The so-called “beautiful game” is what we Americans call soccer and what nearly everyone else calls football. Some of the world’s luxury watch and sports watch makers have gotten in on the excitement, with special-edition watches specially devoted to the sport and its players.
As we’ve reported about previously on WatchTime.com, Hublot — headed by rabid fútbol fan Jean-Claude Biver — was the official timekeeper for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Accordingly, the brand used the opportunity to release a plethora of special-edition Hublot World Cup watches. The most technically interesting of these watches is the Hublot Big Bang Unico Bi-Retrograde Chrono, nicknamed the Hublot “Soccer Bang.” Designed to showcase the colors of host country Brazil’s flag, the watch is powered by a new in-house movement, Caliber HUB1260, which features a bi-retrograde chronograph function with the hands recording 15-minute intervals, making it ideal for timing the halves of a soccer match, plus 15 minutes “extra time.” The Hublot Big Bang Bi-Retrograde Unico is available in two cases, both with carbon fiber bezels, one in black ceramic ($26,600), the other in Hublot’s proprietary “King Gold” ($42,200). Click here for more information on the watch.
The Hublot Big Bang Unico Bi-Retrograde Chrono in King Gold
Parmigiani introduced its Pershing Chronograph 005 CBF at this year’s SIHH watch fair back in January. These chronograph watches have 45-mm-diameter titanium cases (one version with a rose-gold bezel) and are designed with the colors of the Brazilian national team (Confederaçåo Brasileira de Futebol, or CBF), which also happens to be the colors of the national flag. Blue is used for the côtes-de-Genève-finished dial, and green for the five “victory stars,” symbolizing the Brazilian team’s five World Cup championships and worn on the players’ jerseys, which are arranged in a circle at 3 o’clock. The watch comes on a blue Hermès alligator leather strap or a yellow rubber strap with the embossed logo of the CBF. The U.S retail price for each is $25,000. Click here for more info and other Parmiginai soccer watches.
Parmigiani Pershing Chronograph 005 CBF
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