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 BIG BANG NIGHT: 킬리안 음바페와 우사인 볼트, 위블로 아이코닉 모델 빅뱅의 20 주년을 함께 기념하다. 제네바, 2025년 4월 3일 – 위블로가 워치스 앤 원더스 페어 (Watches & Wonders)의 일환으로 제네바 아레나에서 아이코닉한 빅뱅의 20주년을 기념하는 특별한 밤에 위블로의 앰버서더인 킬리안 음바페와 우사인 볼트의 기념비적인 첫 만남이 이뤄졌습니다. 이 잊을 수 없는 기념 행사는 위블로의 선구적인 정신을 기리는 동시에 브랜드의 DNA인 “아트 오브 퓨전”을 담아낸 의미있는 순간이었습니다. 더 알아보기 위블로의 색채가 만개하다 : 페트롤 블루와 민트 그린 세라믹으로 선보이는 빅뱅 유니코와 빅뱅 원 클릭 33MM 페어 4월 1일, 스위스 제네바- 선명한 색상의 세라믹은 거부할 수 없는 매력을 지니고 있습니다. 그 어떤 워치 브랜드도 시도하지 않았던 영역에 도전하며 세라믹의 가능성을 끝없이 탐구하는 위블로는 두 가지 새로운 색상으로 세라믹 소재의 독보적인 기술력을 다시 한번 입증합니다. 두 가지 상징적인 빅뱅 모델(유니코, 원 클릭)에 처음 등장하는 이 색상들은 유니섹스적인 매력을 지니며, 유행을 따르면서도 세월의 흐름에 변치않는 봄을 상징하는 부드럽고 생동감 넘치는 색감을 담고 있습니다. 이 두 가지 세라믹 색상은 서로 보완적이면서도 확연히 다릅니다. 매혹적이고, 유혹적이며, 그 어떤 것 과도 비교할 수 없습니다. 더 알아보기