Is your pilot watch not big enough? Not flashy enough? Then consider the HM4 Thunderbolt, the latest in a series of watches by upscale Geneva-based mechanical art design house MB&F.
The Thunderbolt is a conversation starter, to be sure. It is a watch inspired by both the A-10 Warthog and the post modern steampunk movement. Moreover, according to the company, it “wasn’t designed specifically to tell the time.” Instead, it is as much a work of art as a timepiece — MB&F doesn’t even call its products “watches” but “horological machines,” in an effort to drive home the point that they’re all about the design.
