THE NEW (SORT OF) HM3 MEGAWIND IS NOW AVAILABLE BUT YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO BUY INSTANTLY AS MONEY IS NOT THE ISSUE.
In case you think it is tens of thousand of ringgit, the price is RM 290,000 and this is the price in Switzerland so check with The Hour Glass in Kuala Lumpur for the exact price.
Available in The Hour Glass Kuala Lumpur so go there now and place your order!
Yes, this is actually a watch to be worn on your wrist though telling time takes a little time to learn but after paying RM 290,000 you will definitely find time!
The motor that runs the Megawind
The guy behind MB&F, Max Busser and his friends which stand for MB&F
Every watch connoisseur wants this watch but there is never enough so be nice to your watch retailer!
The lack of watches is the issue here! Everyone with money wants a HM3 and the reason is obvious so just take a lookee mapukee and you too will be hooked.
A MB&F watch is VERY addictive....
The new HM3 Megawind from MB&F looks like none of your watches!
The rotor blade looks like some evil weapon from Conan the Barbarian's arsenal
I love this sculptural, 3D watch!
HM3.
Re-engineered.
The MEGAWIND is here!
Horological
Machine No.3 is one of MB&F's most iconic Machines, no doubt. After the shocks of
HM1 and HM2, it hammered home the message that MB&F was resolutely
different. HM3 is designed like a spaceship, escaped from the science fiction
movies we loved as kids. And it literally turned traditional watchmaking on its
head: its automatic movement is flipped upside down, displaying MB&F’s signature
“battle axe” winding rotor on top of the case.
No wonder,
HM3 has become our best-selling series ever. Time therefore to introduce… HM3
re-engineered !
The new
giant rotor has extended its reach to the very limits of the case – giving this
Machine its name, ‘MegaWind’. The rotor’s centre and arms, crafted in
lightweight and tough titanium, are firmly riveted to the 22k gold blades on
either side.
The hour
and minute indicators have been optimised too: taking inspiration from the HM3
‘Frog’ variants, we’ve changed the previous static construction and opted for
revolving, paper-thin aluminium cones. Combined with much larger numbers, this
system improves legibility significantly – and adds an extra dose of “kinetic”
to the Machine.
MEGAWIND is
available in red gold, with matching red gold rotor, or in white gold with a
striking sky-blue rotor.
MEGAWIND
Time and Power
– who says you can’t have it all? Derived from the iconic HM3 series, MEGAWIND
combines a giant 22k gold and titanium winding rotor with highly legible time
indication cones rising up from the complex asymmetric case, like truncated
gold-framed monoliths.
Rotating
within their twin gold and sapphire crystal frustums, the cones display hours
(left) and minutes (right), with the time clearly visible from both the large
numbers on the sides of the cones as well as duplicate indications on their
flat caps.
However, while
it may be a temporal desire that attracts the viewer’s gaze towards the
three-dimensional sculptures housing the hours and minutes, it is likely to be
the giant battle-axe shaped winding rotor that mesmerises the eye as it swings
unhurriedly, but indomitably, over the meticulously hand-finished movement.
As they
revolve, the strong, but lightweight high-tech titanium arms of the rotor
intermittently reveal tantalising views through to the fervently oscillating
balance wheel.
Power is
nothing without control and MEGAWIND offers a perfectly harmonious balance of
the two.
MEGAWIND is
powered by the beautifully engineered, Jean-Marc Wiederrecht-designed HM3
engine. Placing the rotor and regulator on the dial side required an inverted
movement, which was only possible thanks to two large high-tech ceramic
bearings – visible through the display back – that efficiently transmit time up
to the revolving hour and minute cones above. Rotating domes of this size and
shape posed a number of technical challenges. The hour and minute domes are
machined from solid blocks of aluminium, chosen for its optimal strength to
weight ratio; this reduces energy requirements to an absolute minimum.
Close
inspection of the case – which comprises over 50 separate components – is
rewarded with a myriad of carefully considered details, including the bevelled
perimeter of the rotor display crystal that adds visual flair as the angles
catch and reflect flashes of light; the bespoke clover-head gold screws; and
the cleverly integrated lugs attaching the strap.
MEGAWIND is
available in red gold with a 22k red gold rotor or white gold with a sky-blue
22k gold rotor.
MEGAWIND
Inspiration and Realization:
The original
HM3 was developed to display the machine’s beautifully finished movement in
operation and MEGAWIND follows the same principle. Harmoniously crafted
bridges, rapidly oscillating balance wheel, gearing and MB&F’s iconic
battle-axe automatic winding rotor are all open to view on the dial side. This
allows the wearer to fully appreciate the art and craft of the HM3 engine by
drawing the viewer’s gaze inside the highly complex machine; a machine
comprising more than 300 fine-finished, high-precision components.
The movement
of HM3 has been literally turned upside down to allow for an uninterrupted
panorama of the 22k gold and titanium winding rotor’s powerfully graceful arcs
and the high-speed oscillations of the balance wheel. Jean-Marc Wiederrecht,
winner of the inaugural award for Best Watchmaker at the 2007 Grand Prix
d’Horlogerie de Genève, was entrusted with turning the drawings and designs of
Max Büsser and designer Eric Giroud into horological reality and, with his team
at Agenhor, he surpassed the challenge.
Indications:
The hour and
minute cones are milled from solid aluminium to paper-thin thickness. The cones
are housed within three-dimensional truncated gold and sapphire crystal cones,
which are brazed together. Brazing is a high-temperature soldering technique
which is aesthetically pleasing and ensures a solid, water-resistant
construction.
Mega Rotor:
Independent
Finnish watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva (co-creator of MB&F’s MoonMachine)
provided both the initial idea for the large rotor and the name, MEGAWIND. The
two 22K gold blades of the iconic MB&F battle-axe rotor on the dial make
what is called a ‘mystery’ rotor because, in appearing to be symmetrically
balanced instead of having a visibly off-centred mass, they look to defy the
laws of physics. This ‘mystery’ is achieved by machining the underside of one
of the gold blades to a razor-thin edge, so reducing its mass.
Ceramic Bearings:
Time
indications are usually located on the top, or dial side, of a movement. As the
movement of HM3 is inverted to display its operation, an efficient solution was
needed to bring power from the bottom of the movement to the timekeeping cones
at the top. Standard pinions set in jewels would have required complex,
friction-generating gearing, and would require support top and bottom – a factor
which would increase the height of the movement, and thus the watch.
So instead of
standard jewelled pinions, HM3 features two large-diameter (15mm) high-tech
ceramic bearings. Because of their large diameter, these bearings minimise the
number of friction inducing gears and, due to the rigidity resulting from their
ultra-high precision design and manufacture, they only require support at one
end (the base) so allow for a thinner movement.
MEGAWIND – Technical
Specifications
Movement:
Three-dimensional
horological engine designed by Jean-Marc Wiederrecht / Agenhor; Sowind
oscillator and gear train
Balance
oscillating at 28,800 bph
Automatic
winding rotor in 3 parts: hub in titanium with outer sections in 22K gold,
fastened with 4 rivets
Time indications
transmitted via ceramic ball bearings
Number of
jewels: 36 (all functional)
Number of
components: 270
Functions:
Hours on one
cone
Minutes on
second cone
Case:
Available in
18k white gold/titanium or 18k red gold/titanium
Screwed-down
crown
Dimensions
(exclusive of crown and lugs): 47mm x 50mm x 17mm
Number of case
components: 52
Sapphire crystals:
Sapphire cones
and front and back display crystals have anti-reflective treatment on both
faces
Strap & Buckle:
Black
hand-stitched alligator with 18k gold and titanium custom designed folding
buckle.
'Friends' responsible
for MEGAWIND
Concept:
Maximilian Büsser / MB&F
Product
Design: Eric Giroud / Eric Giroud Design Studio
Technical
and Production Management: Serge Kriknoff / MB&F
R&D:
Guillaume Thévenin / MB&F
Movement
Development: Jean-Marc Wiederrecht and Nicolas Stalder of Agenhor
Movement
manufacturing: Georges Auer / Mecawatch
Movement
base: Stefano Macaluso, Raphael Ackermann and Steve Sturchio of Sowind
Rotor: Denis Villars /
Cendres + Métaux Galétan SA
Ceramic
ball bearings: Patrice Parietti / MPS
Movement
assemblage: Didier Dumas, Georges Veisy, Alexandre Bonnet and Bertrand
Sagorin-Querol of MB&F
Case
and buckle construction and production: Philippe Marti, Dominique Mainier and Bertrand
Jeunet of G.F.Châtelain
Sapphire cones: Sébastien Sangsue and Grégory Esseric of Sebal, Peter
Bloesch / Bloesch
Dials:
François Bernhard and Denis Parel of Nateber
Strap: Olivier Purnot /
Camille Fournet
Presentation case: Isabelle
Vaudaux / Vaudaux, Frédéric Legendre / Lekoni
Production
logistics: David Lamy / MB&F
Marketing
communications: Charris Yadigaroglou, Virginie Meylan and Eléonor Picciotto of
MB&F
M.A.D.Gallery: Hervé Estienne / MB&F
Sales:
Alexandre David and Patricia Duvillard of MB&F
Graphic
design: Gérald Moulière and Anthony
Franklin of GVA Studio
Product
photography: Maarten van der Ende
Portrait
photography: Régis Golay / Federal
Website:
Stéphane Balet and Guillaume Schmitz of Sumo Interactive
Texts:
Ian Skellern / underthedial
MB&F - The
Genesis of a Concept Laboratory
The projects
that gave Maximilian Büsser the most pleasure and personal satisfaction during
his fifteen years managing prestigious watch brands were those working with
talented independent watchmakers. An idea for his own personal utopia emerged:
that of creating a company dedicated solely to designing and crafting small
series of radical concept watches in collaboration with talented professionals
he both respected and enjoyed working with. The entrepreneur in Büsser brought
the idea to reality.
MB&F is
not a watch brand, it is an artistic and micro-engineering concept laboratory
in which collectives of independent horological professionals are assembled
each year to design and craft radical Horological Machines. Respecting
tradition without being shackled by it enables MB&F to act as a catalyst in
fusing traditional, high-quality watchmaking with cutting-edge technology and
avant-garde three-dimensional sculpture.
MB&F's
first timepiece, HM1 (Horological Machine No1) was delivered from 2007 and
introduced the concept of three-dimensional architectural horology. This was
followed by HM2 in 2008 and HM3 in 2009, both inspired by science fiction. The
year 2010 heralded the HM4 Thunderbolt, considered by many to be MB&F's
most audacious machine to date. In 2011 Legacy Machine No1 heralded the
introduction of a new traditionally-inspired line. The supercar-inspired HM5
‘On the Road Again’ was presented in 2012.
Biography– Maximilian
Büsser
Maximilian
Büsser was born in Milan, Italy, before moving at an early age to Lausanne,
Switzerland where he spent his youth. Growing up in a multi-cultural
environment and family – his father was a Swiss diplomat who met his mother, an
Indian national, in Bombay – led Büsser to develop a cross-cultural,
broad-based approach to life and to business.
In July 2005,
at the age of 38, Büsser created the world’s first horological concept brand:
MB&F (Maximilian Büsser & Friends), in which he is now partnered with
Serge Kriknoff. Büsser's dream with MB&F is to have his own brand dedicated
to developing radical horological concepts by working in small, hyper-creative
groups composed of people he enjoys working with.
Entrepreneurship
is Maximilian Büsser's forte. In 1998, when only 31, he was appointed Managing
Director of Harry Winston Rare Timepieces in Geneva. During his seven years
there Büsser developed the company into a fully-fledged and well respected
haute horlogerie brand by developing the strategy, products, marketing and
worldwide distribution, whilst integrating design, R&D and manufacturing
in-house. The results were a 900 per cent increase in turnover and the
positioning of Harry Winston as one of the leaders in this very competitive
segment.
Maximilian
Büsser's love for high-end horology was nurtured by his first employer,
Jaeger-LeCoultre. During his seven years in the senior management team during
the 1990s, JLC strongly increased its profile and multiplied its turnover by a
factor of ten. Büsser's responsibilities at Jaeger-LeCoultre ranged from
Product Management & Development to Sales & Marketing for Europe.
Büsser
graduated in 1991 with a Masters in Microtechnology Engineering from the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne.
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