Unconventional Wisdom Maximilian Büsser made MB&F one of watchmaking's most consistently daring brands by embracing creative leaps of faith. Since it started in 2005, the brand has surprised and delighted enthusiasts with an ambitious procession of unconventional timepieces that challenged horological conventions, pushed design boundaries, and sparked conversations about where modern watchmaking can go. However, Büsser admits that choosing the...

In human beings, the visible spectrum of light falls between red and violet, with infrared and ultraviolet lying just beyond these two extremes. When we see the color purple, what our eyes are actually taking in is the highest possible frequency of light that the human eye can perceive. Legacy Machine No.2 also lies at the highest end of its...

In the post-war years of the late 1940s and 1950s, aerodynamic principles were just beginning to take root in the field of automotive design. The boxy, carriage-like shapes of previous decades were melting into something more streamlined. At the same time, curvilinear forms became more prominent, carrying the immediate promise of power and speed. The sophisticated computer modeling and wind-tunnel...

MB&F and L’Epée 1839 present Grant, a triple-tracked, Mad-Max-cross-Transformer robot clock on a mission. In today’s fast-paced, always-on, 24/7 world, we are under constant bombardment from time: seconds race by; there is never enough; everyone wants more; and it keeps getting faster and faster. The nearest hour was once precise enough; now the world’s most accurate clocks are better than...

First launched in 2017 – in rose gold with black ceramic bezel, and in titanium with blue ceramic bezel – HM7 is back in a titanium case with a green sapphire crystal bezel, limited to 50 pieces. After pushing the boundaries of horological exploration by blasting into outer space (HM2, HM3, HM6), launching into the sky (HM4), and powering down...

The Fifth Element is an intergalactic horological weather station enabling accurate weather forecasting even when the power goes down. Four (UFO) elements: clock, barometer, hygrometer, and thermometer combine in a mothership (with Ross, the alien pilot) to create an entity much larger than the sum of its parts: The Fifth Element. An analog weather station might at first glance appear...