The recent news that Lussori would be an authorized agent for MB&F Horological Machines was pretty exciting, at least to this jaded watch nut.  For those who know and love these incredible luxury timepieces (if I can use that rather inadequate term), no explanation is required–for those who don’t…well, it’s best to spend some time at the very interesting MB&F website.  Unlike a lot of watch websites that are populated with irritating flash and redirects to everywhere but where you want to be, the MB&F site enables you to get an in-depth understanding of the creative process and technical specs behind each Horological Machine, the genesis behind the Maximilian Busser & Friends brand, and the various horologist-creatives that lend their talents to bring these wild and wonderful objects of watchmaking as three-dimensional kinetic sculpture to life.  I’d also humbly direct you to Lussori’s timepiece news section,
where you can find articles which summarize each of the three MB&F Horological Machines.

I’ve followed the Horological Machine series with great interest since I first heard about the Maximilian Busser & Friends brand back in 2005.  Considering what a legend MB&F founder Maximilian Busser is within the high luxury watch field, I knew the results from this daring new brand would surprise, provoke, and delight in equal measure.  Busser, of course, didn’t just wake up one day and decide to make crazy ultra-high end luxury watches: he was the influential Managing Director at Harry Winston Rare Timepieces during the period of years that that brand was unveiling its astonishing “Opus” watches–exclusive works of exceptional (and often avant garde)horological art involving such renowned independent masters as Francois-Paul Journe, Christophe Claret, Peter Speake-Marin, and Vianney Halter.

After he left Harry Winston, it was all but inevitable that Mr. Busser would end up doing similar projects “on his own”, and that is exactly what MB&F and its Horological Machine series is all about–extracting the utmost in creativity and design daring while applying the principles and techniques of haute de gamme mechanical watchmaking.  It’s a fantastic new frontier for collectors of high luxury timepieces!

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