After pushing the boundaries of horological exploration by blasting into outer space (HM2, HM3, HM6), launching into the sky (HM4, HM9), and powering down the road and around the track (HM5, HMX, HM8), MB&F plunges into the water with Horological Machine No.7, aka HM7 Aquapod.
The organic jellyfish-inspired design of HM7 Aquapod is counter-balanced by the very mechanical horology within a central 60-second flying tourbillon tops the concentric vertical movement architecture, with indications radiating out from the center like ripples in a pond. Like many jellyfish, HM7 glows in the dark: on the hour and minute numerals, around the inside of the movement and along the tentacle-like winding rotor.
The 303-component (391 for the Platinum Red edition), 72-hour power reserve HM7 Engine was developed in-house by MB&F. Spherically three-dimensional, all its mechanisms – from the winding rotor at the bottom, to the flying tourbillon on top – rotate concentrically around the center. The curves of the high-domed sapphire crystal are mirrored in the shape of the time display rings.
Case:
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Material: Grade 5 titanium or 18k 5N+ red gold or Platinum 950
- Spherical construction
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Dimensions: 53.8 x 21.3 mm
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Water resistance: 50 m / 165 feet / 5 atm
Engine:
- Three-dimensional vertical architecture, automatic winding, conceived and developed in-house by MB&F
- Central 60-second flying tourbillon
- 303 components (391 for the Platinum Red edition) / 35 jewels / 72h power reserve
Functions / Indications:
- Hours and minutes displayed by two aluminum / titanium spherical segment discs rotating on oversized central ceramic bearings (for the Platinum Red edition, three-dimensional “floating” hour and minute numerals)
- Unidirectional rotating bezel for elapsed time
- Numerals, markers and segments along the rotor in Super-LumiNova
- 3 panels of AGT (Ambient Glow Technology) lume around the flying tourbillon
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Two crowns: winding on left and time-setting on right
Sapphire crystals:
- Top and bottom sapphire crystals treated with anti-reflective coating on both faces. Sapphire balance bridge for the Platinum Red edition
