Timing is everything

Expect the unexpected from 51 year genius watch-maker Franck Muller. Clocks and watches have marked the passing hours for centuries, the hands moving in predictable chronological order. Hands on the vertical always signal noon but not in Franck Muller’s world. Using a patented mechanism, his Crazy Hours timepiece moves to a different order. The watch face scrambles the hours but still tells the time accurately with the central hour hand jumping to numerals in sequence. It’s whimsical, amusing, and strikes a note of individualism for the wearer. It may be quirky but the House of Franck Muller, now available in SA, is no plaything. The watches come with impeccable credentials. The gifted watchmaker is known for his ultra complicated watches, irresistible to Demi Moore, Elton John and Robin Williams, a few stars in a long line-up of high profile devotees.