MB&F

MB&F stands for “Max Büsser and Friends,” and since its launch in 2005 it has been a workshop for Maximillian Büsser, a former executive at Jaeger-LeCoultre and onetime CEO of Harry Winston’s Timepiece Division, to apply his considerable engineering chops and artistic vision to create “Horological Machines” that are often wildly different from anything seen before in the timepiece arena. The “Friends” that have partnered with Busser on some of these projects are a “Who’s Who” of independent watchmaking rock stars: Kari Voutilainen (on the Legacy Machine “Thunderdome,” among others), Stepan Sarapaneva (on the MoonMachine pieces), and Alain Silberstein (on the LM 1 Silberstein “Performance Art” piece), to name a few. Each of MB&F’s Horological Machines is a technical and artistic achievement, often combining unconventional materials with innovative design concepts and off-the-wall movements whose approach to timekeeping challenges all existing conventions. A short list of recent highlights would include the HM10 Bulldog, the Legacy Machine Perpetual EVO, and MB&F’s recent collaboration with H. Moser & Cie, the LM101 and Endeavor Cylindrical Tourbillon.

Founded: 2005

Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

Ownership: Private (Maximillian Büsser, founder)

Notable models: Legacy Machine Perpetual, HM4 Thunderbolt, HM6 Space Pirate 

Did you know: Founder Max Büsser created the M.A.D. Gallery in Geneva in 2011 to showcase his “kinetic art” timepieces alongside other mechanical artworks.