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Forget the dog, beware of the owner - HM10 Bulldog - MB&F
A rounded, compact body of titanium or red gold. Two prominent aluminium time-display “eyes”, rolling at anyone who dares look its way. A collar studded with projections that allow you to wind the mainspring or set the time. Stout but flexible “legs” that wrap firmly around your wrist. Just like the creature for which it is named, there’s more to HM10 “Bulldog” than meets the eye. Its hinged jaws open and shut according to the amount of wind left in its mainspring. If you can clearly see the rows of shining teeth lining the jaws, get ready, because that means “Bulldog” is full of fight, charged up with a 45 hours of mainspring energy.
HM10 Bulldog RT
Face Open/Close
HM10 Bulldog Ti
Face open/close
HM10 Bulldog RT - Front
HM10 Bulldog Ti - Front
HM10 Bulldog RT
HM10 Bulldog Ti
HM10 Bulldog RT Profile
HM10 Bulldog Ti Profile
HM10 Bulldog RT Back
HM10 Bulldog Ti Back
HM10 Bulldog RT profile black
HM10 Bulldog RT profile white
HM10 Bulldog RT Rear
HM10 Bulldog RT - Top Black
HM10 Bulldog RT - Top White
HM10 Bulldog RT packshot black
HM10 Bulldog RT Packshot White
HM10 Bulldog RT Engine 01
HM10 Bulldog RT Engine 02
HM10 Bulldog Wristshot 01
OVERVIEW
A rounded, compact body of titanium or red gold. Two prominent aluminium time-display “eyes”, rolling at anyone who dares look its way. A collar studded with projections that allow you to wind the mainspring or set the time. Stout but flexible “legs” that wrap firmly around your wrist. Just like the creature for which it is named, there’s more to HM10 “Bulldog” than meets the eye. Its hinged jaws open and shut according to the amount of wind left in its mainspring. If you can clearly see the rows of shining teeth lining the jaws, get ready, because that means “Bulldog” is full of fight, charged up with a 45 hours of mainspring energy.
One final piece of advice for those who come across Horological Machine N°10 “Bulldog” is engraved on its body, like a cautionary message you might find on the collar of a particularly feisty canine. The beast may be intimidating, but it ultimately exists in service of another. People would do well to remember — “Forget the dog, beware of the owner”.
THE MACHINE
CASE
- Material: launch editions in grade 5 titanium or 18k 5N+ red gold and titanium
- Dimensions: 54mm x 45mm x 24mm
- Water resistant to 5 ATM / 50m / 160ft
- Manual-winding in-house movement
- Bespoke flying 14mm balance wheel with four traditional regulating screws floating above the domed dials
- Super-LumiNova on hour/minute domes and markers
- Frequency: 2.5Hz (18,000bph)
- 301 components / 34 jewels / 45h power reserve
- Hours on left dome (rotating in 12 hours)
- Minutes on right dome (rotating in 60 minutes)
- Power reserve indicated by opening and closing of the jaws (end of power reserve = closed jaws).
"JAWS" POWER RESERVE
The massive jaws indicate the level of remaining power by opening and closing. The very unconventional power-reserve indication has been carefully designed and calibrated to consume the least energy possible, allowing HM10 Bulldog to direct its considerable mainspring torque towards the suspended balance and revolving hour and minute domes.
FLYING BALANCE WHEEL
In full sight beneath a bulging sapphire crystal dome, the oversized 14mm balance wheel with four traditional regulating screws flies high above the movement – the brain of this mechanical bulldog.
ROTATING DOMES
The paper-thin domes indicating hours and minutes are machined from solid aluminium, chosen for its optimal strength to weight ratio: they weigh in at a micro-light 0.5g, reducing energy requirements to an absolute minimum.
INSPIRATION
The design came to Maximilian Büsser while he was travelling in Japan; Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ bounded up in his mind’s eye just as a loyal pup might greet a returning master.
“What you see now in front of you is more or less exactly what I saw at the time,” says Büsser, “and it was the first time I actually saw a watch in my mind, just like that.”
HM10 Bulldog coalesced from various MB&F influences and motifs that dedicated enthusiasts of the brand will immediately recognise. In a deeply affirmative way, HM10 Bulldog is simultaneously a reflection of MB&F and a paean to the fidelity of their followers. The traditional saying “as stubborn as a bulldog” parallels the determination of MB&F to chart an untraditional path outside of conventional watch design, sometimes with creations that have polarised the horological community. In similar vein, the British bulldog may be a dog of pedigree and stature, but it is certainly no crowd-pleaser.
MAR 24, 2020 — BY SEAN LORENTZEN
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/mbf-unv...-hm10-bulldog/
There have predominantly been two schools of thought when it comes to crafting an ultra-luxury timepiece. On the one hand, there are brands with centuries of heritage creating beautifully detailed, massively complicated, and ultimately extremely traditional watches. On the other, you have the avant-garde, with younger and more daring watchmakers eager to deconstruct the notion of a mechanical watch without taking themselves too seriously in the process. Perhaps the best example of this second group is MB&F, which has literally reshaped high-end watchmaking into a variety of fanciful forms over the years. Its latest creation in the Horological Machine series, the HM10 “Bulldog” is a perfect example of this with a streamlined “Buck Rodgers” futuristic form that takes inspiration from man’s best friend.
There’s no denying that the MB&F HM10 “Bulldog” is a deliberate attempt at creating something that won’t appeal to everyone, but regardless of whether you fall into the “love it” or “hate it” camp it’s difficult not to appreciate the sheer creativity at work here. The HM10 “Bulldog” is available now through authorized dealers, at an MSRP of $105,000 for the titanium model and $120,000 in red gold.
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