HMX
Overview
MB&F celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2015, and there is one basic fact about birthdays that is fairly safe to assume: The one celebrating usually gets the presents.
However, for one of the most significant anniversary of its decade-long existence at the time, MB&F turned that one basic assumption on its head. Rather than expecting to receive, the creative lab has conceived HMX – “X” as in the Roman numeral for ten – as a thank you to the Friends who have supported the brand over 10 years.
Creating such a Machine also made HMX one of the most difficult to develop as MB&F considered, tested and rejected a plethora of combinations of forms, finishes and details before being satisfied that everything was "just right".
What's so special about this machine?
Lateral time display, bi-directional jumping hours and oil-filler caps make HMX an ideal combination of mechanical and optical engineering.
Machine in action
An automatic winding mechanical movement provides HMX with power, its "fuel" topped up by the 22K gold rotor visible through the display back..
THE MACHINE
Designed like a supercar, HMX is a driver’s watch with bi-directional jumping hours and trailing minutes – but it's how and where the time is displayed that makes HMX so special: rotating discs on top of the movement are reflected vertically and magnified by optical prisms.
Visible through a curved sapphire crystal, the movement is designed like a supercar engine, down to the dual "rocker covers" including shiny oil filler caps.
- Material: grade 5 titanium and stainless steel with detailing in black, green, blue or red.
- Dimensions: 46.8 x 44.3 x 20.7 mm
- Three-dimensional horological engine, composed of a jumping hour and trailing minutes module developed in-house by MB&F, powered by a Sellita gear train.
- Mechanical movement, automatic winding.
- 223 components / 29 jewels / 42h power reserve
- Sapphire crystals on top, front and display back treated with anti-reflective coating on both sides.
- Dual reflective sapphire crystal prisms with integrated magnifying lens.
- Bi-directional jumping hours and trailing minutes, displayed by dual reflective sapphire crystal prisms with integrated magnifying lens.
Inspiration
As a child, Maximilian Büsser dreamt of becoming a car designer and his sketchbooks were full of drawings of the supercars of his imagination.
The automobile-inspired HMX is proof positive that the child in Max survived. Design influences like the distinctive ‘Superleggera’ style of renowned Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring resonate throughout the “coachwork” of the Machine.
Visible through the sapphire crystal engine cover are supercar-inspired dual "rocker covers" on top of the movement, each featuring shiny chrome oil filler caps. The four colours of HMX are all carefully selected motor racing colours: black, green, red and blue.
