Jean-Claude Biver Steps Down as Hublot CEO; Ricardo Guadalupe Named Successor
Hublot has announced that Jean-Claude Biver stepped down as CEO effective January 1. Hublot Managing Director Ricardo Guadalupe was named Biver’s successor. The transition has been planned for some time and is based on the significant accomplishments Guadalupe and Biver achieved together since 2005, and on the 20-year personal friendship the two men share. Biver will continue to serve Hublot as the company's Chairman of the Board, and he will continue to offer valuable business strategy and product development insights. As the official spokesperson of Hublot, Biver will also coordinate communications activities with the press and collectors, and with the trade and industry.Biver said: There is a time for learning, a time for doing, a time for handing over, and a time for moving on. I've happily made it safe and sound to the hand-over stage. With the gratification of being able to hand over to a friend and colleague of more than twenty years. And happiness at the prospect of rema

HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 117 - Brazillian Watch Wax
At long last, your favorite semi-informative watch-related podcast is back after a small unintentional hiatus. Life manyou know? In this episode, we swash-buckle through our mutual trips to Asia as well as the Hong Kong Watch & Clock fair. Also, what does having a tourbillon watch really mean anymore? Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 117 here. Download the MP3 here.

Not An Often Seen Combo
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Gettin' the band back together
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512 Trade
Need some advice. I bought a PAM 512 in December. I really loved this watch when I first bought it, but it feels like the honeymoon is over. Would you trade it for a 116520 White SS Daytona + cash if you had the chance, or keep the PAM with the hope that the love returns?