watch making founded 2005 headquarters geneva switzerland area served worldwide key people maximilian b sser serge kriknoff products luxury timepieces website www.mbandf.com mb & f maximilian busser and friends is a swiss watch brand founded by maximilian busser in july 2005 and based in geneva switzerland . contents 1 machine collections 1.1 horological machines 1.1.1 horological machine no. 1 hm1 1.1.2 horological machine no. 2 hm2 1.1.3 horological machine no. 3 hm3 1.1.4 horological machine no. 3 frog hm3 frog 1.1.5 horological machine no. 4 hm4 1.1.6 horological machine no. 5 hm5 1.1.7 horological machine no. 6 hm6 1.1.8 horological machine x hmx 1.2 legacy machines 1.2.1 legacy machine no. 1 lm1 1.2.2 legacy machine 101 lm101 1.2.3 legacy machine no. 2 lm2 1.2.4 legacy machine perpetual lm perpetual 1.3 performance art pieces 1.3.1 hm2 only watch 2009 1.3.2 hm2 .2 black box 1.3.3 jwlrymachine 1.3.4 hm4 only watch 2011 1.3.5 music machine 1.3.6 starfleet machine 1.3.7 melchior 1.3.8 arachnophobia 1.4 maximilian b sser 2 references 3 further reading 4 external links machine collections edit horological machines edit the horological machines are mb & f s first line of wristwatches . their futuristic designs are inspired by science fiction and mb & f founder maximilian b sser s childhood . 1 these radical horological machines have a firm foundation in the very best of traditional horology but their designs come directly from the future . mb & f creates machines that tell the time rather than machines to tell the time . 2 horological machine no. 1 hm1 edit hm1 in red gold . hm1 features four mainspring barrels connected in both parallel and series a tourbillon escapement and 7 day power reserve . functions left dial hours right dial minutes and power reserve movement raised central one minute tourbillon separate hours and minutes seven day power reserve . balance oscillating at 28 800 bph . automatic winding . 22k gold battle ax winding rotor . four mainspring barrels in parallel . number of jewels 81 all functional . number of parts 376 including jewels . horological machine no. 2 hm2 edit hm2 cr hm2 features a mechanical movement offering a combination of instantaneous jump hour concentric retrograde minutes retrograde date bi hemisphere moon phase and automatic winding . 3 functions left dial retrograde date and bi hemisphere moon phase right dial jumping hours and concentric retrograde minutes movement jean marc wiederrecht agenhor 4 designed functionality regulated and powered by a girard perregaux oscillator and gear train balance oscillating at 28 800 bph 22k rose gold double hakken automatic winding rotor horological machine no. 3 hm3 edit hm3 sidewinder hm3 features cones respectively indicating hours and minutes with the hour cone capped by a day night indicator . an over sized date wheel allows for large legible numbers . hm3 is available in two versions sidewinder with cones lined perpendicular to the arm and starcruiser with cones in line with the arm . functions hour and day night indicator on one cone minutes on second cone date around the movement movement three dimensional designed by jean marc wiederrecht agenhor ; girard perregaux oscillator and gear balance oscillating at 28 800 bph . 22k rose gold battle axe shaped mystery automatic winding rotor hour and minutes information transmitted via ceramic ball bearings to laser cut hands . horological machine no. 3 frog hm3 frog edit hm3 frogs hm3 frog differs from hm3 in that on the frog it is the hour and minute cones that rotate past their respective indicators and on hm3 the indicators rotate around the cones . functions hour and day night indicator on one cone minutes on second cone date around the movement movement three dimensional designed by jean marc wiederrecht agenhor ; girard perregaux oscillator and gear balance oscillating at 28 800 bph . 22k rose gold battle axe shaped mystery automatic winding rotor hour and minutes information transmitted via ceramic ball bearings to laser cut hands . horological machine no. 4 hm4 edit hm4 thunderbolt hm4 features two perpendicular dials respectively indicating hours minutes and power reserve set in a futuristic case resembling two jet turbine pods . 5 hm4 thunderbolt was awarded the prize for best concept and design watch concept at the 2010 grand prix d horlogerie de gen ve . functions hours minutes and power reserve indicator . hours and minutes on right dial power reserve indicator on left dial . separate crowns for time setting and winding movement hm4 s movement was designed and developed by mb & f with laurent besse and beranger reynard of les artisans horlogers . each of the 311 components were developed specifically for the thunderbolt due to the extreme nature of its architecture . horological machine no. 5 hm5 edit hm5 on the road again hm5 was inspired by the futuristic at the time amida digitrend watch of the 1970s as well as supercars of that era . functions jumping hours and minutes which are reflected 90 from disks on top of the movement by a sapphire crystal prism that also magnifies the indications 20 % . movement developed by jean fran ois mojon and vincent boucard of chronode ; powered by a sowind gear train ; housed in a water resistant stainless steel inner container . horological machine no. 6 hm6 edit horological machine no. 6 hm6 features a rounded biomorphic case flying tourbillon under a retractable cover and automatic winding . 6 functions hour and minutes on separate semi spherical aluminum indication domes crown to open close flying tourbillon shield . movement three dimensional horological engine with 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 cr ative . 7 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 . 8 horological machine x hmx edit hmx black hmx was created for the 10th anniversary of mb & f in 2005 . it displays bi directional jumping hours and minutes vertically using optical prisms like those first seen in hm5 . features a rounded biomorphic case flying tourbillon under a retractable cover and automatic winding . 9 functions jumping hours bi directional and minutes displayed by dual reflective sapphire crystal optical prisms with integrated magnifying lens . movement three dimensional movement with jumping hour and trailing minutes module developed in house by mb & f powered by a sellita gear train . 10 legacy machines edit the designs of mb & f s legacy machines are retrofuturistic with traditional analog faces and circular cases and unusual design elements including convex crystal and balance wheels suspended above the face with arches . legacy machines pay homage to the rich watchmaking traditions of the 18th and 19th centuries by answering the question what would mb & f have imagined a 100 years ago legacy machine no. 1 lm1 edit legacy machine no. 1 in 2011 mb & f presented the first of their legacy machines lm1 . with lm1 mb & f said they were paying tribute to the watchmaking traditions of 18th and 19th centuries through imagining the type of timepiece they would have created had the company existed 100 years ago . 11 legacy machine no. 1 has a large diameter balance with traditional breguet overcoil suspended over on the dial from twin arches a vertical power reserve and a dual time zone that is able to be independently adjusted for both hours and minutes . functions and features hours and minutes ; independent dual time zone ; vertical power reserve ; left crown at 8 o clock for setting time of left dial ; right crown at 4 o clock for setting time of right dial and winding . movement developed by jean fran ois mojon and kari voutilainen . mojon and his team developed the movement while voutilainen was responsible for the aesthetic design and traditionally fine finishing . awards in 2012 legacy machine no. 1 made history at the grand prix d horlogerie de gen ve gphg when it became the first watch to win two prizes in the same year public choice prize 2012 and best men s watch 2012 . the grand prix d horlogerie de gen ve gphg . 12 legacy machine 101 lm101 edit legacy machine 101 in platinum launched in 2014 the concept behind lm101 was to reduce the wristwatch to its bare essentials so it only displays time hours and minutes plus power remaining in the mainspring . 13 functions and features hours minutes power reserve indicator and large suspended balance wheel above dial . movement entirely new caliber the first developed entirely in house by mb & f. 14 legacy machine no. 2 lm2 edit legacy machine no. 2 in 2013 mb & f presented legacy machine no. 2 which features two flying balance wheels suspended over the dial . a raised visible through the dial at 6 o clock planetary differential transmits the average rate of the two regulators to a single gear train . 15 functions and features hours and minutes ; two flying balance wheels and planetary differential . movement developed by jean fran ois mojon chronode and kari voutilainen . chronode developed the movement while voutilainen was responsible for the aesthetic design and traditionally fine finishing . 16 legacy machine perpetual lm perpetual edit legacy machine perpetual in 2015 mb & f presented legacy machine perpetual featuring a revolutionary new perpetual calendar architecture . 17 lm no. 1 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 . performance art pieces edit in parallel with their collection of horological machines and legacy machines mb & f have collaborated with selected artists to create performance art pieces available as unique pieces or in limited editions . mb & f performance art pieces essentially see a mb & f machine become the medium for the selected artist to paint or sculptures . citation needed . hm2 only watch 2009 edit presented in 2009 the hm2 only watch was a unique piece created in collaboration with american artist sage vaughn for the only watch charity auction benefiting research into duchenne muscular dystrophy held in monaco under the patronage of hsh prince albert ii . vaughn adorned the hm2 with a butterfly surrounded by barbed wire . hm2 .2 black box edit hm2 .2 black box launched in 2009 black box was a limited edition of eight pieces created in collaboration with french artist watch designer alain silberstein . this creation saw silberstein give the hm2 a solid black bauhaus style minimalist case . jwlrymachine edit jwlrymachine pink mb & f collaborated with french high jewellery house boucheron to create jwlrymachine in which the hm3 was turned into a three dimensional jewelled owl . hm4 only watch 2011 edit hm4 only watch was created in collaboration with chinese artist huang hankang featuring a miniature flying panda . music machine edit music machine 1 launched in 2013 music machine 1 was designed by mb & f and manufacture by reuge . this was followed by music machine 2 in 2014 and music machine 3 in 2015 which were also manufactured by reuge . mb & f s music machines are space ship styled music boxes playing a variety of melodies they are not clocks and do not tell the time . 19 starfleet machine edit starfleet machine table clock launched is 2014 starfeet machine is a spaceship themed clock developed with and manufactured