During my visit to Stephen Silver (thanks Jeremy), I had a chance to handle a few of the Horological Machines (HM6, HM9) and some Legacy Machines. What was surprising for me was how comfortable it was to wear some of these crazy designs. I didnt think I w
Just that watches with two separate balances, resonance or not, still average the beat rate through some sort of mechanical differential. Even the FPJ resonance when the balances aren't in resonance the watch is still taking the the outputs of each and av
It always makes me happy when, once in a while a talented watchmaker decides to go the Independent route… Why not….Independent watchmakers have always pushed the boundary of the watchmaking design, mechanics and always tested the areas least explored. L
MB&F HM9 Flow Sapphire. There’s a YouTube video where the MB&F team talk about how absolutely brutal it is to manufacturer this case. That helps explain the very limited quantity and the price. To get there, I’d have to blow up half my collection. I think
MB&F has published the names of the people associated with the HM9 Flow: And a great gesture at that in today’s white-labelling world where creators like Dufour or Vianney Halter or Peter Speake Marin were never acknowledged by the marquee brands for whom
The following is WatchProSite Moderator Patrick_y's personal thoughts. Okay! Boxes! Specifically the original watch boxes some watches come with when they leave the factory. I'm not referring to aftermarket boxes like Scatola Del Tempo. I'm a big fan of b