One Last Dance
MEN'S FOLIO Malaysia|December 2023 - January 2024
We roped in help as we look back at some of the standout timepieces of 2023.
Asaph Low, Ben Kwok
One Last Dance

Hublot MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Sapphire

Asaph: Having worked with the Hublot Classic Fusion for the two previous rounds, it is only fitting that Takashi Murakami's three-peat collaboration with Hublot culminated with the Hublot MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Sapphire. The masterpiece takes the form of Murakami's inimitable flower motif fashioned from transparent sapphire. One can only imagine the manufacturing complexity given the curvatures that run throughout the watch. At the watch's heart lies a central flying tourbillon with a whole week's power reserve. A special stylus designed for the Hublot MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Sapphire winds the barrels fully in 100 revolutions.

Ben: The Hublot MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Sapphire is in some ways - a reinvention of what a watch normally would look like. For this timepiece, Hublot and Murakami decided to integrate the watch's case, movement, and dial singularly within Murakami's iconic twelve-petalled flower motif an embodiment of the manufacturer's "The Art of Fusion" motto. The case is also made from sapphire, elevating the watch by showing off the unique central flying tourbillon movement at the heart of the watch.

Cartier Santos-Dumont Micro-Rotor Skeleton

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