A Night To Remember - Many Stories Shared

Watch events in Australia are never the marketing extravaganza that the rest of the world gets to witness, which certainly goes with my preference of ‘style but with substance’. This year’s Hublot event was held at the exclusive Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron which is a private members only sailing club established in 1862.

We arrived around 6.00pm in the evening and on this night the weather did not disappoint.

It wasn't hard to see that this was going to be a King Power event.

The tables were set for some serious dining.

The watches were poised like supermodels.

My personal favourite Hublot of all time.

Emil’s big grin is a tell tale sign of the energy and excitement building in the room.

Combined with some of the best wines from Penfolds(including the world renowned ‘Grange’) and Mr Biver’s cheese, this was going to be a very memorable night.

As Jean Claude Biver could not join us this year in person, it was up to his son Loic to come up with an innovative twist. Personally I’m in the camp that believes that communication technology can at times hinder human interaction (why not just pick up the phone as opposed to texting).

However, JCB’s presentation over SKYPE was one of his most personal and emotive. A few days earlier it was announced that HUBLOT won the prestigious Walpole Award and we were very fortunate to hear an extensive retelling of his now very famous speech about success and my favourite part, that the real success after life is when you don’t die by leaving two traces behind; a trace of love as it never dies, the trace of your passion.

HUBLOT and JCB continue to inspire and surprise. I’m certain 2011 will be another significant marker in their history.