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Lot Essay
For Horological Machine No. 7, MB&F explores the undersea world with this organic jellyfish-inspired design luminous ‘Aquapod’ with central one-minute flying tourbillon. Offered in superb condition, the present watch is accompanied by the original MB&F box.
In common with all MB&F’s Horological Machines, the design and mechanical concept of HM7 is perfectly harmonious resulting in a timepiece that is both hauntingly beautiful and utterly extraordinary in its appearance and horological ingenuity, yet is at the same time entirely practical in use.
Horological Machine No. 7 – A ‘Horological Jellyfish’
From the side view, the HM7 is almost spherical with domed sapphire crystals both top and bottom. Although not promoted as a diver’s watch, the HM7 is entirely waterproof to 50 metres (165 feet) and has a unidirectional rotating bezel set apart from the main body of the case. Just like a real jellyfish, the biomorphic HM7 glows in the dark, the flying tourbillon at the very top of the automatic movement is positioned for maximum appreciation during the day, and at night it is illuminated by three panels of AGT Ultra (Ambient Glow Technology) around the inside of the movement. The winding rotor’s ‘tentacles’ are machined from a solid block of titanium with a platinum sector underneath. Their curved, three-dimensional nature alternates between polished and satin-finished sections. Super-LumiNova segments along the rotor make provide strong luminosity so that it glows in the dark along with the other elements. The luminous hours and minutes are displayed on two aluminium/titanium rotating chapter rings with oversized central ceramic bearings. The movement is fitted with two crowns, for winding on the left and time setting on the right.
The HM7 is a functional work of art and horological sculpture inspired by the ocean and the ethereal and hypnotic beauty of the jellyfish. Mesmerising simply to admire and behold, it cannot fail to captivate anyone who sees it.
In common with all MB&F’s Horological Machines, the design and mechanical concept of HM7 is perfectly harmonious resulting in a timepiece that is both hauntingly beautiful and utterly extraordinary in its appearance and horological ingenuity, yet is at the same time entirely practical in use.
Horological Machine No. 7 – A ‘Horological Jellyfish’
From the side view, the HM7 is almost spherical with domed sapphire crystals both top and bottom. Although not promoted as a diver’s watch, the HM7 is entirely waterproof to 50 metres (165 feet) and has a unidirectional rotating bezel set apart from the main body of the case. Just like a real jellyfish, the biomorphic HM7 glows in the dark, the flying tourbillon at the very top of the automatic movement is positioned for maximum appreciation during the day, and at night it is illuminated by three panels of AGT Ultra (Ambient Glow Technology) around the inside of the movement. The winding rotor’s ‘tentacles’ are machined from a solid block of titanium with a platinum sector underneath. Their curved, three-dimensional nature alternates between polished and satin-finished sections. Super-LumiNova segments along the rotor make provide strong luminosity so that it glows in the dark along with the other elements. The luminous hours and minutes are displayed on two aluminium/titanium rotating chapter rings with oversized central ceramic bearings. The movement is fitted with two crowns, for winding on the left and time setting on the right.
The HM7 is a functional work of art and horological sculpture inspired by the ocean and the ethereal and hypnotic beauty of the jellyfish. Mesmerising simply to admire and behold, it cannot fail to captivate anyone who sees it.