$27,500
LUDOVIC BALLOUARD UPSIDE DOWN WATCH, PLATINUM Ludovic Ballouard, Genève, No. 7. Made in circa 2010 Very fine, rare and unusual platinum wristwatch with independent rotating hour indexes. Accompanied by guarantee certificate. Silvered, upside down numerals which rotate to position for corresponding hour, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel feulle hand. Brushed gilt with rhodium-plated elements, straight line lever escapement, monocrhrome balance, blued steel fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator, the hours activated by a cam and lever system. Dial and case signed. Diam. 42 mm. Notes The upside down watch by Ballouard is an innovative design that is reminiscent of jump hour watches. The only numeral that is in the correct upright position is the numeral that refl ects the current hour. As the minute hand advances to the next hour, the next independent rotating hour index fl ips into the correct upright position while the previous hour index fl ips upside down.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-04-25
