What if you could harness the raw power and spectacle of a thunderbolt within a watch? Meteorological science tells us that when cold and warm currents meet, all manner of dramatic weather ensues. Storms, freak atmospheric conditions and even tornadoes have been known to follow. So when two very different master watchmakers come together – one a legendary innovator from...

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...

First launched in 2015 in rose gold and platinum editions, and then in two white gold editions, the LM Perpetual is now also available in a titanium case: a limited edition of 50 pieces. Beginning with a blank sheet of paper, MB&F and independent Irish watchmaker Stephen McDonnell have completely reinvented that most traditional of horological complications: the perpetual calendar....

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 highlighted, but raised to another level of achievement. Just...

Legacy Machines are wondrous reinterpretations of significant horological inventions by the greatest watchmakers in history. So the contemporary look endowed by the otherworldly appearance of Legacy Machine N°2’s dual flying balances, suspended high above the dial from four gracefully arcing arms, may at first appear paradoxical. But make no mistake; LM2 is a timepiece tracing its lineage back over 250...