Jean-Claude Biver caused a furore both by the relaunch of the luxury brand Blancpain, and also by his spectacular start at Hublot, where he launched the sensational model Big Bang.

He was born on 20 September 1949 in Luxembourg. After working as a manager at Omega, he in 1983, together with his friend Jacques Piguet, reactivated the brand Blancpain and under this name re-introduced luxury watches with mechanical movements. With this venture, which was then considered by many to be hopeless, he made a significant contribution to the renaissance of the mechanical wristwatch, presumed dead by nearly everyone at this time …

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