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LaFerrari and interview with Mathias Buttet
KIH: Let me ask you about LaFerrari today. Hublot and Ferrari, which proposed this watch first?
MB: I am quite often asked that question, but the honest truth is "neither". You see, Hublot has the right to make watches with "Ferrari" name and logo on them anytime it wants. It means that, technically speaking, Hublot could make and sell this watch without consulting Ferrari. But in this case, when we heard about Ferrari's LaFerrari, we thought we wanted to do something together. Also, coincidentally, the development of the long power reserve mechanism was almost finished and we thought it would be a good idea to use that mechanism as the "core" of this special watch.
KIH: Tell us a bit about your experiences working with the Ferrari team.
MB: Obviously, they cannot make comments or suggestion on the movement inside the watch, but their design team certainly gave us comments about the appearance and how the inside should "look". For example, the red color used in this watch is exactly the "Ferrari Red". You might think that we could get the ink from Ferrari, but Ferrari cars are painted many times, thus makes the body "thick" while the watch movement is a very small world and we do not have luxury to tolerate such "thickness". So, we had to come up with the way to make the color in the alternative way by ourselves. Ferrari team is very happy with this coloring.
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LaFerrari and interview with Mathias Buttet
KIH: Let me ask you about LaFerrari today. Hublot and Ferrari, which proposed this watch first? MB: I am quite often asked that question, but the honest truth is "neither". You see, Hublot has the right to make watches with "Ferrari" name and logo on them...
