MB&F - Sherman - "The little robot with a big superpower" - SIHH 2016

Sherman’s a cute little robot, but to be frank, he doesn't do very much. Sherman doesn't walk, talk, weld cars, or roam Mars. He doesn't try to kill Sarah Connor, help Luke Skywalker, warn Will Robinson, vacuum the floor, star in feature-length films, or enforce the law. In fact, Sherman really only does two things, but he does both extremely well. Sherman tells the time. And Sherman makes people smile, which is probably the world's most useful and (emotionally) valuable complication. That's a superpower! Conceived and developed by MB&F and engineered and crafted by L’Epée 1839 – Switzerland's only specialised high-end clock manufacture – Sherman is the result of Maximilian Büsser’s on-going quest to revisit his childhood, during which he hankered for a robot friend. But as cool as Sherman's robotic and horological accomplishments are, they pale in comparison with his emotional superpower of spreading happiness wherever he goes. Sherman is available in a limited edition of 200 silvered pieces (palladium-plated), 200 gilded pieces (gold-plated) and 50 diamond-set gilded pieces. More on www.mbandf.com/machines/performance-art/sherman