Max Busser of MB&F Interview

The other side of the Antikythera displays some information that is much more esoteric by today's account. There is a Metonic calendar scale (235 months being 19 years total), a Callipic cycle (4 x 235 months), a Saros dial (223 month cycle) and a Exeligmos dial (3 x 223 months). Last, there is an interesting indicator which displays the cycles of the pan-Hellenic games each four years. This is an Olympic games indicator.It would have taken years to fully compute and study each of these scales and cycles to indicate them properly. Not only that, but the sheer precision needed to construct the device requires technology that most of us don't give credit to the ancients for having. The existence of the Antikythera mechanism really calls into question what we know about the ancient world, and makes you wonder just how much knowledge was lost.When he learned about the Antikythera Buttet really wanted to remake it. As of that time no one fully understood it enough to produce a replica. At the event a prototype of the Hublot Calibre 2033-CH01 movement was displayed. While it does not visually replicate the original Antikythera in miniature exactly, it does offer the same indicators computed in more or less the same way. Buttet also ads the time and a tourbillon into the mix. To commercially release one would be just too expensive for the consumer according the Hublot.The movement has 495 parts making it very complicated. Buttet acknowledges that it was a challenge to understand the original and get his reproduction to work properly. You can see the full tech specs below for more details on the movement. Hublot has successfully helped to restore knowledge of the first calculator known to exist. Though the mystery of the Antikythera does not end. Perhaps someday we will have a better understanding of why it was made, for whom, and by who. Until then we can look forward to Hublot unveiling the full watch at Baselworld 2012. I hear that it will come in a very cool (and futuristic looking) case. Mark your Greco/Egyptian calendars now.Tech Specs from HublotHublot Antikythera Calibre 2033-CH01Movement functions???????? Hours, minutes Seconds via the tourbillon cageFlying tourbillon without ball bearingManual windingView of dial