MB&F pays tribute to a cornerstone of the regional horology landscape with two limited-edition timekeepers marking the 75th anniversary of Ahmed Seddiqi.
As longstanding retail collaborators, the companies chose to craft the LM Perpetual EVO, which is limited to just seven pieces, and the LM Perpetual Baguette Diamonds, of which only five have been produced. Both feature signature blue highlights and are powered by MB&F’s award-winning Perpetual Calendar calibre.
This collaboration not only recognises the Seddiqi family’s role in horology but also celebrates the deep friendship between the two partners.
First released in 2015, the GPHG award-winning Legacy Machine (LM) Perpetual has become a strong favourite amongst MB&F aficionados. The 75th Anniversary edition is housed in a grade five titanium case, engraved with the anniversary theme. It stands out thanks to the same striking blue colour first featured on the LM101 MB&F x H. Moser especially created for Ahmed Seddiqi in 2020.
The LM Perpetual Baguette Diamonds inaugurates a first for the Legacy Machine Perpetual series: a refined bezel set with 48 baguette-cut diamonds. The case is crafted in stainless steel, engraved with the 75th Anniversary message. Like its EVO counterpart, it also features the same signature blue colour but applied on the dial plate, with contrasting black sub-dials displaying the time, day of the week, month and date.
Created by Northern Irish watchmaker Stephen McDonnell and premiered in 2015, the LM Perpetual calibre was – and still is – one of the most innovative perpetual calendar systems to exist in modern watchmaking.
Legacy Machine Perpetual uses a ‘mechanical processor’ consisting of a series of superimposed disks. It sets the default number of days in the month at 28, then adds the extra days as required by each individual month – thus every month has the right number of days and there is no skipping over redundant days, which poses a risk of damage.
Using a planetary cam, the mechanical processor also enables quick-setting of the year so that it displays correctly in the four-year leap year cycle. Legacy Machine Perpetual takes advantage of its fully integrated movement to place the perpetual calendar mechanism on top of the movement main plate so it can be appreciated from above. And, to ensure maximum visibility, it uses skeletonised subdials (except for the time indication) that appear to float above the complication with no apparent support from below.
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