MB&F Watches

MB&F (Maximilian Büsser & Friends)

MB&F doesn’t make watches — they make kinetic art for the wrist.

This is horology unleashed. Sci-fi casework, floating balance wheels, space-age complications, and movements that look like they were reverse-engineered from a UFO.

If you want a watch that challenges your definition of a watch, MB&F is the modern collector’s dream.

A Little History

MB&F was founded in 2005 by Maximilian Büsser, a former exec at Jaeger-LeCoultre and Harry Winston, where he led the Opus project. His goal? Create “horological machines”

— not products, but collaborations between watchmakers, artists, and engineers that explore what timekeeping can look like when there are no rules.

The result: a catalog of Horological Machines (HMs) and Legacy Machines (LMs) that have become modern icons — blending technical mastery with design experimentation

in ways no other brand attempts.

Everything is built in Geneva, using in-house or bespoke-developed calibers, finished to haute horology standards and sold in ultra-limited runs.

What Collectors Love

MB&F collectors don’t just wear watches — they wear statements, and every model makes one:

Horological Machines (HM1–HM11)

  • Asymmetrical, flying-saucer-style designs

  • Sapphire domes, aluminum turbines, battle-axe tourbillons

  • Time displays using rotating cones, jump disks, or visual tricks

  • Each is mechanically wild but still 100% analog and hand-finished

Legacy Machines (LM1–LM Sequential EVO)

  • More “classical” in architecture (round case), but with MB&F DNA

  • Huge floating balance wheels, vertical power reserve indicators, split escapements

  • Often collaborations with rockstar independents like Kari Voutilainen or Stephen McDonnell

They also make table clocks (with L’Epée), kinetic sculptures, and now the Mad Editions — a more affordable sub-label with signature MB&F flair (but under $3K).

Why MB&F Deserves a Spot

Because it’s the most creatively ambitious watch brand in the world, full stop.

MB&F doesn’t just innovate — it reinvents. Their pieces are mechanically audacious, visually radical, and finished to the same standard as Patek or Greubel Forsey.

And every one tells a story. You’re not just buying a movement or a name — you’re buying an idea, built with obsession.

If you love watches as objects of creativity, MB&F is in a league of its own.

What’s Out There Now

MB&F releases are small batch — often limited to 25–50 pieces per year per model. Highlights include:

  • LM Perpetual — Stephen McDonnell’s award-winning re-engineered calendar with no “ghost date” risk

  • LM101 / LM2 / LM FlyingT — for purists and minimalists (yes, they exist here)

  • HM3 Frog, HM5, HM10 Bulldog — iconic and collector-beloved, with wild displays and unique case shapes

  • Mad Editions (Mad1, Mad1 Red, etc.) — democratized MB&F energy at under $3K — a fan favorite

  • Performance Art Collaborations — with artists like Eddy Jaquet, Sage Vaughn, and Boucheron

Pricing:

  • LM Series — ~$60,000–$180,000

  • HM Series — ~$80,000–$500,000+

  • Mad Editions — ~$2,500–$4,000, resale only

Fed’s Take

MB&F is one of the most exciting things happening in modern watchmaking.

I’ve handled LM1s and HM3s — they’re not just watches, they’re experiences. The floating balance wheels. The domed crystals. The absurd levels of finishing. It’s like someone

let an artist, an engineer, and a collector sit in a room and said: “Go nuts.”

If you’ve already got the grails — the Journes, the APs, the Dufours — this is your next frontier.

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