Introducing: MB&F Horological Machine N°9
Sapphire Vision Edition.
The HM9 introduced in 2018 was inspired by the auto and aero design of the late 1940s and 50s and now MB&F continues its evolution with another crazy version, encased in a sapphire case. Let’s meet HM N°9 Sapphire Vision and take a closer look at its beautiful engine through the sapphire crystal case.
The case itself is much more complicated as it might look like. It’s all about irregular shapes - no straight lines, or normal circles, which means a lot more difficulties in machining and crafting the components. It takes about 350 hours to craft each case of HM9 SV.
Overall the HM9 SV case consists of 5 sapphire crystals - two for the dial and three go for the main components of the HM case, which enables to beautifully see this extravagant movement made out of the 301 components from every direction.
At the back of the watch we can see two completely independent balance wheels with planetary differential and opposed to this we have a vertical hour and minute dial. Additionally to this and under the balance wheels on the other side, there are dual spherical propellers.
4 different editions of 5 pieces of each will be produced - 2 in red gold with a black or blue movement and 2 in white gold with red gold plated or purple movement.
Movement: HM9, Manual-winding in-house
Case: 57 x 47 x 23 mm
SV editions in sapphire crystal: 18k 5N+ red gold frame with a black or blue movement; and 18k white gold frame with red gold plated or purple movement
301 components / 52 jewels / 45h power reserve
Frequency: 2.5Hz / 18,000bph
Water resistance: 30m
Price: CHF 390,000 / USD 440,000 / EUR 362,000 + VAT
More information on https://www.mbandf.com/en/machines/horological-machines/hm9
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