In the hands of visionary watchmakers, time becomes a malleable substance to be shaped. Such alchemists have emerged from the workshops of Hublot, the maverick Swiss watchmaker, which recently unveiled new iterations of its MP-10 Tourbillon timepiece.

Three years in the making, the original MP-10 was a temporal revolution, eschewing traditional watch design for a radical vision of timekeeping. With its roller display, rotating power reserve, and 35-degree inclined tourbillon regulating the mystic forces within, it was a watchmaking singularity. Hublot now propels this design into new dimensions, cloaking it in the primal elements of light and darkness.

Two new limited editions extend the MP-10’s edge into the void. One cocoons the intricate inner workings in ceramic black—that color of mysteries, symbolizing the unknown from whence creativity springs. For eons, artisans have pulled forms from this void, shaping vessels from its darkness. So too does Hublot, molding the elusive materia prima of time within this onyx carapace.

Yet its second iteration illuminates rather than obscures. Called the MP-10 Tourbillon Sapphire, it is a celestial vision glowing within a transparent sapphire case. Flooded with radiance, every intricate component is visible in angelic clarity. The two models form cosmic counterparts of sorts: dark matter and bright essence, yin and yang.

The ceramic version of the Hublot MP-10 Tourbillon is limited to 50 examples, each carrying a $330,000 price tag. The sapphire version is priced at $440,000, and only 30 pieces will be produced.