The most animated object on this dial is still the balance wheel. Beneath it, MB&F’s LM101 Gabriel Colliard introduces a different kind of movement: macaws in flight, a monkey among vegetation, and a crocodile at the water’s edge.

The new collaboration gives the independent enameller three compositions, each limited to eight watches. Red, blue, and green organize the scenes without reducing them to flat monochrome. Fine gold wires establish the contours; successive enamel layers and firings create depth through different shades and degrees of transparency.

It is a particularly demanding setting for artistic watch dials. The LM101’s suspended mechanism occupies the foreground, so the artwork must coexist with its architecture. Decoration continues around the back, where an enameled ratchet wheel echoes the dial’s color and jungle motifs.

The platinum case measures 40mm across and 16.55mm high. Inside, the manually wound, 222-component movement provides a 60-hour power reserve. Its 14mm balance runs at 18,000 beats per hour with a Straumann double hairspring. Hours and minutes sit at 2 o’clock, with the power-reserve indication below at 6.

The 24-piece series joins MB&F’s Performance Art collection. An alligator strap and folding buckle complete each watch; individual allocation and delivery timing have not been publicly specified.

MB&F LM101 Gabriel Colliard

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• Case Material: Platinum
• Case Diameter: 40mm
• Movement: In-house MB&F movement
• Water Resistance: 30 meters