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Watch In The Wild: Hublot King Power Gold Unico

Watch In The Wild: Hublot King Power Gold Unico   hublot

Contributed by Anish Bhatt

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Not much can beat a warm day, a nice new watch and a good camera! We don't get too many of the first part in London, so when the temperature reaches anywhere over 20 degrees Celsius it's best to take advantage of it!

Our model: Oliver Knowles wears a single breasted suit in Alfred Brown wool, tailored on Saville Row by Timothy Everest. Cufflinks are by Mulberry, tie by Drakes and shirt by Hawes and Curtis. Grey and blue always seem to go together pretty perfectly. The cuffs are tapered well and the blazer creates a good shaped silhouette from shoulder to waist, which accentuates a gentleman's physique. Someone once said a woman sees a man in a well tailored suit in the same way a man sees lingerie on a woman...some food for thought. Notice small details like the dimple at the top of the tie where it meets the knot...a lesson in the finer arts of male attire.

Watch In The Wild: Hublot King Power Gold Unico   hublot

Watch In The Wild: Hublot King Power Gold Unico   hublot

Wristwear: Of course the watch must be the centre of attention, and in this instance it's the new 'King Gold' King Power Unico by Hublot. King Gold is basically rose gold mixed with platinum and extra copper to give it a warmer shade of red. You can judge the shade for yourself in the pictures. It has the added contrast of a carbon fibre weave bezel, which 'sports' the look up a little bit more. A nice alternative to rose/red/pink gold (or 'Everose' if you're Rolex!) and accentuated by the skeletonized dial and Unico movement well. By the way, the Unico feels amazing, and is (finally) a movement worthy of being in a watch at this price point.

The watch is pretty huge at 48mm in size and a gummy leather would have been a better option if you had to wear this with a suit, as rubber + big sports watch = smart casual in my book usually, but whatever, make hay while the sun shines and all that so onto the pics!

Watch In The Wild: Hublot King Power Gold Unico   hublot

Watch In The Wild: Hublot King Power Gold Unico   hublot

Hublot model reference is: 701.OQ.0180.RX and the retail price is GBP £32,300

Photos by WatchAnish and Adam Priscak

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19 comments
watchkeeper125
watchkeeper125

a good watch to wear is a great luxury for me and repairing it is a passion.love seeing watches"Watch Repair Zone"

watchkeeper125
watchkeeper125

a good watch to wear is a great luxury for me and repairing it is a passion.love seeing watches

"Watch Repair Zone"

Gabechambers
Gabechambers

Don't know if this really qualifies as "in the wild" kinda more like some pretentious commodities traders playing with their ridiculously expensive toys - more watch - less blazer .. Tie knot ... Blah blah blah .... Just my two cents

WatchAnish
WatchAnish

@Gabechambers This is my doing, and is a way of bringing a more lifestyle element into what we report about without detracting from the technical close-up shots and reviews we already carry out. It may well not be appealing to yourself, though I hope as I learn the tastes of the audience here at ABTR we can all adapt and be cyber-buddies :D P.S IMO it is a very nice tie, despite the general opinon in the comments pages! Hahaha

Gabechambers
Gabechambers

@WatchAnish @Gabechambers Ok - good point I guess - to be fair if the watch was a Ball engineer and the photos were on an oil rig a guess I'd find it a bit more interesting - so really just personal (lowbrow)taste ! Good on ya for having a go - cheers Gabe

nateb123
nateb123

@WatchAnish @Gabechambers Hate the tie but love the idea.  Just keep focus on the watch a bit more than the outfit and we'll all stop complaining, I'm sure

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Henry Miller
Henry Miller

Did someone hijack the watch reviews?...and whats all this about lingerie?

nateb123
nateb123

That suit looks like it was made from a couch sold in the 70s and the tie looks like it was made from a dishrag.  Looks very "desperate salesman".  That rose gold watch needs a black suit desperately.

cluedog12
cluedog12

This is the internet, no need to hold back.

nateb123
nateb123

@cluedog12 He's trying too hard.  Which would be fine if he wasn't insisting that, because he threw money at an outfit, he is the pinnacle of fashionable elegance.

Also, I do actually own a dishrag that is the spitting image of that tie.  No joke. 

WatchAnish
WatchAnish

@nateb123 @cluedog12 Haha! Just goes to show the differences in fashion perception from different regions. The suit isn't actually very expensive, but is well cut. Your 70's couch sounds like it might have been a keeper ;)

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nateb123
nateb123

cluedog12 He's trying too hard.  Which would be fine if he wasn't insisting that, because he threw money at an outfit, he is the pinnacle of fashionable elegance.Also, I do actually own a dishrag that is the spitting image of that tie.  No joke. 

OKnowles
OKnowles

@MichaelSpiers @ablogtoread @watchanish thanks mate, although Anish is the one who did all the promoting... ;-)

cluedog12
cluedog12

Meanwhile I am sporting my Vacheron Constantin 47101 with a simple Calvin Klein T-shirt and a pair of grey jeans. What is this world coming to?

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Ariel Adams
Ariel Adams

I love it. I want to do a photo shoot of a bunch of punk skaters wearing Vacheron and Patek.

CG
CG

kind of a bad 80's sport coat look along with the watch

Kris C
Kris C

Ummm.... not sure ahat this has to do with the price of tea in China.

Also, I think it;s safe to say that ties like that aren't in style, and were never all that fashionable. Even with a casual half windsor.

Kris C
Kris C

Ummm.... not sure ahat this has to do with the price of tea in China. Also, I think it;s safe to say that ties like that aren't in style, and were never all that fashionable. Even with a casual half windsor.