America?s largest luxury watch extravaganza, WatchTime New York, returns for its fifth consecutive year at Midtown Manhattan?s Gotham Hall on October 25 – 26, 2019. This year?s event is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with 37 participating watch brands displaying their latest and greatest timepieces. Among these brands is MB&F, which will showcase the last-ever Legacy Machine 2 to be crafted in 18K rose gold.
MB&F Legacy Machine 2 Red Gold Blue
The MB&F Legacy Machine 2 (LM2) was revealed in 2013 as a joint effort between MB&F, watchmaker Jean-Francois Mojon (founder of the Cyrus brand) and his team at Chronode, and Kari Voutilainen, the trio that was also behind 2011?s Legacy Machine 1. According to MB&F, the LM2, with the first double flying balance wheel with differential, pays tribute to 18th-century watchmaking giants Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823), Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807) and Antide Janvier (1751-1835) as well Philippe Dufour, the inventor of the Duality, the first known wristwatch to feature two balances joined by a differential. Recently, the brand has announced a variation of the LM2 with a blue dial and a case made of rose gold, a material that was present on one of the launch editions of the LM2 in 2013. This, right here, is an important detail as MB&F founder Maximillian Büsser (the “MB” in the company name, with the “F” identifying his corps of visionary watchmaking “Friends”) has an...