MB&F introduces Horological Machine No.10 ”Bulldog”

By: Aleksandar Mladenovic

MB&F’s horological machines are well known within for most people who take an interest in independent watchmaking. Typical of MB&F are highly complicated movements that are often placed in very distinctive cases. Eqotime here takes a closer look at their latest machine, the HM10 Bulldog.

MB&F’s tenth model from their Horological Machine series is the ”Bulldog”.
The watch, or rather the machine, comes either in a case of titanium or in red gold. You read the time through the ”eyes” in aluminium that are placed under the domed sapphire crystal.

Via the two crowns placed on the upper part of the case you wind the movement and set the time. On the lower part of the case the flexible legs hug the wrist.

The jaw functions as a power reserve indicator and when it is open and the dog’s teeth are bared it is full of energy, and when it is closed it is time for a nap. 

The movement is designed and built in-house and you see again elements that are classic for MB&F – the ”flying” balance wheel in the centre under the sapphire crystal, the eyes in aluminium, separate crowns for winding and time setting and an unconventional power reserve indicator.

The Bulldog is not a watch that exactly slides smoothly under the cuff. The case measures 54mm from nose to tail and 45mm from side to side. The thickness is 24mm, a beast in the true sense. On the caseback the text Forget the dog, beware of the owner is engraved.

The movement (or the engine, as MB&F themselves call their movements) is manual and consists of 301 components, ticks along at 18,000vph and has a power reserve of 45 hours.

The price tag for the titanium version is 92,000 euro and the one in red gold lands at 105,000 euro (excluding tax).