23.11.09

HERMES $560,000 8 DAY SPIRAL BOULE CLOCK


FOR $560,000, THE STUNNING AND UNIQUE HERMES 8 DAY SPIRAL BOULE CLOCK IS AN 88mm IN DIAMETER 1kg BALL OF MAGNIFYING-EFEECT OPTICAL CRYSTAL, 18 CARAT WHITE GOLD AND A TOTAL OF 231 PARTS INCLUDING 25 JEWELS. THE SPIRAL BOULE IS WOUND BY TWISTING TEH TWO HALVES IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, WHILE A SINGLE BUTTON ON THE BASE SWITCHES IT INTO A TIME-SETTING MODE. INSIDE, THE SIMPLE HANDS MOVE AROUND THE SPIRAL GOLD GILDED CLOCK FACE, OR YOU CAN FLIP IT OVER TO WATCH TEH MECHANICS AT WORK. HERMES SAYS THERE'S ENOUGH POWER FOR 200 HOURS OF USE IN-BETWEEN WINDINGS, AND THAT THE INSPIRATION FOR THE DESIGN WAS A CLASSIC CLOCK AT THE COMPANY'S MUSEUM IN PARIS.

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