Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and watchmaker Hublot produce a mysterious beauty

The Hublot Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami All Black, limited to 200 pieces, is priced at $37,400 each. PHOTOS: HUBLOT
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The world of Takashi Murakami is a vibrantly psychedelic one, inhabited by - among other characters - flowers with smiling faces, anthropomorphised mushrooms, cute aliens, jellyfish and other trippy creatures.

But, for his first collaboration with Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot, the Japanese contemporary artist has gone pitch black.

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