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Legacy Machines Legacy Machine Perpetual Evo Black
Lug width: Integrated bracelet
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The story · Since 2007
The story of the MB&F Legacy Machines
Max Büsser asked what he would have built had he been born in 1867 instead of 1967. His answer, sketched with designer Eric Giroud and launched in 2011, is a round case with a 14 mm balance wheel floating above the dials.
- 2007 to 2011 A round machine nobody wanted Büsser began the LM1 sketches in 2007, and by his account no one else in the company wanted the project.
- 2011 to 2014 Friends build a family Jean-François Mojon developed the LM1 movement and Kari Voutilainen set its look and finish; the same team made the 2013 LM2 with two flying balances.
- 2015 to 2019 McDonnell rethinks the complications Stephen McDonnell conceived the 2015 LM Perpetual around a mechanical processor that adds days to a default 28-day month.
- 2017 The LM1 bows out Six years after its debut the LM1 closed with a Final Edition of 18 pieces in steel.
- 2020 to 2022 EVO cases and an Aiguille d'Or The 2020 LM Perpetual EVO introduced a bezel-free case with screw-down crown, 80 m water resistance, FlexRing shock absorber and integrated rubber strap.
- 2021 to 2025 The Longhorn returns An LM1 prototype with the long lugs abandoned in 2009 to 2010 was put up for auction by Phillips in 2021, drilled with two spring bar holes.
14 mm
balance wheel floating above the dial since LM1
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14 mmbalance wheel floating above the dial since LM1
18,000 vphthe slow, pocket-watch beat of the LM1 balance
581components in the LM Perpetual movement
CHF 277,200price of the LM1 Longhorn prototype at Phillips in 2021
Chapters
- 2007 to 2011
A round machine nobody wanted
Büsser began the LM1 sketches in 2007, and by his account no one else in the company wanted the project. Shown to retailers at Baselworld 2011, the prototype sold four years of production before the fair ended.
- 2011 to 2014
Friends build a family
Jean-François Mojon developed the LM1 movement and Kari Voutilainen set its look and finish; the same team made the 2013 LM2 with two flying balances. The 40 mm LM101 of 2014 brought the first movement developed fully in-house.
- 2015 to 2019
McDonnell rethinks the complications
Stephen McDonnell conceived the 2015 LM Perpetual around a mechanical processor that adds days to a default 28-day month. It won a GPHG prize in 2016, and the LM FlyingT followed with another in 2019.
- 2017
The LM1 bows out
Six years after its debut the LM1 closed with a Final Edition of 18 pieces in steel. Its arched balance bridge, suspended balance and independent dual time had become the template for the whole collection.
- 2020 to 2022
EVO cases and an Aiguille d'Or
The 2020 LM Perpetual EVO introduced a bezel-free case with screw-down crown, 80 m water resistance, FlexRing shock absorber and integrated rubber strap. The LM Sequential EVO won the Aiguille d'Or in 2022.
- 2021 to 2025
The Longhorn returns
An LM1 prototype with the long lugs abandoned in 2009 to 2010 was put up for auction by Phillips in 2021, drilled with two spring bar holes. For the brand's 20th anniversary in 2025 the long horns came back on two 20-piece editions.
Moments
2021. The steel LM1 'Longhorn' prototype with black sub-dials sold for CHF 277,200 at Phillips' Geneva Watch Auction XIV in November 2021, with a large part of the proceeds pledged to Save the Rhino International.
2021. The name comes from the prototype's long lugs, and MB&F tied it to the rhinoceros, an animal hunted for its horn, when choosing the charity.
2011. Büsser showed the LM1 prototype to retailers at Baselworld 2011 and sold four years' worth of production before the fair closed, at an estimated 70 pieces a year.
Designed by
Eric Girouddesigner2011
Independent designer credited with the product design of LM1. Büsser says he makes the first sketches and Giroud turns them into 3D designs, and the two settled the LM1's shorter lugs together.
Maximilian Büsserco-designer2011
Founder of MB&F, credited with the concept of LM1. He draws the first sketches of each Machine and develops them with Eric Giroud.
Jean-François Mojonmovement designer2011
With his firm Chronode he developed the LM1 calibre from a blank sheet.
Kari Voutilainenmovement designer2011
The Finnish watchmaker defined the movement's look and finishing for LM1, and the LM101 movement aesthetics, giving the line its 19th-century style.
Stephen McDonnellmovement designer2015
Northern Irish watchmaker who designed the LM Perpetual calendar and its split escapement, then the dual-chronograph LM Sequential.
Awards
- 2022Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève · Aiguille d'Or Grand PrixReference Legacy Machine Sequential Evo
The top prize of the GPHG went to the MB&F Legacy Machine Sequential Evo.
- 2021Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève · Men's Complication Watch PrizeReference LMX Titane
The LMX took the men's complication prize.
- 2021Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève · Artistic Crafts Watch PrizeReference LM SE Eddy Jaquet 'Around the World in Eighty Days'
The LM SE Eddy Jaquet won the artistic crafts category.
- 2019Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève · Ladies' Complication Watch PrizeReference Legacy Machine FlyingT
The LM FlyingT won the ladies' complication category.
- 2016Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève · Calendar Watch PrizeReference Legacy Machine Perpetual
(2016) won Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve, Calendar Watch Prize (ref. Legacy Machine Perpetual). The LM Perpetual won its category. Winner, not a nomination.
- 2012Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève · Men's Watch PrizeReference Legacy Machine N° 1
The jury named the first Legacy Machine best men's watch a year after launch.
- 2012Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève · Public PrizeReference Legacy Machine N° 1
The same year, horology fans voted LM1 their favourite.
Generations and strap changes
- 2025LM Perpetual and LM Sequential Flyback Longhorn
LM Perpetual and LM Sequential Flyback Longhorn: Two 20-piece steel editions for MB&F's 20th anniversary with black lacquer sub-dials and the long lugs first drawn for LM1.
Long horns; on the 2021 LM1 Longhorn MB&F drilled two spring bar holes, one at the tip and one near the case, so the wearer chooses the fit.
- 2025LM101 EVO
The 40 mm LM101 in an EVO case of titanium or rose gold, with 80 m water resistance and a 60-hour movement.
Lug-width 17 mm, lug-to-lug 49 mm, integrated rubber strap.
- 2020LM Perpetual EVO
LM Perpetual EVO: Zirconium, titanium or rose gold case with FlexRing shock protection and 80 m water resistance.
Integrated rubber strap, not a standard lug fitting; case 44 x 17.15mm per the maker.
- 2015Legacy Machine Perpetual
Stephen McDonnell's perpetual calendar with a mechanical processor and the balance shown on the dial, its escapement moved to the far side of the movement.
- 2014Legacy Machine 101
The essentials only: time, power reserve and the 14 mm balance, on MB&F's first in-house movement with finishing specified by Kari Voutilainen.
Smaller case: 40mm wide x 16mm high.
- 2013Legacy Machine N°2
Two flying balance wheels averaged by a planetary differential; one time zone instead of LM1's two.
Same 44 mm case family; Monochrome notes a 2017 titanium version 1 mm thinner, 19 mm instead of 20 mm.
- 2011Legacy Machine N°1
Two fully independent time displays, a vertical power reserve shaped like a sextant and a 14 mm balance at 18,000 vph above the dials; 279 components.
44 x 16 mm case on a hand-stitched alligator strap with gold tang buckle.