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BaselWorld 2013: MB&F

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Maximilian Büsser and Friends

My first encounter with the HM5, we are back by '70s automobile design.  Louvers, open and closed.  Hidden headlights in which we can read the time.

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Here we see the movement of the HM5.  It has 2 disks for the minute and hours display and a prism to let those show up the right way around in the front window.

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Note the two small holes at the back of the watch right and left.  These "exhaust pipes" let any water that has gotten through the louvers exit the watch.  The waterproofing is not at the outside of the watch in this case, but through an internal case.  So any water doesn't stay inside an exit is provided.

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The HM3 MEGAWIND relinquishes its date indication to place the automatic winding rotor at the center of attention.  Note also that the hour and minute cones turn with the reading point stationary, much easier to read than the former rotating pointer.

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Stepping out of the horological frame the MusicMachine is a product of Reuge and MB&F.  Reuge, based in Ste.-Croix (also home of the Vianney Halter watches) was founded in 1865 and is today the only manufacturer of high end music boxes left on our planet.  The MusicMachine is a double barrel music box, each barrel playing 3 different tunes.   One cylinder plays the three tunes, Another Brick in the Wall, Smoke on the Water, and Imagine.  The other barrel plays extracts from Star Wars, Imperial March, and Star Trek.
The Machines propellers are the winding keys directly attached to the winding barrels below.  The 2 movements each have alloy steel  and lead combs with 72 notes.

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Comments:
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Mostel May 3rd, 2013-12:28
Hey it looks like they are having fun I'll never get MB and F, but I can imagine they are having a great time designing outrageous things.
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G99 May 3rd, 2013-12:28
interesting Don, but isnt that how the 70's digital mechanicals worked? 
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DonCorson May 3rd, 2013-12:35
What you said :)  
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G99 May 3rd, 2013-12:43
far higher quality though i... far higher quality though i think :) On 3 May 2013 20:35, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* DonCorson (registered) on May 3rd, 2013 - 12:35 > > *Title: What you said :) [nt] > * > > *
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Andy May 3rd, 2013-14:58
Love the HM5...stunning :-) 
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BaselWorld 2013: Speake-Marin

DonCorson
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Peter Speake-Marin is showing his newest "entry level" models, the Spirit and Resilience, the first of a new line of "Mechanical Art" watches the Triad, and some one of a kind pieces. Let's take a look. The Triad, an attractive playful display with too much text. The Spirit with its Super Luminova numerals and indexes.


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