Introducing the most ambitious clock co-created by L’Epée 1839 and MB&F

Inspired by the Jules Verne’s novel, Robur the Conqueror, the Albatross is a reimagining of a grand airship designed in a collaboration between L’Epée 1839 and MB&F. With 1520 components and limited to just 8 pieces, this moving sculpture is as unique as it is beautiful.
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Jack Bell

Technology Correspondent at The Executive Magazine

After 10 years and 15 different clocks, the L’Epée 1839 X MB&F Albatross is by far the most technically audacious co-creation by the two companies. Totalling 1520 components, Albatross features a striking hour function – chiming both the specific hours on the hour and a single strike on the half-hour – and an automaton composed of 16 pairs of p...

 

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