Ludovic Ballouard's First Signed Watch

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Ludovic Ballouard was, for seven years, one of the top watchmakers at F. P. Journe. He then decided to go out on his own and his first model under his own name, the Upside-Down, has started to trickle out into the world. His original concept was this
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(source)
Based on a Perseux 7001 caliber, this watch has a most unusual way of telling the time
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(photo from Horamundi)
The 12 Maltese-cross wheels around the rim animate the hour "disks", which rest in the upside-down position.  Only the current hour has the correct orientation, and the minutes are indicated in the usual way.  Thus the following picture was taken at 2:18 or so.
IMG_6688.jpg (picture from Horamundi)

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