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MB&F
Company typePrivate
IndustryWatchmaking
Founded2005
FounderMaximilian Büsser
HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsWatches, Clocks
Production output
218 pieces (2018)[1]
Number of employees
25 (2019)[2]
Websitewww.mbandf.com

MB&F[3](Maximilian Busser and Friends)[4] is a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer founded by Maximilian Busser in July 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland. MB&F specializes in small series of concept-type[5][6]watches. MB&F is also known for its futuristic clocks and collaborations with other artists and watchmakers[7].

History

MB&F HM1 in red gold

MB&F was founded by founded by Maximilian Busser in July 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland[8]. MB&F launched its first watch, Horological Machine No.1 (HM1) in 2007 [9]. MB&F has since launched more than 10 atypical Horological Machines[10]. In 2011, the brand presented Legacy Machine No.1 (LM1), the first in a collection of more traditional-looking, round-cased watches. In 2012 LM1 was awarded twice at the Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG): Best Men's Watch and the Public Prize[11]. In 2019 MB&F presented its first ladies watch, the LM FlyingT[12].

Patents

  • In 2008 MB&F was granted a patent for a perpetual calendar mechanism which automatically corrects at the end of months having less than 31 days [13].

Notable models

Horological Machine No.6 (HM6)

MB&F HM6

HM6 features a rounded biomorphic case, flying tourbillon under a retractable cover, and automatic winding.[14]

Functions: Hour and minutes on separate semi-spherical aluminum indication domes, crown to open/close flying tourbillon shield.

Movement: features a central flying tourbillon, hour and minute indications on domes, automatic winding regulated by twin turbines developed exclusively for HM6 by MB&F and Davide Candaux Horlogerie Créative.[15]

Awards: In 2015 Horological Machine No.6 received a ‘Red Dot: Best of the Best" award – the top prize at the international Red Dot Awards.[16]

Legacy Machine Perpetual (LM Perpetual)

In 2015, MB&F presented Legacy Machine Perpetual featuring a new perpetual calendar architecture.[17] LM Perpetual has a large-diameter suspended balance with traditional Breguet overcoil suspended over on the dial from twin arches with the complete perpetual calendar complication visible on full display above the movement plate.[18]

Functions and features: Hours, minutes, day, date, month, retrograde leap year and power reserve indicators.

Movement: Fully integrated perpetual calendar developed for MB&F by Stephen McDonnell, featuring dial-side complication and mechanical processor system architecture with inbuilt safety mechanisms.

Awards: In 2016 Legacy Machine Perpetual won the Best Calendar Watch Prize" at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG.

LM FlyingT

Prizes and awards

  • 2019: LM FlyingT awarded Best Ladies Complication by the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève[19]
  • 2018: Maximilian Büsser awarded Entrepreneurship prize by the Prix [20]
  • 2016: LM Perpetual awarded Best Calendar Watch by the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG)[21]
  • 2015: HM6 Space Pirate awarded Best of the Best Red Dot prize[22]
  • 2012: Legacy Machine No.1 awarded both Best Men’s Watch Prize and the Public prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève[23]
  • 2010: HM4 Thunderbolt awarded Best Concept and Design Watch Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève[24]

Büsser created the first MB&F M.A.D. Gallery in 2011 in Geneva,[25] Switzerland. "M.A.D." stands for Mechanical Art Devices. Büsser considers his timepieces to be kinetic art[26] and created his own art gallery to display his sculptured Horological Machines in the context of mechanical art by other artists.[27]

In addition to Geneva, there are now M.A.D. Galleries in Dubai,[28], Taipei[29] and Hong Kong.[27]

Maximilian Büsser

After graduating with a master's degree in micro-technology engineering, Maximilian Büsser's first employer was Jaeger-LeCoultre where he spent seven years in their senior management team during a period of change and strong growth[30]

Büsser was appointed managing director of the Rare Timepieces division of Harry Winston in 1998. During his seven years there he transformed the company into a well-respected haute horlogerie brand. Working with talented independent watchmakers on the revolutionary Opus series[31] of timepieces planted the seed for developing that concept further still.

In 2005 Büsser resigned from Harry Winston to form MB&F—Maximilian Büsser & Friends—with the ethos of acknowledging the contribution of the individuals who contributed to each project.

Motto and slogan

“A creative adult is a child who survives”[32]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Maximilian Büsser on MB&F: "We Don't Want to Grow"". Entrepreneur (Middle East. May 2019.
  2. ^ "A Class Apart: Maximilian Büsser, Founder, Maximilian Büsser And Friends". Entrepreneur Magazine. May 2019.
  3. ^ "Watchmakers turn to new product ranges". Financial Times. March 2014.
  4. ^ "Luxury-Watch Show Gives Younger Brands a Seat at the Table". The Wall Street Journal. January 2017.
  5. ^ "Watchmakers turn to new product ranges". Robb Report. December 2019.
  6. ^ "Two Watch-World Heavyweights Teamed Up to Create a Triple-Axis Tourbillon for MB&F". Robb Report. December 2019.
  7. ^ "MB&F and H. Moser launch 2 models: a two-way collaboration of latest timepieces". The Financial Times. March 2014.
  8. ^ "The Watch World's Risk-Takers". The Wall Street Journal. March 2014.
  9. ^ "How This Unconventional Brand Changed the Watch World for the Weirder". Gear Patrol. March 2014.
  10. ^ "2GHHP Prize list 2012". GPHG.org. Nov 2012.
  11. ^ "2GHHP Prize list 2012". GPHG.org. Nov 2012.
  12. ^ "MB&F Creates Its First Watch for Women". The New York Times. March 2019.
  13. ^ "Watch Wiki MB&F". Watch Wiki.
  14. ^ Quill & Pad: Horological Machine No.6
  15. ^ Hodinkee Introducing Horological Machine No.6
  16. ^ ABTW: MB&F HM6 RT Watch In Red Gold
  17. ^ Quill & Pad Why Legacy Machine Perpetual Catapults MB&F Into The Big League
  18. ^ Bloomberg: Legacy Machine Perpetual Is MB&F’s Most Ambitious Watch Yet
  19. ^ "GPHG Prize List 2019". GPHG. January 2016.
  20. ^ "Maximilian: 'This Is My Life'". FHH Journal. September 2018.
  21. ^ "GPHG Prize List 2016". GPHG. January 2016.
  22. ^ "Maximilian Büsser: 'This Is My Life'". The New York Times. January 2016.
  23. ^ "GPHG Prize List 2012". GPHG. November 2012.
  24. ^ "GPHG Prize List 2010". GPHG. January 2016.
  25. ^ "Visiting the MB&F M.A.D Gallery, the crazy artistic universe of Max Busser & Friends". Monochrome Watches. 2016.
  26. ^ "Max Büsser's Accidental Art Gallery Empire". Watch Journal. May 2018.
  27. ^ a b "5 Awesome Mechanical Sculptures You Can't Miss At M.A.D.Gallery". Asia Tatler. 2019.
  28. ^ "Design Days Dubai in partnership with MB&F M.A.D Gallery". Gulf news. 2016.
  29. ^ "MB&F – Second M.A.D.Gallery in Taipei". Europa Star Dubai. 2015.
  30. ^ "A Class Apart: Maximilian Büsser, Founder, Maximilian Büsser And Friends". Entrepreneur Magazine. May 2019.
  31. ^ "Why Legacy Machine Perpetual Catapults MB&F Into The Big League". Quill & Pad. Nov 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |DUPLICATE-title= ignored (help)
  32. ^ "Maximilian Büsser: 'This Is My Life'". The New York Times. January 2016.
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