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Discover all of the calibres and track the evolution of MB&F Machines at the new \u201920 Calibres in 17 Years\u2019 exhibition taking place until December 7th at the newly opened MB&F Lab, Singapore.<\/p>\n
In the complex and beautiful world of fine watchmaking, releasing each new watch with a new movement is extremely rare. It is more than unusual, and it is way past the point where something could politely be described as eccentric. In the watch industry, creating a new movement for each new watch, at the speed of one or two watches every year, is likely to get you labelled officially insane.<\/p>\n
This is exactly what MB&F did, starting in 2007 with the HM1 engine. Over a period of 17 years, 20 calibres were created, the latest being 2022\u2019s LM Sequential EVO. Initially working closely with external watchmakers, the first Friends in MB&F (Maximilian B\u00fcsser and Friends) vernacular, production metamorphosed into a predominantly in-house process, with the first fully internalised movement being 2014\u2019s LM101 engine.<\/p>\n
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Being avant-garde in design can sometimes allow people to forget about the technical expertise that inhabits every single MB&F Machine. Creations such as HM2 and HM3 \u201cFrog\u201d introduced advancements in sapphire crystal fabrication that took a significant step towards making complex 3D shapes in this notoriously difficult material. Even small features, such as the power reserve indication, have been used to showcase innovation, from the LM1\u2019s vertical power reserve indication to the LMX\u2019s hemispherical power reserve indication.<\/p>\n
Until now, the MB&F story has mostly been told in terms of the actual Machines themselves \u2014 Horological Machine N\u00b01 (2007) that debuted Max B\u00fcsser\u2019s new vision of watchmaking, Horological Machine N\u00b0 3 (2009) that cemented the brand\u2019s reputation for design audacity, Legacy Machine N\u00b01 (2011) that opened the next frontier of horological expression at the brand, or Legacy Machine Perpetual (2015) that rewrote the book on calendar watches. But what follows is not the MB&F story as you know it \u2014 because the Engines have their own voice.<\/p>\n
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Each of the various external watchmakers behind MB&F\u2019s movements brought something different to the table. Viewed as a whole, these differences provide a second perspective on the story of the brand \u2014 an alternate dimension of mechanical interconnectivity that illuminates another side of the Machines. In context of the wider discourse about MB&F, it takes a certain capacity for analytical thought and horological understanding to perceive this dimension.<\/p>\n
Horological Machine N\u00b01 and Horological Machine N\u00b04 may look nothing alike to a casual observer, or even a relatively experienced watch enthusiast. Knowing that both HM1 and HM4 engines were conceived by Laurent Besse, knowing that both these projects are considered by Max B\u00fcsser the biggest professional and financial risks he ever undertook at MB&F, brings out a previously hidden aspect of the MB&F Machines.<\/p>\n
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So does the connection between HM2 and HM3, whose engines were signed by Jean-Marc Wiederrecht, and whose consecutive impact on the international watch community established the significance of MB&F in modern avant-garde horology.<\/p>\n
Think about how the hat-trick of LM1, HM5 and LM2 by Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Mojon anchored the brand\u2019s narrative continuity from 2011 to 2013 as MB&F embarked on the potentially destabilising new Legacy Machine collection. Or how Stephen McDonnell\u2019s untrammelled engineering prowess fuelled LM Perpetual and LM Sequential EVO, MB&F\u2019s two most mechanically innovative creations.<\/p>\n
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There is also the spiritual patrimony that links otherwise disparate developments. A prime example is the existential debt owed by HM6 to HM4, with the success of the latter setting the foundation for another such audacious foray.<\/p>\n
Or the technical inheritance that traverses the line between Horological Machine and Legacy Machine, such as the acquisition of savoir-faire in vertically oriented tourbillon construction that passed from HM7 to LM FlyingT. Not to mention the groundbreaking split escapement that originated with LM Perpetual, took centre stage in LM SE and then made its latest appearance in HM10.<\/p>\n
In the 17 years between 2005 and 2022, MB&F released 20 exceptional calibres, a rate of production unmatched by any other comparable brand. They say the real measure of a life is not the number of breaths you take, but the number of moments that take your breath away. Max out your Engines. It\u2019s time to recognise what it truly means to create 20 calibres in 17 years. It\u2019s time to take your breath away.<\/p>\n
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Location<\/strong> Dates Opening hours Discover all of the calibres and track the evolution of MB&F Machines at the new \u201920 Calibres in 17 Years\u2019 exhibition taking place until December 7th at the newly opened MB&F Lab, Singapore. In the complex and beautiful world of fine watchmaking, releasing each new watch with a new movement is extremely rare. It is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,103],"tags":[89,107,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-22257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-luxury","9":"tag-luxury","10":"tag-mbf","11":"tag-watches"},"yoast_head":"\n
\nMB&F Lab Singapore<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>From Friday 18th November 2022 to Wednesday 7th December 2022<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Monday to Saturday: 11am to 8pm
\nSunday & Public Holiday: 11am to 6pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"