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Detecting counterfeit Hublot watches

One of the biggest threats facing the luxury watch world these days is counterfeit goods. This year at BaselWorld 2009 Hublot Watches partnered with WiseKey to create a new revolutionary way to make sure your watch is authentic. However until the WiseKey system comes out, Hublot has prepared a guide to help you spot “Replica [...]

Q & A With Hublot on WiseKey

BaselWorld 2009 was great! We had a great chance to meet with many luxury watch companies. One of the many new things introduced at BaselWorld 2009 was the Hublot WiseKey. Hublot has decided to take counterfeit fighting to a 21st century by providing smart card authentication with every hublot watch. JewelersLounge sat down with Hublot [...]

Hublot WiseKey System

We have some exclusive info here from BaselWorld 2009. One of our first stops was at the Hublot Watches booth to find out some more about the new wisekey system. We were presented with this press release and some pictures of the new system. Enjoy! Today, on the occasion of the opening of the Basel [...]

Hublot Watches introduces new counterfeit detection system

Hublot became the second luxury watch company to unveil a system to fight counterfeits and theft. (The first was Vacheron Constantin in 2008). Under the “Wisekey system,” Hublot watches and their owners get a “SmartCard” and an electronic guarantee certificate with the watches identity code, and enables Hublot retailers and clients to instantly check a [...]

How to spot a Fake Rolex

They say there’s a “sucker born every minute” but you’re not a sucker if you intentionally know what you’re getting into. On a recent trip to New York City, I knew that Canal Street was the place I could find the not-so-elusive fake Rolex watch. Sure enough, I had to walk only one block of [...]