NEW
YORK /PRNewswire/ -- Hublot
and Paris Saint-Germain, the world-renowned French Football Club,
debuted the Official Watch of Paris
Saint-Germain, Big Bang Unico
Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-Germain, in celebration of the
team's North
America summer tour. Hot on the heels of the FIFA
Women's World Cup Canada 2015™, where Hublot served as the Official
Timekeeper, this partnership and timepiece are another example of
Hublot's love for global "football" and ongoing support of the
"Hublot
Loves Football" campaign launched during FIFA World Cup
Brazil™ last summer.
Hublot's U.S.
Managing Director, Jean-Francois
Sberro, hosted an exclusive cocktail event with the team at
a private rooftop garden atop the historic Rockefeller Center to
launch the Big Bang Unico
Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-Germain timepiece. Star
players in attendance included Zlatan
Ibrahimovic, Blaise
Matuidi and Thiago Silva, as
well as Kevin Trapp who
officially joined the Parisian Club last week.
The night
celebrated French culture, including music by French DJ, Olivier
Meiji, and a live art demonstration by French artist, JonOne. As a
surprise to guests, Paris Saint-Germain players also tried their
hand at painting, creating a one-of-a-kind painting on a large
canvas with the help of the artist. The painting will be auctioned
off later this season to benefit the team's charitable
foundation, Fondation Paris Saint-Germain.
To top it off, guests enjoyed desserts made by the team with cult
pastry chef, Dominique
Ansel.
The timepiece
unveiling was hosted by former New York Giants'
Quarterback and Friend of Hublot, Jesse
Palmer, and included VIP attendees,
including New York Giants'
star Victor
Cruz, New York Knicks'
basketball player Lance
Thomas, FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™
champion Kelley
O'Hara, and LVMH USA CEO, Pauline
Brown.
Ricardo
Guadalupe, CEO of Hublot, noted, "Hublot is thrilled
to welcome the Paris Saint-Germain team to New
York City as we show our support for this great team
through our dedication to the sport of football. Our brand has an
exciting history with Paris Saint-Germain, and here tonight, we
continue to celebrate 'Hublot Loves Football' and the Art of Fusion
by blending together different aspects of the French culture
through sports, art, music and food."
The Big Bang
Unico Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-Germain – Hublot's second timepiece
with the French football champion – is limited to 100 pieces and
features a 45.5mm titanium case with a sapphire anti-reflective
treatment and the Paris Saint-Germain logo printed on the case back
glass. Inspired by the iconic team colors, embellishments of red,
white and blue are reflected throughout the dial, hands and strap.
Manufactured with Hublot's in-house UNICO self-winding
bi-retrograde movement and designed to time two halves of a soccer
match, the sleek and sporty timepiece will be available exclusively
at Hublot boutiques around the world.
As the first
luxury watch brand to become involved with European football in
2006, Hublot has since built a strong presence in
the world of
football. Hublot's relationship with the French Club began in 2013
when it became the Official Timekeeper and Official Watch of the
team and introduced the first timepiece known as the King Power
Paris Saint-Germain.
Paris Saint-Germain recently
launched a new campaign, "Paris Loves US," to support
its North
America tour during the International Champions Cup –
demonstrating how keen it is to pursue development on the
continent. Throughout the team's 18 days in North
America they will travel from New
York City to Charlotte, Chicago,
andMontreal to
play matches against some of Europe's top
clubs. Paris Saint-Germain also
launched a dedicatedwebsite for
their North America Tour, allowing fans across the world to follow
along the team's journey and celebrate "Paris Loves US."
LINK TO EVENT
IMAGES: https://app.box.com/s/kp63l8ibsv9t2mbgx7fpnxfh1ipctlae
LINK TO
WATCH IMAGES: https://app.box.com/s/p7shep7iu44dhzwzjvdi6wxu2jdxzamx
LINK TO
B-ROLL VIDEO OF EVENT: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cxheltmsu71sjrk/AACaMBjhGpdf-HuDVGjGvpd9a?dl=0
ABOUT HUBLOT
"Hublot
- A different way to progress" say those who know this unique Swiss
luxury watch company, where each and every moment moves forward to
create the future at breathtaking speed. A dream, initiated and
developed by Hublot's Chairman Jean-Claude
Biver with CEO, Ricardo
Guadalupe when they took control of the brand in 2004.
These two men are responsible for turning the Hublot brand into a
genuine success story in which the King Power, Classic Fusion, and
Big Bang, now celebrating its 10th Anniversary with exciting
limited editions, represent the symbols of a constantly evolving
tradition.
From in-house
watch complications, including award-winning minute repeaters and
tourbillon, to revolutionary materials such as patented scratch
resistant Magic Gold and colored Texalium carbon fiber, to world
class collaborations such as Ferrari, FIFA™ World Cup, and Italia
Independent, Hublot characterizes itself through the "Art of
Fusion" philosophy, bringing tradition into the future. For more
information, visit www.hublot.com.
ABOUT PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Three years ago, Paris Saint-Germain set itself the goal
of becoming a global sports brand by embodying in everything it
does and in all its communications the values of elegance,
excellence and respect that are associated with Paris whose
name its brand so proudly bears. French champions, and
quarter-finalists in the UEFA Champions League during the 2014/2015
season for the third consecutive year, the first stages of the
club's project bear witness to its aim to join the very top flight
European clubs.
Paris Saint-Germain is
very active in the media sector, particularly through PSG TV,
available on the Internet in 3 versions (French, English and
Spanish), and PSG.fr published online in 8 versions which attracts
a total of 15 million page views and 1,5 million one-off visitors
on average per month (with over 30% from overseas).
ParisSaint-Germain is
the top-ranked French club on social networks with over 110 million
fans and followers (club, teams and players combined). www.psg.fr /
@PSG_inside / facebook.com/PSG
ABOUT THE BIG BANG UNICO
BI-RETROGRADE PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Reference
413.NX.1129.LR.PSG15 - Limited to 100 numbered pieces
Case "Big Bang Unico" – Diameter 45.5mm
Polished and satin-finished titanium
Bezel Polished and satin-finished titanium with 6 H-shaped titanium
screws
Glass Sapphire with anti-reflective treatment
Bezel Lug Blue composite resin
Crown Black rubber and satin-finished Titanium
Pushers : Titanium with red and black rubber
Case back Titanium, satin-finished and "100 NUM" engraved
Case back Glass Sapphire with interior anti-reflective treatment
and Paris
Saint-Germain logo
printed
Dial Metallic blue multilayer dial
Hands Red retrograde minute hand
White retrograde second hand
Satin-finished and microblasted rhodium-plated
minute,
hour and small second hands with white luminescent
Movement HUB1261 UNICO Manufacture self-winding
Bi-retrograde
movement with central chronograph and column wheel
Components 385
Power Reserve 72 Hours
Water Resistance 10 ATM (100m)
Strap Black rubber and blue alligator strap with white
stitching
Buckle Titanium deployant buckle clasp