Hublot re-engineers the rainbow to brighten its MP-09 Tourbillon Bi-Axis 5-Day Power Reserve to create a colorized ‘ Rainbow ’ version of the existing complicated watch .
RATHER THAN RELY ON GEMSTONES TO REFLECT LIGHT , Hublot has woven colorful high-tech composite materials into the carbon case on the new MP-09 Tourbillon Bi-Axis Rainbow 3D Carbon , and attached it to an equally colorful leather strap .
Essentially , Hublot technicians have braided the carbon case , combining thin bars of carbon and bars of colored composite together and threading them into a mass that , eventually , is milled into a case . And while Hublot has created single-color 3-D Carbon versions of the MP-09 , this new model is the first multi-hue example .
Hublot explains that this technical process , a first in watchmaking , requires that hundreds of colored inserts recreate a natural gradation typically found on watches with colorful sapphires , diamonds or other gemstones . Hublot notes that each insert is cropped with carbon , and then polished and adjusted to the nearest micron .
“ The new MP-09 ’ s surface is entirely smooth and polished to the touch ,” Hublot explains in a press release . “ Never before has a watch boasted as many shades of colored composite as the new MP-09 .” Inside Hublot relies on the HUB9009 . H1 . RA . B movement with manual winding and a five-day power reserve .
The movement comes with a bi-axial one-minute tourbillon for the first axis and a second rotation every thirty seconds for the second axis . This unique double rotation requires the customized curved case , which displays the tourbillon at 6 o ’ clock .
Hublot will make eight examples of the new within a new , colorful architecture and strictly limited to eight pieces .
Price : $ 211,000
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