27 November 2024 Hublot & Takashi Murakami’s 13th and Final Classic Fusion Unique Piece Sells for Record Price at Phillips’ TOKI: Watch Auction in Hong Kong Nyon, Switzerland, November 27, 2024 – An incredible result to conclude one of the most exciting watch collaboration series in modern watchmaking. The 13th and final unique piece in Hublot X Takashi Murakami’s NFT series was sold at Phillips TOKI Watch Auction in Hong Kong for HKD 2,095,500 including the buyer’s premium, offered by Phillips, smashing the original estimate of HKD 450,000 by multiple times. For Hublot, this auction sale of the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow was not only an opportunity to demonstrate the creative possibilities between the worlds of Swiss watchmaking and contemporary Japanese art, but also to give back to a great cause that is dear to the manufacture. Hublot has always believed in using its platform for the greater good and supporting initiatives that can concretely bring positive changes. As such, all the proceeds from the realized price (excluding premiums) of the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow are being donated to Fond’Action contre le cancer, a Swiss-based non-profit foundation established in 1999 with the objective of financing innovative research projects in oncology, with treatments in the pre-clinical or clinical phase that are directly applicable to cancer patients in Switzerland and around the world. Shortly after the Phillips TOKI auction in Hong Kong, Hublot CEO Julien Tornare invited Fond’Action’s Chairman of the Board Professor Serge Leyvraz and the Director of the Foundation Mrs. Anne Brunner to receive the check for Hublot’s contribution to their activities. “Hublot is truly humbled and honored to be able to make this gesture towards Fond’Action contre le cancer”, shared Hublot CEO Julien Tornare. “Fond’Action has been one of the Switzerland’s leading foundations in cancer research for many years, and Hublot has always believed in its cause and sought different ways of supporting it. With our dear friend Takashi Murakami, we are proud to demonstrate that watchmaking and art can be used for a greater good. I would like to thank the bidders for their generosity, as well as Phillips for creating such an exciting auction as well as all the media for spreading awareness about the auction and our unique piece with Takashi Murakami. We look forward to continuing supporting Fond’Action” Fond’Action’s Chairman of the Board Professor Serge Leyvraz added, “We are grateful to Hublot for its contribution to Fond’Action on this occasion and throughout the years. We also want to thank Phillips for their generosity and Takashi Murakami for his precious and personal implication. Our work in innovating cancer treatments simply wouldn’t be possible without the support of steadfast friends and partners such as Hublot. Together, we can provide hope and longevity to cancer patients in Switzerland and across the world.” Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic RainbowTrue to Takashi Murakami’s multimedia and multidisciplinary approach to breaking down the constructs of contemporary art and Hublot’s daringness to go where no watchmaker has gone before, the pair introduced a novel concept in 2022 by bridging the digital and the physical. What began as a series of 324 unique NFT artworks by Murakami inspired by low-res videogame graphics and TVs from the 1970s gave way to accessing 12 unique editions of the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami, each paired with its own unique artwork that were available on Hublot.com. Based on Hublot and Takashi Murakami’s first-ever collaborative timepiece, the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic is the perfect fusion of innovative watchmaking and contemporary, kinetic art. Featuring Murakami’s signature Smiling Flower, its gem-set face is set above the sapphire crystal, adding three-dimensionality to the piece. Between the dial plate and the hands, the twelve petals form a disk that spins with the motion of the wrist. Powered by Hublot’s UNICO automatic manufacture movement with a power reserve of 72 hours, the petals spin thanks to an ingenious ball-bearing system developed by Hublot’s engineers. And while each of the 12 unique Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic pieces featured a rainbow smiling flower face with 103 gemstones, each piece had a single color and type of gemstone on the spinning petals. The 13th and final piece essentially combines the 45mm black ceramic case of the first-ever Hublot X Takashi Murakami Classic Fusion series with the rainbow petals of the Sapphire Rainbow edition, incorporating 384 gemstones onto the petals to form a perfect color gradient with different types of rubies, sapphires, amethysts, tsavorites and topaz stones. Along with the unique timepiece, the winning bidder will also receive an NFT artwork linked to the watch, as well as a very rare opportunity to visit Takashi Murakami’s studio in Miyoshi, Japan. 최신 뉴스 클래식 퓨전 에센셜 시리즈, 토프로 돌아오다 2025년 7월 3일 – 에센셜 그레이 에디션으로 강렬한 인상을 남긴 위블로가 이번에는 새로운 방향으로 나아갑니다. 이번엔 ‘토프(Taupe)’입니다. 위블로의 모노크롬 컬러 시리즈 에센셜의 네 번째 에디션, ‘클래식 퓨전 에센셜 토프가 42mm와 45mm 두 가지 사이즈로 출시됩니다. 두 제품 모두 온라인 전용으로 만나볼 수 있으며, 이전 시리즈들과 마찬가지로 컬렉터들에게 특별한 의미를 지닌 타임피스입니다. 더 알아보기 카운트 다운이 시작됩니다. 2주후 UEFA 여자 유로 2025™의 공식 타임키퍼 위블로의 시계가 다시 움직이기 시작합니다. 이번 여름, UEFA 여자 유로 2025™와 함께 스위스에 축구가 찾아옵니다 축구와 함께한 첫 번째 워치, 위블로가 공식 타임키퍼로 모든 순간을 기록합니다 2025년 6월 18일, 스위스 니옹 – UEFA 여자 유로 2025™가 단 2주 앞으로 다가왔습니다. 오는 7월 2일(수), 위블로는 이번에도 경기의 매 순간을 함께합니다. 유럽을 대표하는 16개국이 참가하는 이번 대회는 위블로의 본고장 스위스 8개 도시에서 펼쳐지며, 위블로는 지난 2022년 영국 대회에 이어 다시 한 번 공식 타임키퍼로 활약합니다. 더 알아보기