Hublot Watches

Hublot is a relatively new brand but its history is already as prestigious and explosive as its watches. The company began life in 1980 as the brainchild of Carlo Crocco, who had recently left the major Italian fashion house Binda in order to pursue his own career in watches. After several years' planning, Crocco had his first watch, which he dubbed “Hublot”—and soon he was calling his fledgling brand the same thing. Hublot is French for porthole, which is what his watch resembled: a strong circular shape punctuated by bolts around a heavy-set bezel. It was an instantly popular formula and the brand today has taken and run with it. But that first watch was more remarkable for its strap than its case shape or minimalist dial. The strap was