iW Magazine Winter 2019 | Page 65

SPECIFICATIONS: MB&F HOROLOGICAL MACHINE NO. 9 ‘FLOW’ MOVEMENT: Manual-winding in-house movement, two fully independent balance wheels with planetary differential, 18,000bph frequency, single barrel with 45-hour power reserve, hours and minutes on vertical dial display CASE: Grade-5 57mm x 47mm x 23mm titanium, 43 components, water resistant to 30 meters, assembled in three segments with patented three-dimensional gasket, five sapphire crystals STRAP: Hand-stitched brown calf-leather strap with custom-designed titanium folding buckle HM9 Air Edition caption INITIALLY ALL MB&F CASE MAKERS TURNED DOWN THE HM9 PROJECT, CALLING IT EITHER TOO DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. WINTER 2019 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | 65