MB&F, LEGACY MACHINE FLYINGT, CASE NO. 05Y19019 | Christie’s
Case material: 18k gold
Diameter: 38.5 mm.
Strap material: Black unsigned leather strap
Dial: Onyx, 50º inclined
Movement: Automatic with sun-shaped rotor
Functions: Tourbillon
Buckle: 18k gold MB&F buckle
With: Presentation box and outer packaging
Certificate: No
Box: Yes
Note: The presentation box that accompanies this lot may not be the original “fitted box”. Please refer to paragraph A in the Conditions of Sale for further information. If you have any queries, please contact Watch Department at watcheshk@christies.com With this Legacy Machine Flying Tourbillon, MB&F has succeeded in creating a supremely elegant timepiece that brings a certain ‘black tie’ glamour to the brand’s range. With a diameter of 38.5 mm., it is also an easily wearable unisex watch for any occasion.
Cased in polished yellow gold with 2 crowns, winding on left, time-setting on right, it features a stunning inky black onyx dial plate and matching offset black onyx hour and minutes dial at 7 o’clock inclined at a 50 degree angle with yellow gold serpentine hands. Technically, the ‘LM Flying T’ is a departure from other watches of the Legacy Machine family in featuring a 60-second flying tourbillon in place of the signature suspended balance wheel. Placed in the asymmetric opening in the centre of the dial, the mesmerizing flying tourbillon, topped by a single diamond, appears to ‘float’ as it rotates beneath the pronounced domed sapphire crystal. The in-house manufactured MB&F automatic movement offers further surprises on the back. The beautiful three-dimesional winding rotor is modelled as a ‘sun’ sculpted in red gold, titanium and platinum, providing a four-day power reserve.
THE MB&F BRAND
Founded in 2005, MB&F, literally Maximilian Busser & Friends, is the world’s first-ever horological concept laboratory. With almost 20 remarkable calibres forming the base of the critically acclaimed Horological and Legacy Machines, MB&F is continuing to follow Founder and Creative Director Maximilian Büsser’s vision of creating 3-D kinetic art by deconstructing traditional watchmaking. After 15 years managing prestigious watch brands, Maximilian Büsser resigned from his Managing Director position at Harry Winston in 2005 to create MB&F – Maximilian Büsser & Friends. MB&F is an artistic and micro-engineering laboratory dedicated to designing and crafting small series of radical concept watches by bringing together talented horological professionals that Büsser both respects and enjoys working with. In 2007, MB&F unveiled its first Horological Machine; its sculptured, three-dimensional case and beautifully finished movement set the standard for the idiosyncratic Horological Machines that have followed. In 2011, MB&F launched its round-cased Legacy Machine collection. These more classical pieces pay tribute to nineteenth-century watchmaking excellence by reinterpreting complications from the great horological innovators to create contemporary objets d'art. In 2011, MB&F opened the first M.A.D. Gallery in Geneva, followed by others in Taipei, Dubai and Hong Kong. The galleries showcase the full range of MB&F Machines as well as a variety of carefully curated Mechanical Art Devices capturing the magic of kinetic art. MB&F’s approach in combining art and haute horology has positioned it as one of the great high-end independent watchmakers in the world. The company is now one of the most garlanded and well respected of contemporary watch houses.
