patrick_y
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It's much more handsome in person...
I often say, some perpetual calendars aren't handsome and that they're crowded and messy dials. Some chronographs can come off that way too. But this one is quite handsome in person. Of course, to each their own. But I'm very sensitive to messy dials. And I really like time-only watches.
MB&F Sequential EVO Chronograph - THE GREATEST CHRONOGRAPH INVENTION IN 100 YEARS!
What's better than a Split Seconds Chronograph? The new MB&F Sequential EVO Chronograph! I had the distinct pleasure of seeing this watch last week in Geneva and all I can say... This is REVOLUTIONARY. An ALL NEW Chronograph Concept! A truly great contrib...
Absolutely Incredible!!!
Congrats to Stephen, Max, and all their friends. A new level of achievement that surely ranks MB&F within the true modern horology Holy Trinity.
Indeed! So incredible!
I wonder what else Max and Stephen can come up with? This is surely the one for the history books! From a functional perspective, this is amazing!
100% Agree
Any serious racing team, or racing enthusiast, could easily use this. If I was still racing the Formula car...
MB&F never ceases to amaze me! Another hit is created!
Functional art at it's finest.
Indeed!
A Porsche is functional art. It's very functional, and it's kind of artistic. But this is just beyond... This is just amazing! So much art!
This is at the other end of the spectrum of the just released RRCC II and is equally as amazing!
We are in for a treat today with both of these releases. Hope you can get your hands on one to give us a detailed review Patrick. Regards
Agreed, and 2022 is 'redefining' modern horology.
And this is how it should be imho... progress. It's also kinda sad that many brands are just living off their past reputation instead of pushing the art, science, and technology forward. Let's hope we finally get an officially-announced new Modern Holy Tr...
Maybe we let our readers vote on a Holy Trinity for the Modern World someday...
The current "Holy Trinity" of Vacheron Constantin, Patek Philippe, and Audemars Piguet are quite amazing. The "Big Four" (not Accounting Firms) would include the aforementioned three, plus Breguet. Perhaps we need to make a "Contemporary Pious Trinity" fo...
Yes, that's the outdated 1960 list. Thank you for the reminder.
Really needs a modern eye as many companies are superseding the craftsmanship and creativity of the old trinity today. Interesting sidebar as was on the phone with a timepiece friend today discussing the MB&F, the RR release, etc and he brought up somethi...
Don't want to talk too much about the pricing...
But overall, I found this watch to be very fairly priced. Yes, it's a chronograph priced like a perpetual calendar. But arguably it's more complex and pioneering than a perpetual calendar. It's just that perpetual calendars are perceived to be more comple...
Besides, now you see Perpetual Calendars from Baume Et Mercier and Montblanc
And they're under $20K US. Soon, QPs won't be that special anymore. JLC makes a very nice thin perpetual calendar cased in steel for a reasonable $23K US.
this machine is a beast…
Impressive the way MB&F have designed such a complex movement….Max never ceases to surprise! Thanks for sharing Patrick. Best, Mahesh.,
Indeed! MB&F and Stephen McDonnell really made an incredible movement!
And big kudos to Stephen for coming up with the ultra cool concept!
Its a amazing masterpiece.
It blow me away when i had the chance to play with one during W&W. Incredible creation from a amazing brand and friends
Very special indeed!
I missed W&W this year... They didn't want Americans coming. What can I say? So I didn't get to sneak a peak at this one!
Sure, but does it have a fly back mechanism? :)
This is the most bad-arse'd watch ever made. I am officially calling it.
Yes! This is one bad bulldog of a watch! I don't know about the flyback...
I don't think it has a flyback. I think the "twinverter" button acts in place of that. But I don't know. Maybe I'll ask the next time I'm in their office in Geneva!
I can confirm there is no flyback function
Although that doesn't make it any less amazing! I echo all of your thoughts about this watch, it is a superlative achievement and a real mechanical tour de force. I was lucky enough to have the chance to play with it and photograph it in Geneva last month...
Oh! Now I remember!
Yes... The problem is "the average consumer" which plagues all watch companies. The average consumer wants three things; automatic, a quickset date in an aperture, and a large second hand. They don't care about hacking. They don't care about flybacks, whi...
Yes. You were probably blaming the companies...
But the companies are only going by how the consumer incentivizes their behavior. Meaning if the consumer doesn't care enough, the company doesn't care that much neither. Did I get it right this time?
Wow - jawdropping!
This is truly an amazing feat of high end horological technology. Time to write a new chapter in the book of chronographs! Thank's for a very interesting post.
Thanks for the write-up and interesting introduction - however...
...and maybe it is only me: this "dial" is really not pretty at all. Quite messy, not legible in many ways, nothing I would like to look at and no charm for a wrist imho. Not talking about the technical features. (There also have been chronos in the past ...
It's much more handsome in person...
I often say, some perpetual calendars aren't handsome and that they're crowded and messy dials. Some chronographs can come off that way too. But this one is quite handsome in person. Of course, to each their own. But I'm very sensitive to messy dials. And...
The technical achievement is astonishing.
With that said, the design itself does leave me pondering.... As with most MB&F designs, so nothing remotely new there .... Remains to be seen in the metal. Thanks a bunch for the exhaustive report Patrick! Cheers, Filip
Very cool technical achievement...
...I wish I was a bigger fan of the bridge on these... At 44 x 18.2mm it seems a bit unwearable to me. Maybe they will some day size it down.
I'm happy to report that it wears much smaller on the wrist.
I wore this watch in Geneva last week, and it didn't come off nearly that thick (the crystal is heavily domed, the case side isn't that thick). The 44mm case size definitely felt small, it wore like a 42mm like an Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch. So don't wor...
I could probably handle the 44mm part...
...but would never be able to wear it with a long-sleeve shirt. The engineering, however, is truly amazing.
Another awesome creation by Max and co.
A little large, but I think many of their creations are excepted from normal sizing protocol. Thanks for sharing!
It wears smaller than the size itself would suggest!
It wears like an Omega Moonwatch in size. Definitely feels small for a 44mm.
I agree! I like how it looks too!
Most complex looking watches don't look elegant. But this one has an air of ultra-modern elegance to it.
Before watching the video, I didn't appreciate the possibilities that this groundbreaking chronograph opens up.
Thanks to the genius of Stephen McDonnell and the creative vision of Maximilian Busser, we no longer have to put the chicken on the BBQ at the same time as the steak. It becomes possible to separately time the cooking of both to perfection, without having...
I've got a friend who only eats his chicken cooked until it's super dry...
So I know what you mean! Too bad he's not a watch guy!
It took 5 years ; and what a fantastic creation!!!
It was a wonderful moment when Max Busser explained how the idea was presented by Stephen and how the watch was born. They way Stephen explained the loss of amplitude in a traditional chronograph when accuracy and stability is “most” needed; and then went...
It's going to be hard to top this one!
This one is truly a special piece! Unprecedented!
That was my reaction as well!
I could barely sit down while the team explained to me how the watch worked!
Thanks for posting, such an exciting and innovative take on the chrono
This and the lm perpetual make me wonder what the heck all these other brands are doing with their r&d budgets or if such innovation is even possible in a larger corporate/commercial environment. In my industry few have figured out how to nurture a contin...
I'm crossing my fingers for you!
Hmm. I don't know why MB&F has an aversion to second hands. I like to have the second hand too, just to make sure the watch is still running. With the MB&F watches, the movement is often exposed, so one can automatically tell the movement is still...
A seconds hand adds to setting accuracy
IMHO having a seconds hand makes it convenient to not only set the watch accurately, but also measure the accuracy on an on-going basis. Perhaps if one of the chrono seconds hand can be kept running without affecting the timekeeping stability, it may be a...
Yes, the 5960 does offer that ability...
The 5960 has a vertical clutch chrono, opposed to the more traditional horizontal clutch. The horizontal clutch has gear teeth going in and out, giving a minor amount of friction that would eventually create extra drag in the system and theoretically shou...
