NYON,Switzerland,Feb. 3, 2023/PRNewswire/ -- At an exclusive event which took place at the Glass House inNew YorkonFebruary 2nd, Hublot andTakashi Murakamiannounced their fourth joint artistic project: the launch of thirteen new NFTs and thirteen unique timepieces.
"When my collaboration with Hublot was announced, we made it known that we would be adopting new forms of artistic expression. After creating all the timepieces together, as well as the digital works of art, we are now imagining new ways of accessing contemporary art."–Takashi Murakami
The thirteen unique NFTs are inspired by Japanese video games & TV from the 1970s as well as the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami All Black, the first collaboration between the Swiss watchmaker andTakashi Murakamilaunched inJanuary 2021。These NFTs are linked to a limited edition of 13 new and unique Classic Fusion watches that will be at Watches & Wonders 2023 inGeneva。Twelve of these watches will be available for purchase exclusively online on hublot.com, which can only be accessed by owners of at least one of the 324 NFTs issued inApril 2022as part of the third collaboration between Hublot andTakashi Murakami。These 324 NFTs were originally offered to owners of one of the two Hublot xTakashi Murakamiwatch models (Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami All Black & Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Sapphire Rainbow), before they were allowed to be exchanged on OpenSea. The period between the announcement of the project inNew YorkinFebruary 2023and the start of sales in earlyApril 2023inGenevawill allow any collector interested in one of the new watches to collect one of the NFTs available on OpenSea. Each buyer lucky enough to purchase one of the 12 new unique watches will receive a corresponding exclusive NFT.
Hublot andTakashi Murakamitake the watch as a work of art to a new level, by bridging the art of fine watchmaking with digital art. The 13thwatch of the collection, unveiled inNew York, is the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow and it is also the masterpiece. Taking inspiration from the two previously launched pieces, this watch reinterprets the iconic emblem ofTakashi Murakami: the smiling flower. Here, the 12 petals of the flower form a perfect gradient of rubies, sapphires, amethysts, tsavorites and topaz. Thanks to an ingenious ball-bearing system developed by Hublot's engineers, the petals create a dizzying spectacle of colour as they spin on an axis with each movement. The kinetic effect of the petals creates a striking effect against the 45mm black ceramic case. The center of the smiling flower is placed on top of the sapphire glass to create a three-dimensional effect.
The twelve other references, which will be available for purchase by holders of the NFTs on the dedicated ecommerce platform, recall the master flower and represent one of the petals. Twelve references for twelve hours on the dial, and twelve NFTs.
As the third watch collaboration between Hublot and the Japanese artist, this launch is proof of the incredible collectability of this partnership.
Collectors will have a period of one year during which they will have the opportunity to trade the twelve NFTs on the OpenSea platform. InApril 2024, at the end of this period, only the collector who has managed to collect all 12 of the new unique NFTs will be eligible to purchase the thirteenth and most sought-after watch: the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow. If no single person has managed to gather all twelve NFTs, the watch will be auctioned by Hublot to raise funds for charity.
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