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This message has been edited by SJX on 2007-10-25 11:20:24 This message has been edited by SJX on 2007-11-06 23:01:12

aaaarrgggg get off help...help....

NT

friends and enforcers everywhere......

It's like a Speake-Not binding magical jinx; try to tell anyone and all your internal cogs fall out!

MTF

This message has been edited by MTF on 2007-10-26 12:14:39

I needed that!

;-)

to get some kind of hint out of Max a while ago, without the slightest bit of success.
I don't have the foggiest idea.
Don

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My guess is  a retrograde circus.

Jumping hour! & date

...my guess is that it will have four barrels, bestowing a huge power reserve.

Four dials, each mounted concentrically over a barrel arbor.

With all these dials and all this power, my guess is that it will be a highly complicated watch. Max wouldn't do something which has been done before, so I think an ordinary chrono or perpetual is out. Hence my guess is:

either a highly complex astronomical watch with moonphases, equation of time, lever-coucher indicators, perhaps even user-customisable according to location;

or maybe a series of jumping or retrograde digital displays of hours, minutes, date, and a countdown function....something which has definitely never been done before....well, not successfully anyway....although (ahem) some have tried....

it is untenable to turn out consecutive "difficult" projects in a series e.g. the Opus series.

Sometimes, you have to alternate the complicated with the simple. There is no devaluation in an exquisite "simple" product. Actually, it is more challenging to make a great simple watch that epitomises the mission for MB&F: Blending Art and Engineering.

Some time back, Max said in an interview that the series may be alternating big-small projects...........

Regards, MTF

This message has been edited by MTF on 2007-10-29 02:24:34

(Yes, I remember now about the alternating levels of ambition - odd numbers being "inspirational/aspirational", and even numbers being "accessible".)

Besides, since my first guess I have spotted two further clues:

1. SJX's photo on the AHCI forum, and
2. A very obvious clue in the "Team Photo". (nyuk nyuk nyuk...)

I stick somewhat to my guns. Four barrels, four dials, huge power reserve (31 days in fact).

Cheers,
Tony P

Dear All,

 

I can’t add much about HM2, but I did have a chat with Max Busser at Tempus regarding the trend to having the mechanical mechanism as the centre of attention with the time-telling function of secondary importance; much like Opus 6, I guess (which Max was not directly involved with). We were talking about this because I was wearing a Reverso Grand Date with the movement side showing. I don’t want to read too much into the conversation, but Max implied that HM3 would have more focus on the movement as well.

 

Great fun to speculate. Unfortunately, HM3 is likely to be fashioned from Unobtanium. Sounds like HM2 will be at a more accessible price point, so I can’t wait for the photos to flow.

 

Regards

 

Andrew

... an auto repeat countdown timer for next year's, and each succeeding years', World Series win by the Boston Red Sox. That would also explain in part the sporty Lousiville Slugger ash and hickory wood finish.

That put a smile on my face. I recall that from some Sci Fi movie abt going into the core of the earth (unfortunately I cannot recall the name). It would truly be a classic name for an MBF watch!

Cheers!

Hi Harry, nice to ‘talk’ to you again.

 

You are correct, the film was “The Core”. An interesting premise but ultimately a disappointing film.  Unobtanium, however has a longer history than that – see the entry in Wikipedia for more information.

 

You inspired me to post a related entry about watch materials on the HoME page.

 

Hope you are well,

 

Andrew

with the first pic of the watch it looks like the crown is controlled by the steel / white gold (?) pusher. Does this serve to lock / unlock the crown, or to set the function?

A perpetual calender with the MB&F signatory two dials, one for the time, one for the date, would be cool. Same could be said for a chrono with a similar layout. Both would make sense with the crown button I mused about.

I am pretty sure that HM2 will be more 'simple' and 'affordable', but still not any bit less ambitious.

Magnus

the date indicator could double as PR hand... And a wind-alert could be usefull, in a month you forget a lot! Interesting to note the spware case design...

M.

There's something missing....

with odd and even number dates on different dials!

 

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