This amazing Starfleet Machine can best be described as an intergalactic spaceship-cum-table clock. Featuring hours and minutes, double retrograde seconds and power reserve indicator, it is is engineered and crafted by L’Epée 1839, Switzerland’s only remaining specialised high-end clock manufacturer.
Its highly visible, superlatively finished in-house movement provides an exceptional power reserve of 40 days. Hours and minutes are indicated on the central black dome by hand-polished hands that follow the dome’s curved contours. Behind that, a smaller rotating dome, accompanied by a revolving radar dish, provides an intuitive view of remaining energy.
Below 12 o’clock on the central hour-minute dome are the double retrograde seconds in the form of turret-mounted laser cannons. The cannons start in parallel and cross over one another before rapidly flying out again, an action marking off 20-second intervals.
When conceiving Starfleet Machine, MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser set out to boldly go where no clock designer had gone before and L’Epée has enthusiastically enjoyed the ride. Limited to 175 pieces, the clock is available in ‘light’ or ‘dark’ editions, the latter with ruthenium-finished components.
£20,770 / €29,100 / $32,700
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