An interpretation of the passage time by the popular contemporary artist.
The contemporary artist Daniel Arsham claims that his work and the way he views the world have been greatly influenced by his survival of Hurricane Andrew as a child.
Since then, his work has featured many objects being destroyed or blown away by wind. The elements are also symbolic in the new timepiece's dynamic conceptualization of time flowing — a theme of interest to Hublot.
The first collaboration came into fruition last year, when the artist created a Hublot-inspired sundial in the Zermatt snowscape at an altitude of 2583 m. The ice installation was in monochrome like other artwork by Arsham.
Arsham Droplet by Hublot and Daniel Arsham
The artist is color blind, and his perception of color is severely dampened, hence why he gravitates more towards working with shapes as opposed to a rich palette, and prefers monochrome (natural monochrome in the case of the ice-sculpted sundial for Hublot).
The second chapter of Arsham's partnership with Hublot was opened with a watch called the Arsham Droplet. It's also an unconventional model. This time, Arsham has made a model on a chain for Hublot without any prescribed way to use it: it's a pocket watch, a pendant watch, and a table clock, all rolled into one.
The shape of the timepiece also echoes nature's flow: the titanium case is sandwiched between two domed teardrop-shaped crystals. The crystals are transparent but the artist hasn't rejected color completely. The artist given the monochrome case rubber bumpers on the sides in a bright minty shade (his trademark Arsham Green).
The same shade is used for the hands as well as the index ring and small seconds counter on the dial. The case for the Hublot Arsham Droplet measures 73.2 mm x 52.6 mm x 22.5 mm. Its transparency allows you to view components in Hublot's manufacture Meca-10 movement with a 10-day power reserve.
By the way, this movement has already served as the engine for table-clock models — it was housed in clocks created by Hublot in partnership with L’Epée. Availability of the artistic novelty by Hublot and Arsham is limited to 99 pieces.