MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt considers legible time 'a fringe benefit' (video)

This isn't just a watch, it's a horological machine. The HM4 Thunderbolt, recently unveiled by designer Maximilian Busser, represents an intriguing mixture of high-grade materials, precision engineering, and outlandishly macho design. The case is composed of titanium and sapphire -- which collectively take over 200 hours of machining and finishing to achieve the desired aerodynamic look -- while ensconced within it are over 300 parts composing a "transcendental" engine. We can't say we're not attracted by the bullet-shaped dials offering us our time with a side order of superfly, but then the $158,000 price tag ensures that we won't be able to do something foolish like buying one for ourselves. See the HM4 on video after the break.

[yeoldgreat1 Posted Jul 7th 2010 8:52AM]

Time to goodle "transcendental engine" me thinks!

Is that Power Reserve dial just a battery level gauge?

[consigliere Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:13AM]

@yeoldgreat1
Power Reserve shows how much wind is left in a mechanical watch usually in automatics.

[RedGuard Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:24AM]

@yeoldgreat1
Battery? Hilarious.
A real watch company would never stoop so low as to use batteries in their movements.

[whiskers Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:52AM]

@RedGuard
You sound like you own a Timex.

[fjordao Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:57AM]

@RedGuard except Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Rolex, Omega... I guess those aren't "real" watch companies though

[Failbait Posted Jul 7th 2010 10:20AM]

@yeoldgreat1

This looks like a watch for a greasy, muscular male porn star.

[KAL326 Posted Jul 7th 2010 10:47AM]

@yeoldgreat1 For $158,000 I would rather have something with an internal combustion engine. Like a 911 Turbo, Corvette ZR1, or a GT-R and some other daily driver.

[cinematech Posted Jul 7th 2010 10:56AM]

@Failbait Then color me a "a greasy, muscular male porn star." I want one for each arm.

[Rodz Posted Jul 7th 2010 10:59AM]

@KAL326

Except people who can afford this watch already have a 911 Turbo, a Corvette ZR1, a GT-R, a dozen more cars and a few more watches of this caliber.

[kent99 Posted Jul 7th 2010 11:03AM]

@Rodz I doubt anyone that can afford this watch would by a Chevy.

[Kid Red Posted Jul 7th 2010 12:28PM]

@yeoldgreat1 I think the design make it easier to see the time as you don't need to twist your wrist to see the top of your arm and wristwatch.

[Failbait Posted Jul 7th 2010 12:50PM]

@Kid Red

Douscheoisie time cutting measures.

[NikAmi Posted Jul 7th 2010 4:58PM]

@Rodz Actually, I think that people who can spend $158,000 on a watch think that a Porsche 911 is for pisants. They peobably travel by teleportation.

[Level 5 Posted Jul 7th 2010 8:54AM]

Johnny 5, is that you?

[Downpour Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:51AM]

@Level 5

Need input

[pokes Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:52AM]

@Level 5

Beat me to that one.

[sedo Posted Jul 7th 2010 8:55AM]

WALL-E

[NHAnimator Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:02AM]

Sorry. Don't have time for articles like these.

[rossheth Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:20AM]

@NHAnimator But you have time to comment on them? ;)

[WilliamNighthawk Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:21AM]

@NHAnimator Time-out! Why post then?

[anonymouspam Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:36AM]

@NHAnimator

It's a simple movement to post.

[NHAnimator Posted Jul 7th 2010 11:08AM]

@NHAnimator

Wow. That went over a lot more heads than I expected.

[Level 5 Posted Jul 7th 2010 11:44AM]

@NHAnimator

Don't have TIME? YARR!

[Brokinarrow Posted Jul 7th 2010 5:41PM]

@NHAnimator - Guess it wasn't funny enough for most of us to consider it a joke...

[WilliamNighthawk Posted Jul 9th 2010 12:31AM]

@NHAnimator I don't think it went over as many as you think; If you notice the first two, including mine, include the word time. We got your joke.

[ilianto Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:03AM]

I guess it has a "kinetic" like mechanism that stores power from movement... I would accept one as a gift!

[Timmmmmm Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:46AM]

@ilianto

And then sell it.

[digitalnoah Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:06AM]

At this point in time, a watch is a fashion accessory more than a time keeping device. This design is pretty much in line with that fact.

[whiskers Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:53AM]

@digitalnoah
When a fashion accessory costs as much as a place to live... something's wrong.

[Edward351 Posted Jul 7th 2010 1:22PM]

@whiskers You've never seen a Tiffany's Legacy bracelet. And it doesn't even tell time.

[TheAmazingWJV Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:07AM]

Nice, their most beautiful piece yet. Urwerk meets Parmigani.

[venkat2002 Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:10AM]

How do you wear it?? it looks like a pair of binoculars

[sc0rch3d Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:19AM]

@venkat2002

on either wrist, of course. no death grip related issues.

[tasteskindasalty Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:58AM]

@sc0rch3d just "ability to tell time" issues

[aMac Posted Jul 7th 2010 2:05PM]

@tasteskindasalty

I don't see how this is hard to tell the time with at all.
Hold out your arm the same way you'd hold a beer/cup.
Look at your wrist.
Ta-dah! You can see the face of this watch. It's really not that hard.

[Don Corleone Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:14AM]

Oh, it's a watch.

[Mic2000 Posted Jul 7th 2010 11:14AM]

@Don Corleone Guess what i got with my happymeal today...

[ShadowMaker SdR Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:15AM]

Watch, house.
Watch, house.
Watch, house.

I can't decide.

[mikesaar Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:25AM]

@ShadowMaker SdR
I'd go with the watch!

[ShadowMaker SdR Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:29AM]

@mikesaar You're not married are you?

[sharms Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:30AM]

@ShadowMaker SdR

For folks like you and me, house!

For someone probably at Woz's caliber, watch!

[ResidentEVO Posted Jul 7th 2010 10:00AM]

@ShadowMaker SdR
Wait for the KIRF edition and you can have both.

[ShadowMaker SdR Posted Jul 7th 2010 10:03AM]

@ResidentEVO I wonder what a KIRF house would look like.
Oh wait, you mean the watch?

[Alv Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:24AM]

Cool design, i hate watches when i have a phone that tells me the same thing, but if i was rich and i was going to get a watch I'd get this one

[whiskers Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:56AM]

@Alv
That's what everybody says and that's what I thought, and then I got tired of having to always dig in my pocket and then light up the room with the phone. I now wear a watch while swimming, biking, hiking, kayaking, etc. and never have to worry about drowning, breaking, or losing it and - most especially - having to dig in my pocket.
But to each their own.

[Diesel1313 Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:27AM]

For the man who has everything and can not even comprehend Logic I give you the MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt, because we could not even dream of something even more ridiculous then this to call the watch !

STUPIDDDDDDDD

[Pies Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:35AM]

Jewelry for men.

[305BuddyLuv Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:40AM]

That is gonna cost a lot of money. I hope you guys notice the "turbion".
Am projecting somewhere in the $100K area.

[tasteskindasalty Posted Jul 7th 2010 9:59AM]

@305BuddyLuv $158,000

[305BuddyLuv Posted Jul 7th 2010 10:32AM]

@tasteskindasalty
OUCH! Yeah I need to get the house first.