Maximilian Büsser & Friends’ New Performance Art Piece: MOONMACHINE By Stepan Sarpaneva

Maximilian Büsser & Friends has debuted its fifth Performance Art piece, with a new guest star, Finnish watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva.

Previously MB&F Performance Art pieces, special co-creations which reinterpret exisiting machines, have included the HM2.2 “Blackbox” designed with Alain Silberstein, the “JWLRYMACHINE” by Boucheron and  unique pieces we donated to the “Only Watch” charity auctions, created with artists Sage Vaughn and Huang Hankang.

For this newest creation, Sarpaneva was given the MB&F HM3 Frog timepiece to work with and with his signature design elements, including his iconic moon, transformed it into the MOONMACHINE.

The twin hand-finished moons indicate the moon-phase through a Korona-shaped aperture while the 22k gold and steel northern sky adds a stunning background The Performance Art Piece’s movement  is powered by three-dimensional horological engine, with a balance oscillating at 28,800 bph, 22k gold automatic winding rotor

The MOONMACHINE is three limited editions of 18 pieces each, in titanium, black titanium and red gold.

Check out the video of the MOONMACHINE above

Seth Semilof

Haute Time

Seth Semilof co-founded Haute Living and, with business partner Kamal Hotchandani, launched Haute Time, the brands' luxury timepiece site. His love of watches began with the TAG Heuer he received for his Bar Mitzvah and has never let up. Through Haute Time he has been honored to visit the greatest watch manufactures in the world and meet the master watchmakers behind them. He and Hotchandani curate the site personally, hand-selecting every story that goes live, and Semilof spotlights the most sought-after brands through his interviews with their CEOs and presidents.