FC Bayern Munich (the “FC” is for “football club”) is the most successful sports team in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 championship cups. It has partnered with Hublot not only to produce the watch — which is now on display in the heart of the legendary FC Bayern München sports club in Bavaria, the team’s home base — but to establish the brand as its official timekeeper.
The watch, called King Power FC Bayern Munich, was unveiled at the club in a ceremony attended by Biver and a number of FC Bayern luminaries such as Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, an executive board member of FC Bayern München AG; FC Bayern players, including Ribéry, Boateng, van Buyten, Luiz Gustavo, Can and the newly acquired Shaqiri and Pizarro; and selected representatives from the German and Swiss press.
The King Power FC Bayern Munich, which is limited to 200 numbered pieces, has a 48-mm case in vertical satin-brushed titanium; the bezel is overmolded with black rubber and has six “H”-shaped titanium screws coated with black PVD. Like its predecessor, the Red Devil, it is an automatic chronograph with a distinctive 45-minute counter developed especially for timing a soccer match.
The King Power FC Bayern Munich joins Hublot’s growing roster of watches inspired by sports and athletes, including models developed with NBA star Dwyane Wade and his team, the Miami Heat, Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt, and the British Formula 1 Grand Prix.
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