Today we want to introduce a really exceptional watch – one of MB&F’s horological machines. The Alien Nation N°6 Alien Nation is an intergalactic vessel piloted by a silvery-skinned captain and his quintet crew, enigmatic explorers ready to brave a new world. Some are convinced that visitors from outer space are already here, that they landed in 1947 in Roswell/New Mexico. The nuclear age was giving way to the space age, and science fiction was becoming modern myth. Hence, the crew of HM6 Alien Nation are not unfamiliar to us, even if they may have come from a different solar system. tales of little gray men with oversized craniums and shiny black eyes populate the realm of extraterrestrial science fiction and our imagination.
The first two series of HM6, the MB&F Space Pirate and Sapphire Vision, were unmanned vehicles. Now, the manufacturer decided it was time to put someone in the captain’s seat. MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser says, „I first came to love watches because I saw them as these machines that were imbued with life.“ And the HM6 Alien Nation is the literal expression of this metaphor.
The alien inhabitants are not just passive passengers; they scurry around the HM6 engine, fixing the turbines in the aft, adjusting the gears, hand on throttle, scanning the space ahead. Even when frozen into mico-sculptures of white gold, they are bursting with energy – except for one fellow, loafing in a corner just out of sight of his captain.
Each of the six aliens is individually modelled and hand-sculptured in white gold. The arms and necks of the aliens are finer than grains of sand, each alien requiring up to 34 hours to complete.
As would befit spacecraft coming from an alien civilisation with highly sophisticated technology, the HM6 Alien Nation is completely transparent, being formed entirely of sapphire crystal with reinforcing elements in titanium. The crystal-clear skin reveals the radical HM6 engine, the result of 3 years of intense development: a highly complex and unconventional construction of 496 components. It is topped by a 60-second flying tourbillon with retractable shield. This mechanism drives twin hour and minute domes rotating perpendicularly to the movement. Regulating turbines are coupled to the winding rotor. the interior of this horological machine is shot through with thick brands of high-performance luminous material called AGT Ultra.
MB&F will only produce four unique pieces of the HM6 Alien Nation, differentiated by their accent colours: green, blue, purple and turquoise. Each one is on a mission to seek out a new home on this planet.