MB&F MoonMachine 2 Watch Review

MB&F MoonMachine 2 Watch Review

MB&F MoonMachine 2 Watch Review

Indication - THE MB&F HM8

As you can tell, the brand new MB&F MoonMachine 2 is dependant on the HM8. But, before jumping in to the specifications of the new watch, it’s smart to think back in the HM8 a.k.a the “CanAm”.

MB&F MoonMachine 2 Watch Review

First, there is a compelling cause of the name HM8 which has nothing related to logical progression. Launched soon after the HM6, and before the HM7, the HM8 is the sum of the a double edged sword and may very well be a mixture of the HM5 (for that driver’s display) and also the HM3 (for that Astro blade-formed rotor on top of the timepiece). HM8 = HM3   HM5… Simple!

The HM8 took it's origin from MB&F’s signature vertical display of times, placed perpendicularly towards the movement.  An immediate homage to 1970s models by Girard-Perregaux, Amida, Bulova or Mido, these pieces are frequently known as driver’s watches because there's you don't need to raise your wrist in the controls to see time. This display was introduced around the HM5 and then utilized on the HMX. A module materialises the hrs and minutes on bi-directional, overlapping dvds, rotating horizontally within the movement. The hrs and minutes are displayed vertically, because of high-tech azure prisms.

The situation from the original HM8 was inspired by racing cars somewhere (the aerodynamic “body-work” style of this piece using its rolls bars riveted towards the situation) and also the HM3, using the inverted movement uncovered within azure very, and also the rotor on the top. Now we have established the provenance from the HM8, we are able to discuss Mr Sarpaneva’s second collaboration around the new MB&F MoonMachine 2.

THE MB&F MOONMACHINE 2

Same team, same inspiration, same concept, different result. The MoonMachine 2 is really a complex watch, both visually and technically.

The HM8 already featured two design icons from the Horological Machine collection: the fight-axe rotor, and also the heads-up time display first observed in HM5. The MoonMachine 2 adds another one: the signature moon-face by Sarpaneva. It could seem like lots of features… and even, there is a lot happening within this watch. Complex shapes, various textures, several layers and levels, intriguing display… Yet, everything blends perfectly.

What's altered when compared to HM8? Well, first of all, adding a moon-phase complication. The MB&F MoonMachine 2 relies on a single mechanism accustomed to display time (glass prisms) to focus on the visual impact of the moon disc appearing inside a space they canrrrt fully own it. The projection is accomplished with an optical prism, which refracts the hrs, minutes and moon dvds to looks as if they're verticle with respect towards the engine. The prism is cut to exaggerate the hrs and minutes by 20% for greater legibility, although not for that moon-phase display, that is vulnerable to distortion if magnified.

The incoporation from the moon complication implies that the situation is .5mm thicker to support the extra mechanism featuring a pusher quietly to fix age the moon. The 2nd distinction between the MB&F MoonMachine 2 and also the HM8 may be the rotor. The fight-axe rotor continues to be changed into an openworked radial web of titanium, echoing the look vocabulary of Stepan Sarpaneva. This complex pattern can also be located on the superior top of the movement, and also the azure very pane framing the top MoonMachine 2 engine continues to be metallised similarly.

Three from the signature Sarpaneva Moon-Faces are available 

MB&F MoonMachine 2 Watch Review

Around the watch: two utilized on the moon disc to show age the moon, one on the top from the winding rotor. Each moon consists of gold and handle by hands. The 2 small moons around the moon disc measure 4.5mm across and .35mm thick, as the moon placed on the top from the rotor is 8.5mm wide and .45mm thick. The hands-finishing process is very delicate.

Three versions from the MB&F MoonMachine 2 is going to be available: one out of full titanium with white-colored gold moons along with a light-blue sky one out of blackened titanium with white-colored gold moons along with a dark-blue sky and something in red gold and titanium with red gold moons as well as an anthracite sky.