Waterford Times Square Millennium Collection Waterford Times Square Disc Ornament 2005 Featuring the theme "Hope for Wisdom" on a new panel to be added to New Year's Eve Ball ... Waterford Times Square Ball Ornament 2004 Featuring the theme "Hope for Unity". Waterford Times Square Prism Special price! Waterford Times Square Disk Ornament 2004 Featuring the theme "Hope for Unity" For the Millennium New Year, Waterford Crystal designed a crystal ball that dropped on New York's Times Square at midnight on December 31st, 1999. For this event, watched by half a billion people, Waterford Crystal designed an impressive piece. The ball is 6 feet in diameter, 800 lbs., made out of 180 panels of Waterford crystal. It was the first time that the ball was completely transparent. The 2000 ball was made by over 100 Waterford Master Craftsmen, and its design featured theme of "Star of Hope". For New Year 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 as well as for 2005 Waterford has been replacing several of the panels with the new ones featuring "Hope For Abundance" (2001) , "Hope for Healing" (2002), "Hope for Courage" (2003), and the "Hope for Unity (2004) themes. The theme for 2005 is "Hope for Wisdom". Each subsequent year the ball will be used, a new theme will be featured. When the ball finally retires it will be comprised of many different panels featuring good wishes for humanity.        Home | Free Services | About Us | Privacy Policy | Employment   (C) Crystal Classics. All Rights Reserved Worldwide