Legacy Machine 101

Description

u\xa0For a classically sized 40mm wristwatch, Legacy Machine 101 (LM101) covers a lot of ground. Or to be more precise, LM101 covers a lot of time: over 100 years between inspiration and realisation.\t\xa0Legacy Machine 101 embodies and accentuates the very essence of what is essential in a wristwatch: the balance wheel, which is responsible for regulating precision; how much power remains in the mainspring, which indicates when it needs to be next wound; and of course, the time.\t\xa0LM101 has one more very special feature, one that cannot be seen: it houses the very first movement developed entirely in-house by MBF.\t\xa0Visually, LM101 is dominated by the monumental suspended balance wheel, its sedate oscillations drawing the eye ever closer. Two pristine-white subdials hover just above the fine sunray-engraved movement top plate: At the top right, highly legible hour and minutes are displayed by beautiful blued-gold hands contrasting against the immaculate white, while the 45-hour power reserve indicator is displayed in a smaller, but similar subdial below.\t\xa0In an apparent feat of magic, the sapphire crystal protecting the dial appears to be invisible; creating the illusion that you can reach out and touch the prodigious balance wheel hanging mesmerisingly from elegant twin arches. The arches are milled from a solid block of metal and require more than five hour of hand polishing to achieve their mirror-like lustre.\t\xa0Turning over Legacy Machine 101, the display back crystal \u2013 domed to reduce the thickness of the caseband and, visually, the height of the watch \u2013 reveals the exquisitely hand-finished movement. Sensually curved plates and bridges pay homage to the style found in high quality historic pocket watches and testify to the respect accorded to historical legitimacy.\t\xa0With its undulating Geneva waves, hand polished bevels, gold chatons and countersunk blued screws, the beauty of LM101\u2019s movement doesn't just stay faithful to a bygone era. It also heralds the dawn of a new epoch as it is the first MBF calibre to be entirely conceived and designed in-house.\t\xa0While award-winning independent watchmaker Kari Voutilainen took responsibility for the movement's fines finishing and fidelity to the horological past, its architecture and construction are 100% pure MBF.\t\xa0Legacy Machine 101 is available in an 18k red gold or 18k white gold case.\t\xa0

Supplied by the brand to the GPHG for its entry.