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MB & F "ARACHNOPHOBIA"

SUMMARY Founded in 2005, MB&F celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2015 with the motto “A creative adult is a child who survived”. Founded in 2005, MB&F celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2015 with the motto “A creative adult is a child who survived”. In its first decade, the Geneva-based creative lab has presented some very...

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MB & F "MUSICMACHINE 3"

SUMMARY MB&F celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2015 with the tagline “A creative adult is a child who survived.” One lm that children (and many adults) of all ages love is Star Wars and who could forget the frantic swarms of the Imperial eet’s TIE ghters as they battle the Alliance. The TIE ghter- inspired...

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MB & F "BALTHAZAR"

SUMMARY Balthazar is a sophisticated and imposing high-precision robot clock displaying jumping hours, retrograde seconds and a 35-day power reserve. Weighing in at over eight kilograms (18 pounds) and standing nearly 40 centimetres tall (16 inches), Balthazar is composed of 618 beautifully finished, micro-engineered components. [wpvideo Rd0yPSyv] But beware... there is also a dark side...

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MB & F "ASTROGRAPH"

SUMMARY Geneva, October 2016 – The Maison Caran d’Ache and the horological laboratory, MB&F, have combined their expertise for a unique creative odyssey: the Astrograph writing instrument. [wpvideo MqG5AHHT] Projecting his dreams of conquering space onto a writing instrument was the original idea of the founder of MB&F, Maximilian Büsser. The creative and technical forces...

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MB&F : Remembering​ the "Horological Machine Nº4"

A traditional wristwatch has a relatively straightforward role: to tell the time. All that is needed is a hand for the hours, another for the minutes and perhaps a power reserve indicator to keep track of running time. Horological Machine No4 has a hand for the hours, another for the minutes and a power reserve...

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MB&F’s Destination Moon

Reality sucks! In the 1960s, science fiction had us flying through the air on hoverboards and our imaginations soared, but we ended up with non-hovering boards with wheels on solid ground. Science fiction promised us 3D TV and engineers delivered, but we took one look, felt queasy and out they went. Science fiction filled our...

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MB&F: HM7 Aquapod

Es muy complicado que una firma sea capaz año tras año de sorprender a sus seguidores. Por esta razón se hace imprescindible aplaudir el trabajo de MB&F, que ha sido capaz de hacer volar de nuevo nuestra imaginación nada menos que una década después de la aparición de su primer reloj, el HM1. La nueva...

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