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10 YEARS OF LEGACY MACHINES In October 2011, people thought they knew what MB&F stood for. Four Horological Machines had been launched, each one more audacious than the last. MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser decided it was time to do something different – again. How does one go about disrupting a habit of iconoclasm? By turning...
21
May
Four Pièces Uniques combining mechanical complexity, extreme artisanship and a near-to-impossible case in sapphire crystal MB&F launched Horological Machine N°6 in November 2014, all biomorphic curves and brushed metal in its inaugural edition, known as Space Pirate. Just over a year later, at the beginning of 2016, the HM6 Sapphire Vision followed, with the uppermost...
07
Nov
Horological Machine n°7 Platinum Red Having captivated the world with its soaring tourbillon and perfect symmetries over the last two years, the jellyfish-inspired HM7 Aquapod emerges from the depths for a new outing in 2019. This time in the most precious of metals and an arresting new shade – along with three-dimensional, “floating” hour and minute...
13
Jul

Only Watch, la subasta benéfica de relojes más destacada del mundo, vuelve en 2019 en su octava edición para seguir concienciando acerca de la distrofia muscular de Duchenne y para ayudar en la búsqueda de una cura de este trastorno genético que afecta principalmente a niños varones. MB&F participa en la subasta benéfica Only Watch...

10
Jul
The essence of MB&F. The spirit of Can-Am Over the last decade, two indelible forms have often marked MB&F’s Horological Machines: the distinctive angular form and optical prism displays of the revisited 1970s Amida watch, which first manifested in HM5 and then HMX; and the now signature “battle-axe” winding rotor, which took centre stage on...
17
Oct
Experiment ZR012 by C3H5N3O9 features Wankel engine inspired hour and minute indications in an asymmetrical zirconium case with articulated and compound lugs. At first glance the time appears to be indicated by centrally rotating triangular rotors; however, the triangles are actually Reuleaux polygons; they rotate eccentrically rather than centrally and track complex epitrochroid curves rather...
05
Nov
SUMMARY First launched in 2015 in red gold and platinum editions, the LM Perpetual is now also available in two white gold editions: a limited edition with a purple face, and a non-limited edition with a grey face. Beginning with a blank sheet of paper, MB&F and independent Irish watchmaker Stephen McDonnell have completely reinvented...
26
Oct
SUMMARY There is one technical constant that defines every single watch in the MB&F Legacy Machine collection. Functions may vary, and different complications come to the fore in each edition, but the suspended balance wheel remains literally and metaphorically above everything else. In Legacy Machine Split Escapement, this feature is not only high- lighted, but...
11
Oct
SUMMARY Octopod continues MB&F’s exploration of aquatic themes with an eight-leg, eight-day clock inspired by cephalopods, marine chronometers and The Abyss – blending contempo rary design with kinetic sculpture and a transparent bubble lled with precision horology. Conceived by MB&F and built by Switzerland’s premier clock maker, L’Epée 1839, Octopod stands or crouches thanks to...
20
Sep