Maximilian Busser, the founder of MB&F, has just sent me the first photos of the newest MB&F watch engine which will power the Horological Machine No4 (HM4). It will be available for viewing, next week, during Baselworld 2010. The MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt timepiece is scheduled to officially be released July 2010. "As this image of the Engine of Thunderbolt reveals, Horological Machine No4 will feature a calibre that is a complete departure from any watch movement known today." The design of the piece appears to be inspired by a Star Wars or Star Trek ship. Whatever the inspiration, as usual, the design is anything but usual.

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I just received an email from Maximilian Busser regarding the new MB&F HM2-SV.

He says, "As promised, HM2-SV is now finally unveiled! SV for Sapphire Vision. A very limited edition of 25 pieces, letting the owner discover the whole movement and the construction of the titanium case supporting it. Honestly, when you have the piece in hand it is astounding. The whole movement in its three dimensionality just looks like a suspended city.

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Maximilian Büsser, the owner of MB&F, just sent me a teaser of his newest timepiece, the HM2-SV. Based on the original HM2, the SV will be available in a limited edition of 25. For now, this is the only photo available, but check back next Tuesday for the official photos and press release.

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What happens when that master of glorious colour, French high-end watch designer Alain Silberstein, is let loose with MB&F's Horological Machine No2? The surprising answer is a new, all-black case that epitomises Bauhaus purity and restraint. The new model, called Horological Machine No2.2, is known affectionately in-house as "the black box". It will be issued in a limited edition of eight watches.

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MB&F and artist Sage Vaughn ready to make a strong statement at Only Watch

There is a butterfly trapped in the movement of the latest watch to emerge from MB&F (Maximilian Büsser & Friends). And it has no hope of escaping, because the complicated movement is wrapped in barbed wire. This emotionally charged piece, a one-of-a-kind interpretation of MB&F's Horological Machine No2, is signed by the American artist Sage Vaughn. It will be auctioned at Only Watch, the charity auction to benefit research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy to be held in Monaco on 24 September 2009 under the patronage of HSH Prince Albert II. The auction is held every two years and brings together the cream of Switzerland's haute horlogerie watchmakers. Each contributes a unique watch, or the number one from a limited series, to be auctioned without a reserve price. All the proceeds from Only Watch go to enabling the Monegasque Association against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (AMM) to support international research projects into that disease - a field in which the Association has been actively involved since 2005.

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1- Before you started MB&F, you worked for Harry Winston and Jaeger-LeCoultre, two great companies. What was the most important thing you learned and took with you to MB&F?

If I look back, I think I can say that I learned at JLC how to work and developed my passion for real horology, while at Harry Winston, I Iearned who I really am. Driving that company over seven years taught me of which metal I was made of. Both experiences definitely helped carve the MB&F story.

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[ via MB&F ]

In 2006, MB&F presented Horological Machine No1 (HM1): a groundbreaking wristwatch that both launched MB&F and introduced the world to the then radical concept of three-dimensional kinetic sculpture as timekeeping machines. To pay homage to the end of this pivotal model, MB&F have crafted two final stunning variations, each in a very limited series of only ten pieces: HM1-Black and HM1-RS.

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MB&F presents Horological Machine No2 with a ceramic case. Two versions are available: ceramic with red gold (HM2-CR) and ceramic with titanium (HM2-CTi). Ceramic: there is nothing quite like it. In fact, nothing that even comes close! From exquisite 5,000 year old pottery to 300 km/hour brake disks on Formula One racing cars; from the aqueducts of the Roman Empire to 1,600°C heat shields on the space shuttle, ceramic's extreme versatility is complimented an incredible ability to shrug of time and adversity.

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