Object Hublot MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Sapphire

£273,000

Takeshi Murakami is no stranger to watch design, having lent his creative magic to Hublot timepieces several times before, as well as to devices for Casio and the independent Japanese maker, Hajime Asaoka. But the Japanese artist’s latest for Hublot is his most striking and ambitious. Murakami has turned watch design on its head by eschewing a central dial – known as the ‘face’ of the watch – instead fusing the case, movement and dial in a central arrangement. The central flying tourbillon is surrounded by a flower (a classic Murakami motif) with sapphire petals. Just 50 are available, so Murakami lovers will need to act fast – and have deep pockets.