Through his creations, Maximilian Büsser (of Maximilian Büsser & Friends, or MB&F) has explored robots, outer space, spiders and the automotive world. It's only natural that he would turn his gaze to the intriguing depths of the ocean. What's perhaps not as natural is how difficult this timepiece turned out to be to create. Horological Machine No.7 took so long to design that it comes out after Horological Machine No.8! However, the jellyfish-inspired Aquapod is well worth the wait. This wildly different timepiece eschews the current mantra from many watch companies that thinner is better. Here, each major component is concentrically mounted on a central axis, forming a tall movement that MB&F has encased in spherical sapphire crystal to make something that looks like, yes, a jellyfish moving through the ocean. Continuing the jellyfish theme, the watch has a rotor with tentacles made from titanium and a 'floating' ceramic bezel that is not attached to the case. It glows in the dark on the indexes and hands and through the inside of the movement to illuminate the tourbillon and rotor, much like certain incandescent species of jellyfish. While it's not a dive watch, it is waterproof to 5 meters. Chapter rings display hours and minutes, and the 'hood' of the jellyfish is a flying tourbillon.
Details
Price ($) | 98,000 |
Price range | < $100,000 |
Price version | Blue Ceramic; Titanium |
Gender | Unspecified |
Case | Round |
Complications | Rotating features Hours Minutes Tourbillon |
Tourbillon | Flying Tourbillon |
Water resistance | 50m |
Movement | Automatic |
Power reserve range (hours) | 49 - 72 |
Power reserve | 72 hours |
Case size | Large (>39mm) |
Case diameter (mm) | 54 |
Case height (mm) | 21 |
Case colour | Titanium |
Case material | Titanium |
Limited edition | Limited edition |
Where to buy | Westime in Beverly Hills |
Caliber | HM7 |
ReferenceNumber | 70.TSL.B |
The one rule that Maximilian Büsser & Friends follow is to rebel. Rooted in the laboratory-based artistic concept of collaboration, the brand gathers watchmaking professionals to cultivate timepieces that are rare and radical. Cooperation is the key element to achieving the best clockwor. The brand's 'Friends' include varying talents of product designers, photographers, manufacturers and more.While tradition underpins the brand's values, it is reinterpreted to suit the contemporary consumer, materializing time into three-dimensional kinetic sculptures that speak of and establish legacy.From MB&F's collaboration with Bulgari that birthed a bedazzling, diamond-imbedded dome timepiece, to the baffling bulldog structure of its Horological Machine No'10, the multi-dimensionality of timepieces created by Maximilian Büsser & Friends are astonishingly animate, telling not only the story of time, but also of geometry, history and art.