Hublot - King Power Usain Bolt NEW
Jamaican sprinter Usain “Lightning” Bolt became known as the world’s fastest man back in 2008, when he won a gold medal and set new Olympic records at the summer games in Beijing. Now, as Bolt prepares to defend his title this year in London, he will have his own personalized Hublot watch to record his lap times: the King Power Usain Bolt.
The new watch, which was designed in collaboration with the Olympic athlete and contains Hublot’s HUB4100 chronograph movement, incorporates several signature elements that are representative of Bolt. On the dial, a silhouette of Bolt in his recognizable sprint pose is applied in anthracite gray transfer atop a black background in the small seconds subdial at 9 o’clock. In the 12-hour chronograph subdial at 6 o’clock, the numbers and indices are in the green color of the Jamaican flag. The dial also has a 30-minute chronograph counter at 3 o’clock and date window at 4:30.
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The huge, predominantly black, 48-mm King Power case is made of micro-blasted ceramic. Touches of gold, the color of Bolt’s “lucky” running shoes, are evident on the dial (whose flange features a 2n gold powder coating) and the strap, which sports an outside layer of the same gold-colored synthetic leather as Bolt’s shoes stitched onto Hublot-standard black rubber. The Bolt silhouette figure is also inscribed on the sapphire caseback window.
The watch will be a limited series of 250 numbered pieces, priced at $24,000 each.
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Bolt, who turns 25 this year, is off to a good start in his quest to defend his three titles, in the 100, 200, and 4×100 meter events, this summer in London. He recently completed his first individual 100 meters in just 9.82 seconds at Kington, Jamaica’s National Stadium, beating 2011′s season-opening time of 9.91 seconds.
Hublot chairman Jean-Claude Biver, cleverly referencing Hublot’s other popular watch models, said,”It is perfectly natural to be associated with the fastest man, not just on the planet, but the fastest since the Big Bang.”
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
- Reference: 703.CI.1129.NR.USB12
- Series: 250 pieces numbered from 01/250 to 250/250
- Case: “King Power” – Diameter 48 mm in micro-blasted black ceramic
- Bezel: Black ceramic; 6 black PVD H-shaped relief titanium screws
- Crystal: Sapphire with grey minute track transfer; Interior/exterior anti-reflective coating
- Bezel: Lugs Black composite resin
- Lateral inserts: Black composite resin
- Case-back: Micro-blasted black ceramic; Silhouette of Usain Bolt on sapphire case-back
- Crown: Black PVD titanium with black rubber insert
- Push-pieces: Black PVD titanium with black rubber inserts
- Screws: Black PVD titanium
- Water resistance: 10 ATM or approximately 100 metres
- Dial: Matt black, circular satin-finished flange with 2N gold coating; Satin-finished and black nickel-coated indexes with black SuperLuminova™; Transfer of Usain Bolt’s silhouette in meteor grey at 9 o’clock and 2N gold powder Hublot logo
- Hands: Satin-finished and black nickel-coated with black SuperLuminova™
- Movement: Calibre HUB4100; Mechanical chronograph with automatic winding and central seconds hand. Small seconds at 9 o’clock
- No. of components: 252
- Jewels: 27
- Date: Date window at 4.30
- Power reserve: Approximately 42 hours
- Strap: Adjustable in black rubber; Made from the same gold-coloured synthetic leather as Usain Bolt’s shoes.
- Clasp: King Power folding buckle in black micro-blasted PVD titanium; Micro-blasted black ceramic decorative plate
Limited Edition of 250 Pieces
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