An expert watchmaker who built his reputation doing traditional work for major timepiece corporations, Maximilian Busser started a creative revolution in 2005 when he enlisted few colleagues to establish MB&F (Maximilian Busser & Friends). Perhaps no piece in the MB&F collection embodies the company’s dedication to radically inventive product design more than the Fifth Element Horological Weather Station. Combining horology (the study/measurement of time) with meteorology, the Fifth Element Horological Weather Station keeps accurate time and takes accurate weather readings without relying on electricity or battery power. A thoroughly modern take on old-fashioned clockwork technology, this product is as beautiful as it is functional.
In a fun tip of the hat to its sleek and futuristic design, the Fifth Element features a tiny figure who rides along with its manually-wound, air-regulated movement. Ross the alien pilot revolves slowly around the Fifth Element’s “mothership cockpit” investigating the skies for any sign of change. If he wants to accurately assess and predict the changing weather, Ross could also take advantage of the Fifth Element’s four centrally mounted but easily detachable circular “elements:” a clock, a thermometer, a barometer (to measure air pressure), and a hygrometer (to measure relative humidity).