21 November 2021 ONE YEAR TO GO UNTIL THE FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022™ BEGINS! The countdown to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ has begun and Hublot’s timing every second of it. Doha, November 21, 2021 – Hublot loves football! The luxury Swiss watch company – first, unique, different – is delighted to announce the unveiling of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Official Countdown Clock. Today marks one year until the tournament gets under way on November 21st, 2022. The countdown started with a kickoff from French FIFA World Cup™ winner and Hublot Friend of the Brand, the legendary Marcel Desailly, who was joined on stage by Coach Sami Trabelsi and local ambassador Adel Khamis. The clock, which forms part of a striking sculpture that stands 5,75 metres high, will stand on the Qatar capital Doha’s Corniche Fishing Spot, a beautiful pier overlooking the shimmering waters of the Persian Gulf. “Exactly one year to go! The world will be brought together during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ in a festival of football like never before. Once again, Hublot is so proud and so excited to be the tournament’s Official Timekeeper and to be timing every match, right through to the final on December 18th 2022. This will be the fourth time we’ve performed the role, a great honour that will put Hublot on television screens in living rooms all over the world. Football, or soccer as it’s known in the US, is such a beautiful, intricate game that brings pleasure – and sometimes pain! – to billions of people around the globe. The discipline of mechanical watchmaking is a perfect fit. The best teams run like clockwork! Hublot loves football!” Ricardo Guadalupe HUBLOT CEO Marcel Desailly, Ricardo Guadalupe & Gianni Infantino Hublot became the first luxury company to enter football in 2006. It first timed the FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa in 2010, a role it reprised four years later in Brazil and then again in Russia in 2018. The company is now the first name in football timekeeping, with partnerships and timekeeping responsibilities for the UEFA European Championships (known as the Euros), the UEFA Champions League and the Premier League. It’s also the Official Watch of some of the world’s most prestigious football clubs, including Juventus, Chelsea, AFC Ajax and Benfica, and is proud to count a number of the game’s most celebrated individuals as Ambassadors, including Pelé, José Mourinho, Didier Deschamps and superstar French striker Kylian Mbappé. LATEST NEWS THE COUNTDOWN IS ON: TWO WEEKS TO GO UNTIL HUBLOT STARTS THE CLOCK ON UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2025™ FOOTBALL COMES TO SWITZERLAND THIS SUMMER WITH THE UEFA WOMEN’S EURO 2025™. HUBLOT, THE FIRST WATCH IN FOOTBALL, WILL TIME EVERY MINUTE AS THE TOURNAMENT’S OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPERNYON, Switzerland, 18 June 2025 – Two weeks to go! The UEFA Women’s EURO 2025™ begins on Wednesday July 2 and Hublot will be there to time every minute. The festival of football will be contested by 16 teams across eight venues in Hublot’s home country of Switzerland. As the first luxury Swiss watch in football, Hublot will serve as the tournament’s Official Timekeeper, reprising its role from when the event was held in England three years ago. learn more ONE CLICK TO SUMMER MODE June 5th, 2025, Mykonos - If there’s one thing not to miss this season, it’s the launch of the new Big Bang Unico Summer 2025 and the unforgettable Hublot Summer event that comes with it. Since 2017, Hublot has been beach-hopping through the most exclusive Mediterranean hotspots, bringing its bold energy to the places where summer never sleeps. In the heart of Mykonos, Hublot Ambassador and the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt and Friend of the Brand, Mattia Vitale, member of DJ trio Meduza set the tone for an exclusive summer celebration with press, clients, KOLs and members of the Hublot family. Drenched in sun-kissed orange and Mediterranean blue, the Big Bang Unico Summer 2025 captures the essence of endless days under the sun, warm sand between your toes and waves gently lapping the shore. learn more
