Performance Art

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For the Performance Art collection, James Thompson – aka Black Badger – has reinterpreted not just one but two Machines: HMX, first launched in 2015 for MB&F’s 10th Anniversary, and Starfleet Machine, MB&F’s first table clock, created with L’Epée 1839. HMX Case: Material: Grade 5 titanium and stainless steel; Dimensions: 46.8 x 44.3 x 20.7 mm. HMX Engine: Three-dimensional horological engine composed of a jumping hour and trailing minutes module developed in-house by MB&F, powered by a Sellita gear train; Mechanical movement, automatic winding; 223 components / 29 jewels / 42h power reserve. HMX Functions & Indications: Bi-directional jumping hours and trailing minutes, displayed by dual reflective sapphire crystal prisms with integrated magnifying lens. Engine "rocker covers" from milled blocks of high-efficiency lume.. Starfleet Machine Structure: Material: palladium-plated brass with luminescent details; Dimensions: Diameter: approx. 29cm, Height: approx. 21cm. Starfleet Machine Engine: L’Epée in-house designed and manufactured movement; Balance frequency: 18,000 bph / 2.5 Hz.; 48 jewels / 40 days power reserve. Starleet Machine Functions & indications: Luminescent hours and minutes on a central dome featuring MB&F’s signature numerals.; 20-second intervals indicated by double retrograde fly-out cannons emanating from central dome.; A dome indicator, framed by a hand-finished arc, provides an intuitive view of remaining energy as it turns 270°. Complemented by a ‘radar dish’ that also revolves 270°..