{"id":59053,"date":"2024-11-30T13:59:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T12:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/?p=59053"},"modified":"2024-11-30T13:59:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T12:59:48","slug":"hublot-takashi-murakamis-13th-and-final-classic-fusion-unique-piece-sells-for-record-price-at-phillips-toki-watch-auction-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/hublot-takashi-murakamis-13th-and-final-classic-fusion-unique-piece-sells-for-record-price-at-phillips-toki-watch-auction-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Hublot &amp; Takashi Murakami\u2019s 13th\u00a0and Final Classic Fusion Unique Piece Sells for Record Price at Phillips\u2019 TOKI: Watch Auction in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s NFT series was sold at Phillips TOKI Watch Auction in Hong Kong for HKD 2,095,500 including the buyer\u2019s premium, offered by Phillips, smashing the original estimate of HKD 450,000 by multiple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Hublot, this auction sale of the&nbsp;<strong>Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow<\/strong>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<strong>Fond\u2019Action contre le cancer<\/strong>, 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.<\/p><div class=\"autoestrada-nel-contenuto autoestrada-entity-placement\" id=\"autoestrada-1532488487\" style=\"position: relative;padding: 30px;border: 2px solid red;margin: 25px auto 35px;text-align: center;width: fit-content;\"><div class=\"autoestrada-adlabel\">Advertising<\/div><div id=\"autoestrada-199612709\"><!-- START ADVERTISER: from tradedoubler.com -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar uri = 'https:\/\/impfr.tradedoubler.com\/imp?type(img)g(25401758)a(2263928)' + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11);\r\ndocument.write('<a href=\"https:\/\/clk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p=320153&a=2263928&g=25401758\" target=\"_BLANK\"><img src=\"'+uri+'\" border=0><\\\/a>');\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- END ADVERTISER: from tradedoubler.com -->\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after the Phillips TOKI auction in Hong Kong, Hublot CEO Julien Tornare invited Fond\u2019Action\u2019s Chairman of the Board Professor Serge Leyvraz and the Director of the Foundation Mrs. Anne Brunner to receive the check for Hublot\u2019s contribution to their activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cHublot is truly humbled and honored to be able to make this gesture towards Fond\u2019Action contre le cancer<\/em>\u201d, shared Hublot CEO&nbsp;<strong>Julien Tornare<\/strong>. \u201c<em>Fond\u2019Action has been one of the Switzerland\u2019s 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\u2019Action\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fond\u2019Action\u2019s Chairman of the Board Professor&nbsp;<strong>Serge Leyvraz<\/strong>&nbsp;added,&nbsp;<em>\u201cWe are grateful to Hublot for its contribution to Fond\u2019Action 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\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow<\/strong><br>True to Takashi Murakami\u2019s multimedia and multidisciplinary approach to breaking down the constructs of contemporary art and Hublot\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on Hublot and Takashi Murakami\u2019s first-ever collaborative timepiece, the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic is the perfect fusion of innovative watchmaking and contemporary, kinetic art. Featuring Murakami\u2019s 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\u2019s UNICO automatic manufacture movement with a power reserve of 72 hours, the petals spin thanks to an ingenious ball-bearing system developed by Hublot\u2019s engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s studio in Miyoshi, Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"aes-custom-banner\">\n<!-- START ADVERTISER: from tradedoubler.com -->\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar uri = 'https:\/\/imp.tradedoubler.com\/imp?type(img)g(25189914)a(2367411)' + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11);\ndocument.write('<a href=\"https:\/\/clk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p=327097&#038;a=2367411&#038;g=25189914\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"'+uri+'\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\"><\/a>');\n<\/script>\n<!-- END ADVERTISER: from tradedoubler.com -->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s NFT series was sold at Phillips TOKI Watch Auction in Hong Kong for HKD 2,095,500 including the buyer\u2019s premium, offered by Phillips, smashing the original estimate of HKD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59058,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59053\/revisions\/59058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}