The New Hublot MP-17 Meca-10 Arsham Splash Titanium Sapphire

Hublot loves creative collisions and has turned collaboration into a design language. Beyond frequent partnerships with contemporary artists like Richard Orlinski, Maxime Plescia-Buchi, Takashi Murakami and Samuel Ross, the brand has also produced conservation-minded SORAI editions and an eco-driven Nespresso watch in recycled aluminium and rubber. 

In 2024, Daniel Arsham’s MP-16 Arsham Droplet, a pocket watch that transformed into a pendant or desk clock, proved that high watchmaking can double as a cultural experiment. That dialogue with the American artist and brand ambassador now lands squarely on the wrist: the new MP-17 Meca-10 Arsham Splash Titanium Sapphire freezes the split second a droplet becomes a splash, channelling Arsham’s “fictional archaeology” into a 42mm, sapphire-framed, transparency-rich sculpture driven by Hublot’s compact Meca-10.

The 50m water-resistant, 42mm case distils Hublot’s Art of Fusion into flowing, organic lines: shiny micro-blasted titanium for structure and lightness, a frosted, box-shaped sapphire bezel for clarity, and a sapphire caseback to complete the see-through design. Look closer and the Hublot signatures are all there, the six H-screws securing the bezel and caseback, the hallmark lateral bulges at 3 and 9 o’clock, the crown and H-shaped titanium folding clasp, only softened and rounded as if shaped by water. 

A splash-shaped aperture pierces the dial, a direct evolution of the Droplet’s form, revealing the mechanics. Arsham-green Super-LumiNova paints the hands, numerals, minute track, small seconds at 9 o’clock and the linear rack mechanism-driven power-reserve scale at 3, giving the watch a distinct, nocturnal identity.

The Hublot MP-17 Arsham is powered by the brand´s new, more compact Meca-10 calibre, the manufacture movement HUB1205, which debuted at the start of this year inside the 42mm Big Bang Meca-10. This hand-wound, skeletonised calibre keeps the Meca-10’s defining 10-day (240-hour) power reserve, while made to fit the 42mm case. Twin serial barrels, visible through the dial opening and the sapphire back, deliver the extended autonomy, and a power-reserve display tracks it at a glance. The movement operates at a 21,600 vibrations/hour frequency and is finished in grey PVD with airy bridges and hallmark industrial detailing, looking tough and solid.

The Charmille-grained black rubber strap is embossed with the Arsham monogram and wears soft yet secure, closed with the titanium deployant buckle. The Hublot MP-17 Meca-10 Arsham Splash Titanium Sapphire is limited to 99 pieces, and the price is CHF 60,000 or EUR 69,000. For more details, please visit hublot.com.