Launched in 2013 as a direct descendent of MB&F’s very first Legacy Machine, the LM1, the LM2 utilizes the same 44mm case design and the same level of finishing, as executed by Kari Voutilainen, just like in the LM1. So, what does it do differently? Well, a lot. Instead of featuring just a single suspended balance wheel like in the LM1, the LM2 sports two independent balance wheels that sit beside one another. Furthermore, at the 6 o'clock, there is only a single differential wheel, which serves to transfer power to each of these two regulators, receive the timing rates of each balance wheel individually and to then transfer the average of these two timing rates to the gear train, which then displays the time turns the hands to tell the time. Indeed, a complex mechanism to just tell the time, the LM2 was inspired by 19th century pocket watches built on the same principal. A truly spectacular combination of modern watchmaking and heritage-rooted inspiration, the LM2 is as aesthetically unique as it is mechanically, with the large colored backdrop actually being the movement’s top plate, and its only real dial being a white enamel subdial at 12 o’clcok. On the 18kt white gold variant we have here, the movement’s top plate is grey, which serves as a beautifully monochromatic backdrop that highlights the wonderful arrangement of gears and balance wheels that sit on the dial-side of the watch and make it what it is.

Hand-finished to perfection and aesthetically novel, the LM2 was an important watch when it was first launched, and to this day, it continues to stand as one of MB&F’s most impressive releases, and we just love it.