Watch Stops 2011: Blancpain Releases 30-Minute Time Zone watch

A classic beauty to behold, a stunner on the wrist and a mechanical marvel  to top it off, this Blancpain Villeret Time zone 30 Minutes  Demi-Savonette (half-hunter) caseback watch is a half-hour time zone  timepiece – a rare find in today’s world. This watch enables travelers to countries such as India, or Venezuela, where there is a half-hour time zone – to track the time as easily as one tracks it anywhere else in the world. The watch is simple to use with all adjustments off of the crown.  The elegant guillcohe’d dial offers day/night indicator at 9:00, reference time at 12:00 and half-hour time zone and seconds are in the center. It houses a 321-part automatic caliber with 28 jewels. The elegant Villeret case is crafted in 18-karat red gold.