Simply Abu Dhabi Magazine XVI

9 8 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I T he art of fusion is a principle that is dear to Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot, connecting as it does the past with the future, and connecting respect for tradition with a 21st-century creative vision. The unique and richly coloured dial of the Classic Fusion Tourbillon Vitrail was inspired by the stained glass window, in which a skeleton outline is filled with coloured glass. Art Deco stained glass windows, for example, play on their geometric forms and myriad colours. It is exactly the same creative concept here: The skeleton watch movement serves as the framework for an artistic creation, a colourful stained glass window, miniaturised in a watch. The stunningly intricate design of the Tourbillon Vitrail features a HUB6017 movement made by the Manufacture, a skeleton tourbillon comprising 251 components, and a 5-day power reserve. One again fusing art with technology, Hublot presents a contemporary graphic design consisting of no fewer than 15 small spaces, tiny openings housing a sliver of glass secured with O-rings which grip the glass, ensuring that it does not break through heat expansion. Technically, this is a very high-tech Swiss-made glass that is used in physics to filter the different frequencies Hublot Classic FusionTourbillon Vitrail: Anew technology for an ancestral art

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