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MB&F did it again… behold this beautiful watch, The HM 2.2 Black Box!
The official name of this timepiece is Horological Machine N°2.2, but it is nicknamed The Black Box…for obvious reasons. Designed by Alain Silberstein, this is truly an amazing piece of work. The casing of the watch contains the twin porthole dials as well as some design similarities to the original Horological Machine N°2. Other than a slight similarities in the lugs, The Black Box has been completely rebuilt! This is one of the most unique pieces of jewelry on the market today, and it was released well over a year ago. There were only 8 pieces made and they sold out immediately, but the word on the street is that there may be a few floating around available for purchase! I could only dream about having this amazing thing on my wrist one day…
Here are some of the specifications of the watch pulled from the MB&F website:
Case
Silicium PVD coated titanium; limited edition of EIGHT pieces
Dimensions (exclusive of crown and lugs): 59mm x 38mm x 13mm
Water resistant to 30 meters (3 ATM)
Number of parts: 89 (case only)
Movement
Jean-Marc Wiederrecht/Agenhor designed functionality regulated and powered by a Girard-Perregaux oscillator and gear train
Balance oscillating at 28,800 bph
22K blued rose gold “Battle-AX” automatic winding rotor
Number of components: 349 including 44 jewels
Functions
Left dial: Retrograde Date and Moon Phase
Right Dial: Jumping Hours and Concentric Retrograde Minutes
Dials
Silvered
Sapphire crystals
Dial side with anti-reflective treatment on both faces
Display back with anti-reflective treatment on single face
Strap & Buckle
Black hand-stitched calfskin with titanium custom designed buckle
Presentation box
Precision engineered aluminium and leather instrument case featuring an integrated Rüeger thermometer
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