Overview

MB&F celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2015, and there is one basic fact about birthdays that is fairly safe to assume: the one celebrating usually gets the presents.

MB&F turned that basic assumption on its head. Rather than expecting to receive, we conceived the HMX – “X” as in the Roman numeral for ten – as a thank you to the Friends who have supported us over the last 10 years. Instead of developing an ultra-complicated, ultra-expensive anniversary timepiece – standard practice in the luxury world – we cut margins without sacrificing quality, offering a true Horological Machine at an unprecedented price.

Designed like a supercar, HMX is a driver’s watch with bi-directional jumping hours and trailing minutes – but it's how and where the time is displayed that makes HMX so special: rotating discs on top of the movement are reflected vertically and magnified by optical prisms. Visible through a curved sapphire crystal, the movement is designed like a supercar engine, down to the dual "rocker covers" including shiny oil filler caps.