Hublot has lost Their Mind
Hold up, I don't hate on any brand. I'm sure there are Hublot fans; and they are absolutely entitled to like those watches!
But really?
I'm in Vegas checking in with a Rolex AD. I'll post about that one later. Very interesting interaction.
So I'm walking away, and then I see the store. Hublot watches on display. And I say, wait a minute. Hold on .. are you kidding me?
The Patek Philip store was right next to Rolex. In fact, when I walked up to the green ropes the guard asked me Rolex or Patek? Of course I said Rolex, duh. I'm poor! You think I can afford an Aquanaut?
Ok, but what about Hublot?! Oh right. So I'm walking around and see the display cases. I took a few snaps. Look at the pics.
Are you kidding me? It's bling bling city. At a time when we're talking about inflation squeezing, crypto collapse, and maybe a recession. Who's gonna buy these watches?
Look, even Patek had more tasteful quiet pieces on display. And if you tell me Hublot is higher on the scale than Patek .. I would recommend some strong medication!
Now I know Hublot has some more ahem .. "restrained" pieces, but we're talking about the display. The ones you use to entice people. I thought diamond encrusted watches were so 90s.
What's happening? Didn't they get the memo?
Son of a watchmaker. Artsy farsy dude.
Hublot aren’t to my taste.
I can’t see their watches bringing anything original to the table that you couldn’t get elsewhere, but then again I believe that they are there to fulfil the market segment of relieving those poor souls of excess money.
From what I can see, they have a Mr Krabs mentality
But then, people should choose and wear what they like - it’s no skin off my nose :)
Hublot aren’t to my taste.
I can’t see their watches bringing anything original to the table that you couldn’t get elsewhere, but then again I believe that they are there to fulfil the market segment of relieving those poor souls of excess money.
From what I can see, they have a Mr Krabs mentality
But then, people should choose and wear what they like - it’s no skin off my nose :)
I see them as serving those customers who absolutely insist on showing, I have money. Even as you say, they are expediently being parted from it.
I see them as serving those customers who absolutely insist on showing, I have money. Even as you say, they are expediently being parted from it.
Or, in the case of those that were in crypto ‘I had money - now I have this bitchin’ watch!’
Influencer fodder from what I can see.
Yeah weird, but even in recession it would seem there is a certain amount of customers about with enough cash and lack of taste and imagination to enable the like of Hublot and RM to make and peddle these monstrosity's.
Yeah weird, but even in recession it would seem there is a certain amount of customers about with enough cash and lack of taste and imagination to enable the like of Hublot and RM to make and peddle these monstrosity's.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. Yes, there was a RM store. It was the city center plaza in Vegas. It looked empty 😂😂😂.
Hublot?! no.
There are so many other better options at this kind of a price point (imo)
To each their own? Absolutely! But that looks gaudy af...sorry.
We have some members who live in Las Vegas, and maybe they can weigh in. It seems that Vegas is unique in that there is a lot of "found" money in Vegas ready to be separated from its owner through an impulse buy. You arrived with $2500 to burn and 48 hours later you have $20k in your room safe due to luck and perhaps some skill. I can see where buying a watch to commemorate your good fortune would be tempting. Increase the money at risk and you may well get to Patek money.
I feel good when I leave a card table several hundred dollars ahead.
Has Hublot lost their mind? No.
Is this Hublot-bashing? Of course.
No matter how bad the economy, there’s always some guy who’s newly rich and needs to let the world know. And let’s be honest, you can’t fit the Lambo into a club, and that’s where the hottest girls are going to be. Thus #hublot .
We have some members who live in Las Vegas, and maybe they can weigh in. It seems that Vegas is unique in that there is a lot of "found" money in Vegas ready to be separated from its owner through an impulse buy. You arrived with $2500 to burn and 48 hours later you have $20k in your room safe due to luck and perhaps some skill. I can see where buying a watch to commemorate your good fortune would be tempting. Increase the money at risk and you may well get to Patek money.
I feel good when I leave a card table several hundred dollars ahead.
Several hundred dollars you say? Well big spender, have I got an opportunity for you…
Several hundred dollars you say? Well big spender, have I got an opportunity for you…
Yikes.. that's.. yikes..
You know how this will play out…
proceeds to hate on brand, allowing for additional hate to piled onto other brands. Porthole defends brand.
Outcome: Porthole gets banned.
This answers itself. Winners with excess funding (and possible intoxication) who are in Vegas. How is this a question?
Hublots never had a mind
This answers itself. Winners with excess funding (and possible intoxication) who are in Vegas. How is this a question?
Rhetorical?
This answers itself. Winners with excess funding (and possible intoxication) who are in Vegas. How is this a question?
You have a point. I'm actually doing very well in this economy. But I would never wear these watches. It would display a lack of tasteful decorum that would be jarring. But I suppose there are people who wouldn't consider that.
It’s not just Hublot who do this, but here we are, a Hublot-centric bash at diamond encrusted watches.
Nope. You misunderstood me. I know there are other watches with diamonds. But I didn't see them on display like these. All their display watches had diamonds. It speaks to a deliberate strategy. Maybe they know something I don't. But their store was empty.
With the right personality and style you can wear a watch like that, no problem. I'm not that person.
But Hublot's value proposition is sound and easy to understand.
But what is their value proposition, other than "I'm rich"? They are a high end fashion brand with little horological significance.
But what is their value proposition, other than "I'm rich"? They are a high end fashion brand with little horological significance.
Do they need another value proposition? Let's be honest, outside of the group of watch collectors this remains the main motivation of the general buyer of a luxury watch. And a Hublot is certainly recognizable.
You have a point. I'm actually doing very well in this economy. But I would never wear these watches. It would display a lack of tasteful decorum that would be jarring. But I suppose there are people who wouldn't consider that.
Anything bought with a motherlode should fit the narrative, which would be flashy excess. Carefully predetermined decisions with subtleties of taste are not what this is about.
Buying a Patek would be like the people that buy a engagement washing machine instead of a ring. The symbolism and sentimentality is off.
I think buying a Patek would be like displaying a Kandinsky painting. Buying a Hublot is like getting fancy rims for your tires.
Nope. You misunderstood me. I know there are other watches with diamonds. But I didn't see them on display like these. All their display watches had diamonds. It speaks to a deliberate strategy. Maybe they know something I don't. But their store was empty.
I did not. You implied the brand is tone deaf in the current climate, and suggested they are tackier than others you passed as they did not show diamond-encrusted in their display. Classic Hublot-bash.
I did not. You implied the brand is tone deaf in the current climate, and suggested they are tackier than others you passed as they did not show diamond-encrusted in their display. Classic Hublot-bash.
I disagree. Not all criticism is bashing. It depends on the reasonableness of the argument. I suppose we differ on that.
If people want to part with their probability gotten gains that’s up to them. If Hublot is their weapon of choice then more power to them.
Personally, drunk, coked up and with a bevy of high priced ‘escorts’ in my apartment I could never be so absent of mind as to buy one.
I disagree. Not all criticism is bashing. It depends on the reasonableness of the argument. I suppose we differ on that.
Yes - I believe you were being unreasonable, and you contradicted your opening statement as you went on, but please don’t let me stop you. Sin City watch boutiques don’t exactly strike me as the most demure places on Earth, I guess I have to admit it’s not my usual hiding place. Perhaps even the most gauche have their breaking point…
Yes - I believe you were being unreasonable, and you contradicted your opening statement as you went on, but please don’t let me stop you. Sin City watch boutiques don’t exactly strike me as the most demure places on Earth, I guess I have to admit it’s not my usual hiding place. Perhaps even the most gauche have their breaking point…
The diff between us is that I directed criticism at their marketing strategy. You reproach is directed at me personally, casting aspersions on my motive. Nothing you have said validates their approach. So I'll end it here.
If people want to part with their probability gotten gains that’s up to them. If Hublot is their weapon of choice then more power to them.
Personally, drunk, coked up and with a bevy of high priced ‘escorts’ in my apartment I could never be so absent of mind as to buy one.
You sound like a fun guy to hand out with ;-).
The diff between us is that I directed criticism at their marketing strategy. You reproach is directed at me personally, casting aspersions on my motive. Nothing you have said validates their approach. So I'll end it here.
I’m criticising the fact you said you don’t hate on any brand, yet this thread is clearly anti-Hublot (“have Hublot lost their mind?”, “are you kidding me?”, “who’s gonna buy these watches?”, “so 90s…”, “didn’t they get the memo?” ). When challenged you doubled-down (“tone de[af]ness”). It’s ok, you’re an unreliable narrator, we all are, just own it. This is a hit piece; congratulations, you took a shot at an easy target.
Did you at least try one on whilst you were there? If you did - where is that part of the story?
So, marketing or strategy… ok, as others have already pointed out, you’re in Sin City, so money, extravagance, and tourists. It‘s also a boutique next to… what was it… Rolex and Patek? If I wanted to draw a customer with a lot of cash into my boutique, and I wanted to draw them away from those two, what would you put in the window, a Classic Fusion? No, you put the most eye-catching options out, divert the attention. When certain species of bird try to attract a mate, they put on a show - bright plumage, little dance, funky song. Hublot is that bird: look… at… my… shiny… s***… yeah… don’t go to Rolex… buy me… wooo… and some watch-thirsty-high-roller is going to wander right in there and drop on that Biggest of Bangs. Strategy. Is this really such an alien concept?
yeah… no, f*** Hublot. How dare they.
Your in Vegas and you don’t expect bling? 🤪
I prefer them on my showgirls, not my watches ;-).