MB&F’s latest creation may be aquatic in nature, but it’s a far cry from your average diver’s watch.
Having garnered a reputation for creating some of the most beautifully outlandish timepieces on the planet, MB&F has unveiled its latest innovation, the HM7 Aquapod, at its MAD Gallery in Dubai. The organic, biomorphic design of the HM7 Aquapod was inspired by – of all things – a jellyfish.
As the brand explains: “Jellyfish are radially symmetric and the Aquapod is radially symmetric. Where a jellyfish generates power from food caught in its tentacles, HM7 generates power from its tentacle-like automatic winding rotor. Where jellyfish have a hood or bell on top, HM7 Aquapod has an imposing flying tourbillon regulating the power generated by the rotor, and transforming it into the display of time.”
Importantly, much like its spirit animal, this is a timepiece that is at home in the water – MB&F included the one element that all serious aquatic watches should possess: a unidirectional rotating bezel. But unlike every other dive watch on the planet, the Aquapod's bezel isn't attached to the case, but floats apart like a lifebuoy.
Oh, and like many a jellyfish, the HM7 glows in the dark.
Jokes aside, it’s a thing of great beauty, and available in a limited edition of 33 pieces in grade-5 titanium with a blue bezel, and 66 pieces in red gold with black bezel.
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