Chegado ao mercado - MB&F HM3 Poison Dart Frog

Se é fã de canais do tipo National Geographic já decerto terá visto e ouvido falar do Dendrobates Leucomelas, o sapo que acima lhe mostramos, de camuflagem preta e amarelo vivo, criatura altamente venenosa usada pelos indígenas da florestas tropical para besuntar as pontas das suas setas...

Foi pois deste sapo que Maximiam Büsser e Amigos (MB&F) bebeu inspiração para o novo HM3 Poison Dart Frog, de caixa em zircónio revestido a PVD negro, com parafusos e rotor em ouro, roda da data grande, numa arquitectura de calibre concebida por Jean-Marc Wiederrecht.

O sapinho, na vida real, tem olhos protuberantes, que lhe permitem visão periférica sem ter que torcer o pescoço. As bolhas das horas e dos minutos do HM3 Poison Dart Frog, em vidro de safira e base em alumínio, evocam isso e dão ao utilizador a vantagem de poder ver as horas a partir de diferentes ângulos.

O HM3 Poison Dart Frog é uma edição limitada a 10 exemplares e está á venda em exclusivo na cadeia asiática The Hour Glass.

Da marca:
Horological Machine No3 Frog – Technical Specifications

Movement:
Three-dimensional horological engine designed by Jean-Marc Wiederrecht/Agenhor;
Powered by a Sowind base
Balance oscillating at 28,800 bph.

Battle-axe shaped ‘mystery’ automatic winding rotor.
HM3 Frog Ti: Rotor in blue PVD 22k gold
HM3 Poison Dart Frog: Rotor in 22k gold

Hour and minutes information transmitted via ceramic ball bearings to rotating domes.
Number of jewels: 36 (all functional)
Number of components: 304

Functions: Hour on one dome (aluminium dome rotating in 12 hours)
Minutes on second dome (aluminium dome rotating in 60 minutes)
Date around the movement

Case: HM3 Frog Ti: Grade 5 titanium case and screws
HM3 Poison Dart Frog: Black PVD zirconium case, 18k yellow gold screws, limited edition of 10 pieces

Screwed-down crown
Dimensions (exclusive of crown and lugs): 47mm x 50mm x 18mm
Number of case components: 53

Sapphire crystals:
Domes and both display backs with anti-reflective treatment on both faces.

Dials:
Rotating aluminium domes – 0.58g

Strap & Buckle:
Black hand-stitched alligator with 18K gold & titanium custom designed deployment buckle

'Friends' responsible for Horological Machine No3 Frog

Concept: Maximilian Büsser
Product Design: Eric Giroud / Eric Giroud Design Studio
Technical and Production Management: Serge Kriknoff / MB&F
R&D: Guillaume Thévenin / MB&F
Movement Development: Jean-Marc Wiederrecht and Nicolas Stalder of Agenhor
Movement base: Raphael Ackermann, Steve Sturchio, Stefano Macaluso / Sowind
Movement fabrication: Georges Auer / Mecawatch, Salvatore Ferrarotto / APR
Quality Hand-finishing of movement components: Jacques-Adrien Rochat and Denis Garcia of C-L Rochat
Ceramic ball bearings: Patrice Parietti / MPS
Movement assemblage: Didier Dumas, Georges Veisy, Alexandre Bonnet and Bertrand Sagorin-Querol / MB&F
Case and buckle construction and production: Dominique Mainier and Bertrand Jeunet of G&F.Châtelain
Sapphire parts: Martin Stettler / Stettler Sapphire
Dials: François Bernhard and Denis Parel of Nateber
Strap: Olivier Purnot / Camille Fournet
Presentation case: Frédéric Legendre / Lekoni and Isabelle Vaudaux / Vaudaux
Production logistics: David Lamy / MB&F