Ludovic Ballouard Presents Half Time Watch

Watchmaker Ludovic Ballouard has delighted the fans with a new model Half Time. Such a unique name for the novelty is chosen of no coincidence, it is due to feature the hour indication.
Roman numerals, marked on the dial, are shown such a way that they cannot be read. The only exception is the figure that is used to indicate the current hour. It is located at the 12 o`clock position. Figures are written simultaneously on two plates that are adjacent to each other. They are rotated so that the mounted "upside down" with respect to each other. After ending the current hour, a disc, disposed at the 12 o`clock position, moves to the left and is “halved". Another readable number, moved to the 12 o`clock, resulting in instantaneous rotation of the two plates is recreated in the correct form. In the lower part of the dial is sectored scale with only one hand, by means of which is carried out the minutes indication.

Ludovic Ballouard Half Time watch

The matte black dial, enclosed by a sapphire glass, is inserted into a round polished case with a diameter of 41 mm and a thickness of 11 m in platinum 950. Water-resistant - 30 meters. The crown, placed between the 2 and 3 o`clock positions, is decorated with the Ludovic Ballouard`s.
The new Half Time watch operates on the base of the mechanism with manual winding B02 with the Ludovic Ballouard patented complication “Half Time”, consisting of 300 components. The caliber of 35 mm diameter, by 53 jewels, has frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour, 30 -hour power reserve and functions of hours, minutes.
The model comes on a black alligator strap with a platinum buckle.

Official site of Ludovic Ballouard.

Written by Angel