Video: 'Upside down' - An all new time indication complication from Ludovic Ballouard

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Video: 'Upside down' - An all new time indication complication from Ludovic Ballouard
October 19, 2009 11:08AM
I first introduced Ludovic Ballouard in early July with Introducing Ludovic Ballouard, an upcoming new Independent and Felipe Jordão's posted an excellent interview here interview with Ludovic Ballouard on the TimeZone Independent forum

But a video is worth a 1000 pictures (or something like that) so to have a better idea what an 'Upside down' indication is, please watch this short clip.



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time2tic
upside down and not easy to read...
October 20, 2009 01:30AM
surely a technical first and a patented achievement, but, I have hard time to find it readable. If there was a way to display only the number of the curent hour and hide the others (instead of having them upside down) I would find this more appealing...
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But then . . .
October 20, 2009 06:43AM
they wouldn't be upside down! winking smiley

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MarkS
Surprising indeed
October 26, 2009 05:34PM
I'm sure the eye gets used to it fast though.

Any clue Ian, when the first pieces will be cased up ?

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time2tic
a suggestion to share
October 27, 2009 12:57AM
let's imagine for an instant that the number for the hour is painted only on the right part of the small disk where it is painted now (now it is right in the middle of the small disk), and the left part is masked with a semi-disk above it. when the number is up right, we see that one only.
When the number is upside down, it is on the left side of the disk and hidden behind the semi disk. the dial would only show the current hour, up right and in its right place. all other ones which are upside down would be hidden.

(food for thoughts, for a version 2, may be...).
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Re: a suggestion to share
October 27, 2009 01:57AM
This is a suggestion to keep in mind thumbs up, but if all the upside down numbers are hidden, then Ian is right again grinning smiley.

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time2tic
can't beat this logic (nt)
October 27, 2009 08:44AM
(nt)
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Perhaps even more impressive than the complication Mark
October 28, 2009 09:07AM
Is the fact that Ludovic began working on this project in March 2009 and is on track to DELIVER his first 12 watches in December. he has been testing the working protototype for weeks now.

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This is impressive Ian
October 28, 2009 05:10PM
and will make the first clients who believed in the project spend a very pleasant Christmas.

Buying a watch because you believe in a concept, appreciate drawings or have faith in the words shared with the maker without anything else to put between your fingers is much more challenging (and risky) than subscribing to a trend (follow a herd of sheep).

The slogan "Watchmaking in the making" used by Goldpfeil Genève when they launched their watch project, summarizes this up very well.

It must be an awesome feeling to be among pioneers winking smiley

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