Yves Rossy: Hublot's Fusion Man

Hublot is a watch company at the edge of its game, creating adventurous bold timepieces. It is little wonder Hublot sponsors Yves Rossy. The picture above was taken many feet above the earth surface where only Mr Rossy, a former fighter pilot and current pilot, and his incredible flying machine rules the sky. The four German built model aircraft engines which provide 200lb thrust each, enable the 110lb foldable carbon wings and Rossy in his 120lb suit to ascend 200ft a minute. Flying at over 300km/h and at a dizzying height of 2000 meters Yves Rossy amazes the spectators.

On September 26th, 2008, Yves Rossy became the first man to fly across the English Chanel, from Calais, France to Dover, UK propelled by his 8ft feet wings and jet pack on his back he glided and steered using his body until he covered the distance of 35 kilometers in just 13 minutes.

The idea of flight is as old as time itself. Which man has not gazed into the heavens and spotted an eagle soaring on the wind and not wished it for himself? I was reminded of Icarus soaring through the clouds. As the legend has it, Icarus's father Daedalus fashioned for he and his son wings and wax to escape King Minos. He was warned not to go to close to the sun as the wax would melt. Icarus being carried away by the euphoria of flight did not heed to his fathers warning and flew close to the sun. The wax melted and his feathers fluttered away. Icarus kept flapping his wings, but without feathers he plummeted to the ground.

FusionMan a.k.a Yves Rossy is at home in the sky, and his exceptional passion and knowledge of flight propels him to push to the extreme. His flying machine is cutting edge technology utilizing materials and pushing the principles of aerodynamics like never before. Hublot's Big Bang watches fuses ancient and high tech materials creating a timepiece of incredible structure, durability and style.

Fusionman man is the perfect compliment to thew vision of Hublot where the adventure of horology has no end in sight. I have no doubt that both FusionMan and Hublot will continue to amaze us with adventures beyond our realm of imagination.

Hublot Big Bang.

It was in 1980 when Hublot astounded the horological world by unveiling its first collection with a porthole design attached to an integrated rubber strap. Most luxury watch companies at that time were still solidly attached to gold, steel and leather straps. A rubber strap for luxury was practically unheard of, but hey it worked. The Watch was an instant success. In 2005 Hublot released its earth shattering Big Bang watch. The Big Bang launched Hublot into a new era of success. The rubber strap gives the illusion of going right through the case. Hublot creates watches in two impressive sizes, the 41mm and 44mm. The Hublot materials are quite unusual and similarly cutting edge. Materials such as tungsten, palladium, ceramic, rubber, carbon and titanium. The brand is under the highly competent direction of JeanCleadeBiver. Biver has four C rules which are the basis of his development strategy: Continuity. Concentration. Consistency. Coherence.

There are three up and coming amazing 38mm Hublot's Big Bang for women. Hublot fuses modern materials with ancient diamonds. Gorgeous. Big Bang 38 Gold is rose gold and uses six titanium H shape screws to attach the bezel. The titanium screws portray a suggestion of adventure juxtaposed by two rows of serene sparkling diamonds on the bezel. The Big Bang 38 Portocervo is crafted in rose gold and bears white brilliants on the case as well as the bezel. The strap is white rubber (no surprises there). The dial is white matte, white ceramic insets and rose gold numerals and hand.

The Big Bang St. Moritz is steel with two rows of diamonds on the bezel.

These ladies watches are quite unusual and outrageously beautiful. The fusing of old material with new innovations is part and parcel of Hublot tradition.

Just look at these three watches, aquamarine, orange an purple. The color fusion is unbelievable. I love watches. I know watches, but never before has a set of watches made my blood pump like these three do. The colors are so alive, pulsating with energy, electric. Hublot you are genius. Big bang Carat Collection. Words are just going to seem bla in comparison to the images. So just feast your eyes and let the watches spin you into a world of vivacious color.