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Hublot MP-06 Watch For Senna

When a brand like Hublot states that they've created their most complex watch to-date, it's worth our while to sit up and take notice.  Of course, if you pair that development with a Brazilian icon of motorsports, well, then you know you're in for some visual flair as well. Technically it isn't their most complex watch, but perhaps it is from a case and construction standpoint. Hublot Replica Watch has been on quite a rampage as of late when it comes to design.  The most recent example (prior to the watch we're discussing here, that is) is of course the 50-day power reserve MP-05.  If you dial back into the archives a bit, you'll see that these design experiments started with the MP-01, where the first tonneau case showed up.  Interesting side note on that case -  it was literally Hublot trying to see what an Hublot mixed with Richard Mille design would look like. But enough about history - let's move on to the newest model in the Masterpiece lineup.  Hub...

Gronefeld Parallax 1912 Tourbillon Watch

Thus far, the independent Dutch watch brand of Gronefeld had two distinctly different watches in their portfolio: their debut piece from 2008, which is a highly complicated and rather crazy-looking minute repeater tourbillon, and the One Hertz from 2010, which thanks to its unique design dead-beat seconds hand procured the attention of watch enthusiasts. But that was four years ago, and so it was just about time that they showed us a new piece, something that illustrated what direction the brand has been taking. The answer to that question was revealed at Baselworld 2014 in the form of the Parallax Tourbillon, a novelty that carries on some trademark Gronefeld design cues and introduces us the Gronefeld brothers' idea of the perfect tourbillon http://www.replicawatchreport.co/iwc-watch . The centerpiece of this novelty is indeed the dial and the large flying tourbillon, as highlighted in a substantially sized, silver-outlined opening at the 7 o'clock position. The dial is cut...