February 18, 2020 – It’s back! Today, the UEFA Champions League moves into the Round of 16 stage after the winter break. Hublot is the competition’s official licensed watch partner and is proud to announce the Classic Fusion AeroFusion Chronograph UEFA Champions League, a 100-piece limited edition in blue ceramic created for lovers of European club football’s most prestigious competition.

The Classic Fusion AeroFusion Chronograph UEFA Champions League has a smoky midnight blue polished and satin-finished ceramic 45 mm case and bezel, and comes on a blue rubber strap. Its crown, chronograph pushers and trademark bezel screws are in contrasting polished titanium.

One of the watch’s most striking features is its deep, three-dimensional dial. The graphic look is created by the architectural form of the HUB1155 skeleton movement’s blackened bridges, which also serve as a platform for a transparent sapphire dial. That dial is decorated with applied hour markers and twin counters for the chronograph minutes and running seconds, which appear to float mysteriously over the movement below. The sapphire under the running seconds counter at 3 o’clock is further decorated with the repeating star motif from the UEFA Champions League logo.

The watch is powered by the Hublot HUB1155 automatic chronograph calibre, which has a 42-hour power reserve. Finishing off the watch’s striking look is a blue ceramic case back with a sapphire crystal insert decorated with the UEFA Champions League logo.

Hublot was the first luxury brand and the first Swiss watch brand to get involved in football. In 2006, it sponsored the Swiss national team, and then in 2008 began a long-standing partnership with UEFA by becoming the “Official Timekeeper” for UEFA Euro 2008.

Since then, Hublot has timed every UEFA European Championships, and will return this summer for the eagerly anticipated UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, which for the first time takes place across Europe in 12 host cities.

Hublot has also been the “Official Timekeeper” of the FIFA World Cup since 2010 and timed the tournaments in South Africa, Brazil and Russia. The Swiss luxury watchmaker became the official licensed watch partner of the UEFA Champions League in 2015.

2006	:	Hublot claims its place as the first luxury brand to commit itself to the beautiful game as Sponsor of the Swiss football team
2008	:	Official Watch for UEFA Euro in Austria and Switzerland
2008	:	Official Timekeeper for Manchester United FC
2010	:	Official Timekeeper for FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa
2011	:	Official Timekeeper for Ajax Amsterdam
2012	:	Official Watch for UEFA Euro in Poland and Ukraine
2012	:	Official Timekeeper for Juventus FC
2012	:	Official Timekeeper for Bayern München FC
2013	:	Official Timekeeper for Paris Saint-Germain FC
2014	:	Official Timekeeper for FIFA World Cup™ in Brazil
2015	:	Official Timekeeper for FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in Canada
2015	:	Official Timekeeper for Chelsea FC
2015	:	Official Watch for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League (2015-2018)
2016	:	Official Watch for UEFA Euro in France
2016	:	Partner of Best FIFA Football Award™
2016	:	Golden Foot Hublot awarded to Gianluigi Buffon
2017	:	Official Timekeeper for Sport Lisboa e Benfica
2017	:	Official Timekeeper for FIFA Confederations Cup
2017	:	Golden Foot Hublot awarded to Iker Casillas
2018	:	Official Timekeeper for FIFA World Cup™ in Russia
2019	:	Partner of Globe Soccer Awards™ in Dubai
2019	:	Official Timekeeper for FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in France
2020	:	Partner of Globe Soccer Awards™ in Dubai

Founded in Switzerland in 1980, HUBLOT is defined by its innovation, which began with the highly original combination of gold and rubber. This “Art of Fusion” stems from the imagination of its visionary Chairman, Jean-Claude Biver, and has been driven forward by CEO Ricardo Guadalupe since 2012.

The release of the iconic, multi-award-winning Big Bang in 2005 paved the way for new flagship collections (Classic Fusion, Spirit of Big Bang), with complications ranging from the simple to the highly sophisticated, establishing the extraordinary DNA of the Swiss watchmaking house and ensuring its impressive growth.

Keen to preserve its traditional and cutting-edge expertise, and guided by its philosophy to “Be First, Different and Unique”, the Swiss watchmaker is consistently ahead of the curve, through its innovations in materials (scratch-resistant Magic Gold, ceramics in vibrant colours, sapphire), and the creation of Manufacture movements (Unico, Meca-10, Tourbillon).

HUBLOT is fully committed to creating a Haute Horlogerie brand with a visionary future: a future which is fused with the key events of our times (FIFA World Cup™, UEFA Champions League™, UEFA EURO™ and Ferrari) and the finest ambassadors our era has to offer (Kylian Mbappé, Usain Bolt, Pelé).

Discover the HUBLOT universe at our network of boutiques located in key cities across the globe: Geneva, Paris, London, New York, Hong Kong, Dubai, Tokyo, Singapore, Zurich and at Hublot.com.

Reference	:	525.EX.0170.RX.UCL20
Limited edition	:	100 pieces
Case	:	Satin-finished and polished blue Ceramic
Diameter	:	45 mm
Thickness	:	13.40 mm
Water resistance:	:	5 ATM (50 m)
Case-back	:	Polished blue Ceramic Engraved “LIMITED EDITION” XX/100
Bezel	:	Satin-finished and polished blue Ceramic
Dial	:	Sapphire dial with “Champions League” logo printed at 3.00
Movement	:	Calibre HUB1155 Self-winding Chronograph movement
Frequency	:	4 Hz (28’800 A/h)
Power reserve	:	42 heures
Components	:	207
Jewels	:	60
Bracelet	:	Blue lined rubber strap
Buckle	:	Stainless steel deployant buckle clasp
Price	:	18th of February 2020
	:	16 400 CHF • 17 000 EUR • 17 300 USD • 14 300 GBP