more interesting products in the long term.

Thanks again and welcome.

Andrew

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back when i was 12 or 13 years old, when the first big bang came out i just loved the technology that went into every watch.. the combination of ceramics and kevlar was amazing to me.

thank you Mr Biver for joining this forum, it will be very pleasurable to share our thoughts and opinions with one another.

regards

Marwan

I am very pleased that you loved and understood already the watch when you were 12 or 13 years old
My youngest son and its brother and sister also loved the watch at first sight when they were 10 and 12 and 14 years old
I believe we have a very young client base and that we are connecting the young generation to the future

Hublot watches are one of the best sold watches in my community in the UAE, even some of the older people are starting to get them

Regards

Marwan

Looking forward to reading this forum under Ken's stewardship! 

Best,
Anthony

It always great to see a new watch maker join the community.

Best regards,

George

Looking forward to learning more about your brand Mr. Biver.  Hublot has always had innovative designs and material compositions.   

Innovation and creativity is more powerful than knowledge
Innovation and creativity is our future
Our Concept is to fuse the Past (400 years of Swiss Watch Making Tradition) with the Future

Good to see you as a new member of PuristSPro!  Its always good to hear your input and passion about life, watches and of course cheese!  I look forward to reading some of you posts and of course... Hublot news!

Andrew

Dear Mr. Biver,

Welcome, and thank you for participating on our forum.  I look forward to learning more about Hublot and its direction for the future.

Congratulations again, and best wishes to you and all our friends at Hublot!

Daos