![]() These two characteristics are linked to a caliber that has been conceived in-house but has then been finished by the famous master watchmaker Kari Voutilainen. A second counter, located at 6 o’ clock, is used to track the Power Reserve. At 2 o’clock a small counter with blued hands and Roman numerals tells the time, this looks like the porcelain dial that you find when you open a pocket watch’s lid. Today’s frost finish by MB&F is made using a delicate brushing mechanical process that gives it a uniform “greneè” appearance.Īll in all, the watch features a three-dimensional “dial layout” that is made possible thanks to the use of a slightly cambered sapphire glass, one of the most cambered glasses I’ve ever seen on a timepiece its antireflective treatment is so perfect that it seems as if you could touch the balance wheel with your fingertips (when you try to take a picture of it, it is almost impossible to avoid reflections or distorsions!). The original process consisted of a chemical treatment of the surface to give the dial a white-silvery effect that protects it from any oxidation process a special treatment invented when the concept of water resistant cases did not even exist. The frost dial cannot be truly regarded as the true dial but is, instead, the main plate of the movement itself, it is a tribute to one of Breguet‘s patents. This particular design has completely revolutionised the idea of hour visualization and parts displacement the main regulating system was removed from inside the movement and placed on top of the visualization instead. Two curved mirror-polished bridges (it takes up to five hours to get that special shine) support the big central rhodium plated balance wheel that is equipped with four regulating screws and sits on top of everything else. The MBF Legacy Machine LM101 Frost Red Gold Limited Edition is the last chapter of the Legacy Machine collection, where this special concept has been made even more extreme and has been simplified even further. This has always been every watchmaker’s most difficult task to achieve, especially when today’s technologies were not yet available. Each Legacy Machine has a mainstream motif: the balance wheel (or the regulating system) and its fine tuning. The Frost dial that gives the name to the MBF Legacy Machine LM101 Frost Red Gold Limited Edition was patented by Breguet during those years and this new edition, crafted 200 years later, pays homage to that achievement or, in the words of Maximilian “ this watch represents what I would have created had I lived in those years”. The Legacy Machine, as its name testifies, is the brand’s trademark, it is the product line that reminds us of the Golden Age of watchmaking, a timeframe situated between the end of the 18 th century and the beginning of the 19th century, when Breguet lived and most of the watchmaking inventions were crafted. ![]() The name MB&F is synonymous with high-end watchmaking, a visionary spirit and an unexpected take on watchmaking a marvellous adventure that started 10 years ago (the company celebrated its 10 th anniversary this year), when the brand started to release some time machines that can only be defined as extraordinary, unusual, revolutionary and classic. ![]() This is the place, where Maximilian Busser, founder of MB&F, has been gathering all his timepieces and a collection of the best mechanical devices by the best designers in the world ever since 2011. It took me a while, but I am eventually in a position to present you with the first article about MB&F before releasing such a piece of writing, I needed to both attend Baselworld or to spend a week-end in Geneva, where the MAD Gallery (aka the Mechanical Art Devices) is located.
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