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LM Perpetual Chromatic
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At MB&F we love to create Machines. Whether it’s MB&F’s Horological Machines, Legacy Machines and Special Projects, which reinterpret fine watchmaking into kinetic, 3-dimensional sculptures for the wrist. Or the Co-Creations: table clocks, music boxes and other forms of mechanical art born from collaborations with partners. And also our parallel, more accessible label of wristwatches: M.A.D.Editions – they’re all Machines!
MB&F Machines

MB&F Co-Creations

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Legacy Machines

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Horological Machines

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Legacy Machines

[H3] Legacy Machine 101 EVO
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Special Projects

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Performance Art

[H3] Bvlgari x MB&F Serpenti
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Legacy Machines

[H3] Legacy Machine Perpetual EVO
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Legacy Machines

[H3] Legacy Machine Perpetual
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MB&F Machines

[H3] Past Machines
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Reuge

[H3] MusicMachine 1 Reloaded
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M.A.D.2

[H3] M.A.D.2 R&B
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Discover our carefully-curated art pieces or, as we like to call them, Mechanical Art Devices. From amazing artists worldwide, each one making our heart beat that little bit faster.
MB&F Curated Artists

Curated Artworks

MB&F Curated Artists

[H3] Smith & Winken
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MB&F Curated Artists

[H3] Frank Buchwald
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MB&F Curated Artists

[H3] Hyunjin Seoul Studio
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Lluís Carulla Ruiz

[H3] Sea Urchin
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MB&F Curated Artists

[H3] Marc Ninghetto
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MB&F Curated Artists

[H3] Kokusai
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Lukas Schilling

[H3] Aquila Silver
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[H3] Breakfast
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MB&F Curated Artists

[H3] Jan Borren
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Damien Bénéteau

[H3] Variation 120
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Curated Art
Discover the heart of MB&F - the M.A.D.House - as well as our M.A.D.Galleries, MB&F Labs and retailers worldwide. We are present in Europe, America, the Middle East and Asia.
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[H3] M.A.D.Galleries
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[H3] MB&F Labs
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[H3] MB&F Retailers
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Since 2005, we have disrupted traditional watchmaking with our fiercely unconventional Machines - but more importantly, our mission is to inspire you to be creative and step out of your comfort zone - to find your True North.
20 Years Anniversary

About MB&F

MB&F Milestones

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Odyssey

[H3] About MB&F
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Odyssey

[H3] MB&F Milestones
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Odyssey

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Odyssey
MB&F has always been about Friends – it runs so deep that it’s part of our name, “Maximilian Büsser & Friends”. The Friends are many and diverse: manufacturers, designers and watchmakers we love and admire. In addition to these essential partners, another community is just as important: the owners of MB&F Machines known as “The Tribe”.
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People & Spirit

[H3] Meet the Friends
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People & Spirit

[H3] Collaborative Spirit
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People & Spirit

[H3] The Tribe
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[H3] Minimilians
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People & Spirit

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People & Spirit
To Maximilian Büsser, founder of MB&F, watchmaking is art, but most of all, it's a mindset, a journey.This constituted the base for the Tales from the Tribe podcast, offering a wonderful perspective on life, challenges and accomplishments in conversation with very special guests.
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Need further information ?Please feel free to contact us and we'll happily reply to your query.Get in touchMB&FRoute de Drize 21227 CarougeSwitzerlandEmail: info(at)mbandf.comTelephone: +41 (0)22 786 36 18

Started as an experimental side project to thank MB&F's Friends and Tribe Members, M.A.D.Editions now stands on its own two feet - offering the same level of creativity at a more accessible price point - and welcoming a wider group of aficionados to our creative community.Already during the inception of MB&F, nearly two decades ago, Maximilian Büsser had an idea for a parallel watch brand at a more affordable price point. The project was a bit mad; at the time, his attention was naturally focused on MB&F. The concept never left him, however, bubbling away in the back of his mind. In 2020, the project resurfaced.Between 2020 and mid-2021, the MB&F team fine-tuned and finalised the design – and invested into the manufacturing of a few hundred pieces. The timepiece would be as creative as everything else MB&F had developed, only at a much more affordable price. It could clearly not carry the MB&F name; to keep the price accessible, the engineering, complexity and finishing would obviously not be in the same league as MB&F’s Horological and Legacy Machines.The team chose M.A.D.Editions, linking the watch to the mechanical art universe of the brand’s M.A.D.Galleries.Never miss a raffle! Enter your email to stay updated and hear about the latest news from M.A.D.Editions.If the M.A.D.1 broke the rules, the M.A.D.2 spins a different story. Born from the mind of Eric Giroud – designer, rebel, and longtime MB&F Friend – this timepiece is a love letter to the wild, electrifying spirit of 1990s club culture; it’s the second act in a saga that started with an unexpected hit.
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Choosing the fairest way possible to allocate the M.A.D.Editions has been the subject of endless hours of internal debate at MB&F. The team felt that the usual systems – including drops, queuing endlessly at retail outlets, or never-ending waiting lists – were extremely frustrating for customers. It was decided that raffles were the fairest way: they give everyone a fair chance and ample time to register.To be notified when the next raffle opens, click on the button “RAFFLES” below. RAFFLESRewind to 2014. Max had a new idea brewing—not for collectors or connoisseurs, but for his family and friends. The people he loved couldn’t afford an MB&F watch, and it gnawed at him. How could they experience the magic of wearing one of his creations if the price tag kept them out?
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Since 2021, M.A.D.Editions has released a series of colourful M.A.D.1 timepieces, including a limited edition piece with French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.If the M.A.D.1 broke the rules, the M.A.D.2 spins a different story. Born from…In June 2021, MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser presented a timepiece called the…Artist Yinka Ilori turns his hand to watchmaking with the M.A.D.1S, infusing it…In 2024, Legendary French artist and designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac turns…In June 2021, MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser presented a timepiece called the…Maximilian Büsser and the MB&F team launched the fifth edition in the…In June 2021, MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser presented a timepiece called the…Artist Yinka Ilori turns his hand to watchmaking with the M.A.D.1S, infusing it…If the M.A.D.1 broke the rules, the M.A.D.2 spins a different story. Born from…Maximilian Büsser and the MB&F team launched the fifth edition in the…In 2024, Legendary French artist and designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac turns…In June 2021, MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser presented a timepiece called the…In June 2021, MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser presented a timepiece called the…In June 2021, MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser presented a timepiece called the…
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With Legacy Machine Perpetual, MB&F and independent watchmaker Stephen McDonnell have reinvented one of the most complex traditional watchmaking complications: the perpetual calendar.The result is Legacy Machine Perpetual, featuring a visually stunning in-house movement, developed from the ground up to eliminate the drawbacks of conventional perpetual calendars. The 581-component, fully integrated and purpose-built movement of Legacy Machine Perpetual has been designed for user-friendly and trouble-free use: thanks to an innovative “mechanical processor”, no more skipping dates or jamming gears, and the adjuster pushers automatically deactivate when the calendar changes, so no problems there either.A mechanical processor, a 3-dimensional architecture and a perpetual calendar - all that one could need.
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The revolutionary mechanical processor uses a default 28-day month and adds extra days as required. There is no "skipping over" redundant days, so the result is a fool-proof system that auto-protects itself from incorrect manipulation.
[H5] 3-DIMENSIONAL ARCHITECTURE
The 14mm balance wheel and indication dials hover above the movement, offering a perfect view into the 581 components of the complex mechanism.
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Hours, minutes, day, date, month, and leap year can be set independently by manually pressing the correctors. No need for special tools or complicated date setting!A very limited new Chromatic series featuring colourful bezels set with baguette-cut red rubies, blue sapphires and purple sapphires joins the LM Perpetual collection.The first two editions are crafted in 18k white gold and feature bezels set with either blue or purple sapphires, sourced from Madagascar and Sri Lanka. The third edition is crafted in 18k red gold and features a bezel set with red rubies from Mozambique. Each bezel is traced by an elegant line of 48 baguette-cut gemstones, all set by hand by the skilled team at the brand’s long-term Friend STG Creation in Geneva — a perfect frame for the complex perpetual calendar calibre, achieved without increasing the diameter of the case.For additional information, visit our Media CenterComplexity made easy.
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Beginning with a blank sheet of paper, MB&F and independent Irish watchmaker Stephen McDonnell have completely reinvented that most traditional of horological complications: the perpetual calendar.The result is Legacy Machine Perpetual, featuring a visually stunning in-house movement – developed from the ground up to eliminate the drawbacks of conventional perpetual calendars.20th Anniversary Limited Edition: 20 pieces in stainless steel with black sub dials
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Material: 18K red gold, 18K white gold, 18K yellow gold, platinum 950, grade 5 titanium, palladium 950 or stainless steel.Dimensions: 44 x 17.5 mm
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Engine
Fully integrated perpetual calendar developed for MB&F by Stephen McDonnell, featuring dial-side complication and mechanical processor system architecture with inbuilt safety mechanism.Manual winding with two mainspring barrels.Bespoke 14mm flying balance wheel visible on top of the movement.Superlative hand finishing throughout respecting 19th century style.Power reserve: 72 hours581 components / 41 jewels
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Functions & Indications
Hours, minutes, day, retrograde date, month, retrograde leap year and power reserve indicator
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2025 marks the 20th Anniversary of an adventure that started in 2005 when Maximilian Büsser started putting together a network of “Friends”, on the basis of a drawing that we know now as Horological Machine No.1.The LM Perpetual Longhorn contains MB&F’s GPHG award-winning perpetual calendar first released in 2015. Created in collaboration with independent watchmaker Stephen McDonnell, it relies on a ground-breaking “mechanical processor” which avoids skipping dates and jamming gears as the adjuster pushers automatically deactivate when the calendar changes. In this anniversary edition of 20 pieces, McDonnell’s visually stunning in-house movement takes on a whole new aesthetic with the addition of long horns and the black, silver and blue colourway.The perpetual calendar is one of the great traditional complications, calculating the apparently random complexity of the varying numbers of days in each month − including the 29 days in February during leap years. But traditional perpetual calendars do have a few drawbacks: dates can skip; they are relatively easy to damage if adjusted while the date is changing; and the complications are usually compromises of modules powered by base movements.LM Perpetual features a fully integrated 581-component calibre − no module, no base movement − with a revolutionary new system for calculating the number of days in each month. And it holistically reinterprets the aesthetics of the perpetual calendar by placing the full complication on dial-free display underneath a spectacular suspended balance.
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