LUDOVIC BALLOUARD. AN UNUSUAL AND INNOVATIVE PLATINUM JUMP HOUR WRISTWATCH WITH 'UPSIDE DOWN' NUMERALS

It was a remarkable and innovative feat of engineering from a watchmaker who has since become a renowned 'independent'. The numeral of the hour moves from 'upside down' to 'right side up' at the appointed time. That unique complication along with the harmonious aesthetics of the watch have placed Ludovic Ballouard among the celebrated 'independents' of our era.

Following many very successful years as a watchmaker Ludovic Ballouard followed his greatest dream, which had always been to create his own watches, as he had a head filled with ideas for eccentric complications. This journey started in May 2009, when he created his first timepiece, the Upside Down, which was launched in December 2009.

With the Upside Down Ludovic Ballouard had the idea of creating a highly complicated and eccentric timepiece with a twist in its presentation of time. The way time is presented should remind you how important it is to live in the moment. The past time and the future time are, literally, presented upside down to tell you that there should be no regrets about the past which you cannot change and no worries for the future which you don’t know anything about.