M.A.D.2

After the M.A.D.1, masterminded by MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser, comes the M.A.D.2, straight out of the imagination of Eric Giroud, designer of MB&F watches for the past 20 years — basically, from day one. The M.A.D.2’s raised central subdials, displaying hours and minutes, look like the turntables from a DJ’s mixing console. They rotate over a central dial whose grooves and satin finish mimic the texture of a vinyl record. Surrounding it is the platter, inspired by the stroboscopic band of the Technics SL-1200, complete with Super-LumiNova stop pins — in reality, the automatic winding rotor that spins with every flick of the wrist, visible from front and back. Made from steel, the 42mm case has the shape of a rounded pebble and goes back to Eric Giroud’s first ever watch design in the 1990s, which never saw daylight. One last surprise: the bi-directional jumping hours, pointed by metal markers, styled like guitar picks, plus trailing minutes in the centre. The movement is the same La Joux-Perret calibre that drives the M.A.D.1S, enriched with a jumping hours module developed by MB&F.