MB&F‘s Legacy Machines continues to provide answers to founder Max Büsser’s question, “What would MB&F have created a century ago, during the golden age of watchmaking?”—i.e., what would one of the world’s most radical horologists have been doing in the Roaring Twenties?
Six redesigns later, it’s arrived in a grade 5 titanium case with an aquamarine dial. The new LM Sequential Flyback EVO builds on the success of the LM Sequential EVO, which received the prestigious “Aiguille d’Or” at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève—the horological equivalent of the Best Picture at the Oscars.
While the initial model introduced a groundbreaking “Twinverter” switch to toggle between multiple timing modes, the new edition adds a “flyback function” to both of its independent chronographs. The term refers to a chronograph technology originally created for 1930s-era aviators who needed to stop, reset and restart their mechanical stopwatches with a single press of a button. In the LM Sequential Flyback EVO, this capability is paired with a “Twinverter” binary switch that inverts the status of both chronographs simultaneously. This allows for a variety of timing modes, including independent, split-second, cumulative, and lap-timer modes.
According to MB&F, Northern Irish watchmaker Stephen McDonnell, who created the original LM Sequential EVO’s movement, had originally included provisions for a flyback function. “McDonnell felt that it would be unwise—reckless, even—to release the watch with a flyback when there were so many unproven elements in play,” the company stated in its release. The technical core of the watch relies on internally jeweled vertical clutches and a unique jeweled roller within the flyback mechanism—a component so specialized that McDonnell had to manufacture the jewel himself for the first prototype.
To improve legibility, it inherits the LM range’s signature tilted dial. As an MB&F EVO, the watch is engineered for an active lifestyle, featuring 80 meters of water resistance, a screw-down crown, and an integrated rubber strap—a sort of G-Shock of the six-figure timepiece segment. It also utilizes the “FlexRing” shock-absorption system, a proprietary dampener fitted between the case and the movement to protect the 621-component engine during active use.
Priced from $230,000, more on the Sequential Flyback EVO is available now on MB&F’s website.
