Horological Meandering

The internet is all about unboxings right? Here's an unboxing of the highly anticipated M.A.D. 1 Red! A cool sleeve holds the packaging together. The packaging is clever, functional, and probably environmentally friendly. I did say the packaging was cleve...  

Thinking about you and credit cards. Hopefully the bears have been staying out of trouble!

I'm pretty busy (and equally exhausted) jumping from one event and one town to the next as I enter my last month of vacation, but we always love every minute of it One of the recent horological highlights was my girlfriend's latest (and third) watch, for ...  

I can't think of anything to buy! And if I want it, it's probably sold out!

It's definitely a lot of fun!

but tbh: i could also wear a brick on a strap at my wrist ;-) the hype is purely by speculators hoping for the easy win but not by people admiring horological finesse - imho...

I was disappointed not to be drawn for the lottery but apparently there will be more made in the new year? I bought the book from their site about their first 15 years instead.

Hopefully you'll be able to get one!

I like it a lot, and it is easily evident you do too=)). Much enjoyment, I look forward to seeing it in person at some point! Cheers, Filip

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Your strap looks different than mine! Mine doesn't have the red edging on the inside circular cutouts. Mine has black edging.

I wear an aftermarket as it continues the color styling / theme. It's also a bit thicker, which makes the height transition from the top of the strap to the case less steep (if you know what I mean). Also collect straps, and so yes have a blue version for...  

Your enthusiast for this piece is somm no palpable Enjoy

I'm enjoying it to the max!

#PunGameIsStrong 🙌

fun piece. Love the red color too! Enjoy!

And my best to Sophie!

This watch revealed a huge hole in the market for watches that are fun and really thoughtfully designed without breaking the budget. I think it's a masterful creation and I hope it's the beginning of more things like this to come, congrats!

The original blue version came out of respect to Busser's employees and suppliers. Almost all of whom couldn't afford an MB&F watch. Monsieur Busser himself has told me many times, he's technically not in the income bracket to be able to afford his own wa... 

An amazing thing. I really enjoyed the lottery system and appreciated the thoughtful email even though I didn't win an allocation, it was a process that made me more happy for winners than I was disappointed for not getting one myself. The offering of the... 

Max Busser has always tried hard to do what he thought was fair and right in all my dealings with him. A true gentleman. Nobody is perfect, not even gentlemen, but Mr. Busser really tries his best to make a solution that's fair and scalable.

The community aspect and giving back aspect of this watch is even more impressive. Combined with the fact that the business model for this watch just isn't there... Busser giving back to the community that supported him is really quite impressive. A typic... 

even if it were unattractive parts of design or aesthetics (which there aren’t any), the message Max is sending would cover any blemishes.

Wear it in good health, Patrick

I'm just surprised. Surprised that this watch came to fruition. There's really no business case for this watch. It shouldn't exist from a business case standpoint. It's really about Busser giving back to his community, his vendors, his supporters. It's ra... 

I don’t know busser, but visiting his galleries is always fun.

Very technical and qualitative. But not as thrilling to drive as a Lamborghini. Not as emotional. I can't say I have as much experience in the McLaren as I do the Lamborghini, so I might be biased. And the kicker for me, the Lamborghini is much more relia... 

But the unobtainable mclaren F1 is the only car that I’ve ever wanted. That being said, current mclaren offerings are know to be unreliable, so I’ll give you that. However, the same Audi argument can be used to bash the Lambo. And don’t forget that Porsch... 

I want those people to use the fact that the Huracan is partially an Audi against Lamborghini. This way there will be more Lamborghinis for me! I've personally driven the Huracan quite extensively. And I can say it's very different than the Audi R8 - the ... 

I'm not sure I deserve it. But I do feel very fortunate to have been able to get one. I'm just so impressed how this all came to be. In a way, it's a charitable act. MB&F sales is at the best it's ever been right now. They didn't need this diversion that ... 

Have a lot of fun with it!

I trust you're doing well! And it was a pleasure to meet you in Le Sentier!

Can’t wait to unbox mine soon 🙏🏻🤗

When you get yours, it will be a special feeling. First you'll just like the watch. It's a cool watch. I was admittedly excited. After wearing it for a couple of hours you'll realize it looks like a tortoise, with tortoise feet, a head (12 o'clock), and a... 

sorry for the terrible iPhone picture But its very cloudy outside and taking pics indoor sucks ...  

We're both recipients of a charitable project. I say charitable since there's no real business case behind this watch. I just thank the team at MB&F for making this reality, it's not like they weren't busy enough with their existing projects. And of c... 

Congratulations on your new addition, my friend. Your enthusiasm is contagious!

I'm just so pleased that MB&F did this project. They did this little bonus for the community at a time that they were super busy with their profitable expensive watches. MB&F's watches never sold this quickly in the past because they were so expensive. Bu... 

This one is a sure conversation starter !

My conversation about this would be more centered around the lack of a business case and yet this watch came into existence. MB&F really took a risk here. They made a cheaper watch which could've upset some owners of their more expensive watches. But thei... 

Why wouldn't the rotor wind as you move your wrist around, while in space?

I'll have to try one of those zero gravity trainer airplanes and get back to you on that!

NT

Only if you swing your wrist in circles, centripetal force would move the rotor. But if you just change wrist position or angle in space, there’s no gravity pulling at the rotor.

Yes, the inertia would still be there, and thus, my swinging would still move the rotor. You're right! I'm surprised I didn't think of that.