{"id":10712,"date":"2014-05-20T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themilliardaire.com\/en\/\/?p=10712"},"modified":"2014-05-13T14:29:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T12:29:47","slug":"legacy-machine-101-bmf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themilliardaire.com\/en\/watches\/legacy-machine-101-bmf-10712\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy Machine 101 : Capturing the Essence"},"content":{"rendered":"

MB&F<\/strong> is an artistic and micro-engineering concept laboratory in which collectives of independent horological professionals are assembled each year to design and craft radical Horological Machines<\/strong>. Respecting tradition without being enables MB&F<\/strong> to act as a catalyst in fusing traditional, high-quality watchmaking<\/strong> with cutting-edge technology and avant-garde three-dimensional sculpture.<\/p>\n

In 2011, MB&F<\/strong>\u00a0introduced their round-cased Legacy Machine<\/strong> collection which pay tribute to 19th century watchmaking<\/strong> excellence by reinterpreting complications from the great horological innovators to create contemporary objets d\u2019art.<\/p>\n

Inspiration<\/h2>\n

MB&F<\/strong>\u2019s Legacy Machines<\/strong> were conceived when Maximilian B\u00fcsser, founder of Mb&F<\/strong>, started fantasising: \u201cWhat would have happened if I had been born in 1867 instead of 1967? In the early 1900s the first wristwatches appear and I would want to create three-dimensional machines for the wrist. There are no Grendizers, Star Wars or fighter jets for my inspiration but I do have pocket watches, the Eiffel Tower and Jules Verne. So what might my early 20th century machines look like? They had to be round (tradition) and three-dimensional (MB&F<\/strong> Machine): Legacy Machines<\/strong> are the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

While MB&F<\/strong>\u2019s futuristic Horological Machines<\/strong> have a firm foundation in the very best of traditional horology, B\u00fcsser wanted to pay homage to that rich tradition by imagining the type of timepiece<\/strong> he might create if he had been born a 100 years earlier.<\/p>\n

With its large, sedately oscillating balance, domed dials, historical bridge design and classical fine-finishing, Legacy Machines<\/strong> are the very contemporary, yet traditionally elegant fruition of that dream.<\/p>\n

Historical Legitimacy<\/h2>\n

For a classically sized 40mm wristwatch, Legacy Machine 101 (LM101)<\/strong> covers a lot of ground. Or to be more precise, LM101<\/strong> covers a lot of time: over 100 years between inspiration and realisation.<\/p>\n

Legacy Machine 101<\/strong> embodies and accentuates the very essence of what is essential in a wristwatch: the balance wheel, which is responsible for regulating precision; how much power remains in the mainspring, which indicates when it needs to be next wound; and of course, the time.\u00a0LM101<\/strong> has one more very special feature, one that cannot be seen: it houses the very first movement developed entirely in-house by MB&F<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Visually, LM101<\/strong> is dominated by the monumental suspended balance wheel, its sedate oscillations drawing the eye ever closer. Two pristine-white subdials hover just above the fine sunray-engraved movement top plate: At the top right, highly legible hours and minutes are displayed by beautiful blued-gold hands contrasting against the immaculate white, while the 45-hour power reserve indicator is displayed in a smaller, but similar subdial below.<\/p>\n

In an apparent feat of magic, the sapphire crystal protecting the dial appears to be invisible; creating the illusion that you can reach out and touch the prodigious balance wheel hanging mesmerisingly from elegant twin arches. The arches are milled from a solid block of metal and require more than five hours of hand polishing to achieve their mirror-like lustre.<\/p>\n

Turning over Legacy Machine 101<\/strong>, the display back crystal \u2013 domed to reduce the thickness of the caseband and, visually, the height of the watch \u2013 reveals the exquisitely hand-finished movement. Sensually curved plates and bridges pay homage to the style found in high quality historic pocket watches and testify to the respect accorded to historical legitimacy.<\/p>\n

With its undulating Geneva waves, hand polished bevels, gold chatons and countersunk blued screws, the beauty of LM101<\/strong>\u2019s movement doesn\u2019t just stay faithful to a bygone era. It also heralds the dawn of a new epoch as it is the first MB&F<\/strong> calibre to be entirely conceived and designed in-house.<\/p>\n

Legacy Machine 101<\/strong> is available in an 18k red gold or 18k white gold case.<\/p>\n

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