Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami by Hublot

EDITOR'S REVIEW

• Watch launched at Watches and Wonders 2023
• Hublot used Watches and Wonders as a platform to showcase its latest collaboration with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, which launched a couple of months prior
• The watch pays homage to Murakami’s iconic smiling flower motif on the dial, and brings it to life through kinetic motion
• The flower head and petals are covered in a rainbow of sapphires, set against a black ceramic case for an intense contrast
• The petals spin on an axis, creating a dazzling blur of colour whenever the watch is tilted
•  Only 13 of the watches have been made, and like Hublot’s previous collaborations with Murakami – this is the fourth – each is sold with an NFT artwork, this time inspired by Japanese TV and video games from the 1970s