Geneva, Switzerland
Looking nothing like a typical Swiss wristwatch, Hublot’s MP-10 Tourbillon Weight Energy System Titanium timepiece is characterized by its disruptive design and highly technical take on haute horlogerie.
“For a piece to be part of our MP collection, it must not only reinvent existing complications; it must create something exclusive, invent, build, and open up new avenues in watchmaking R&D. I gave our designers and watchmakers carte blanche, and this is the fruit of their labors. From now on, people will talk about the MP-10 Tourbillon Weight Energy System in Titanium in terms of ‘before’ and ‘after’,” states Ricardo Guadalupe, Hublot’s CEO.
The new limited edition Hublot MP-10 Tourbillon Weight Energy System Titanium combines a stunningly intuitive vertical column time display with a first-of-its-kind winding system and a smoothly futuristic design for one of the most innovative full-package releases in the MP collection to date.
The Hublot MP-10 Tourbillon Weight Energy System Titanium’s micro-blasted titanium case is sleek, innovative, and deceptively simple in images.
Measuring in at 41.5mm wide and 54.1mm from (integrated) lug to lug, this roughly canteen-shaped case opts for smooth, uniform surfacing.
Other than the oversized turbine-style crown at 12 o’clock and the exaggerated strap integration, there’s little about the case itself that catches the eye except the sapphire crystal.
Hublot claims this is the most technically complex crystal it’s ever produced, combining inclined planes across three separate axes, and the results of this complexity speak for themselves in photos.
Easily the most dramatic part of this case design, the crystal’s wraparound design drapes across the case sides and frames the 6 o’clock tourbillon from multiple angles for a high-impact visual spectacle.
Around the back, the sapphire display case-back is simpler and far more conventional but does feature a unique cutout to accommodate the time-setting crown.
Hublot’s MP-10 Tourbillon Weight Energy System Titanium has no dial, or even hands for that matter.
Everything under the wraparound sapphire crystal is a skeletonized movement component, specialized to display the time in an unorthodox but hyper-legible way.
In short, the base movement itself is a vertical cylinder running longitudinally from 12 o’clock to 6 o’clock, and each timekeeping register is arrayed along this cylinder.
At the top of the cylinder sits a rotating hours scale, flanked by a matching rotating minutes display.
Below this is a power reserve indicator, which uses a boldly graphic red and green display to indicate current movement winding.
Hublot caps off the cylinder with a 60-second tourbillon escapement canted at a 35-degree angle, which doubles as a running seconds indicator thanks to a rotating scale affixed to its outer edge.
In practice, this means the watch is read top to bottom with a fluid, natural movement.
In static images, the effect comes across readily enough, but in-person viewing with all components moving should give this even more of a shock-and-awe factor.
The impressive Hublot MP-10 Tourbillon Weight Energy System Titanium is released in a limited edition of 50 pieces.
Project: MP-10 Tourbillon Weight Energy System Titanium
Designers: Hublot S.A.
Manufacturer: Hublot S.A.
