In 2007 MB&F unveiled its first Horological Machine, HM1; a sculptured, three-dimensional case and beautifully finished engine which set the standard for the Horological Machines that have followed – Machines that tell the time, rather than Machines to tell the time.
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 watchmakers of yesteryear to create contemporary objets d'art.
As the F stands for Friends, it was only natural for MB&F to develop collaborations with renowned artists, watchmakers, designers and manufacturers. This brought two new categories: Performance Art and Co-Creations. Performance Art pieces are MB&F machines revisited by external creative talent. Co-Creations are not wristwatches but other types of machines, engineered and crafted by Swiss manufactures from MB&F ideas and designs.
To give these machines an appropriate platform, Büsser came up with the idea of an art gallery, where they would be shown alongside other forms of mechanical art. This led to the opening of the first MB&F M.A.D.Gallery (Mechanical Art Devices) in Geneva, followed by Galleries in Taipei, Dubai and Hong Kong.
After conforming to the rules of conventional watchmaking for more than a decade, Maximilian Büsser began the MB&F rebellion with one goal: deconstruct high-end watchmaking into kinetic, three-dimensional sculptures or Machines. MB&F is the first-ever artistic and micro-engineering concept laboratory dedicated to designing and crafting small series of radical watches.
Legacy Machine N°1 debuted a new, round-cased collection. These more classical pieces pay tribute to nineteenth-century watchmaking excellence through interpretations of complications from the era.
Opening of the first MB&F M.A.D.Gallery in Geneva, where Horological Machines and Legacy Machines are exhibited alongside other Mechanical Art Devices.
A series of launches celebrated MB&F's tenth anniversary: Horological Machine X; Legacy Machine Perpetual, a reinvention of the perpetual calendar complication with Stephen McDonnel; Arachnophobia with l’Epée 1839, the first Co-Creation from the animal world, and Melchior, the robot that gives the time, soon to be joined by Sherman, Balthazar and Grant.
Introduction of Legacy Machine FlyingT, the first Machine for women and winner of the Ladies Complication Prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève.
Presentation of Legacy Machine Thunderdome incorporating the world’s fastest triple-axis regulating mechanism.
