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Jan 16, 2020,06:58 AM
 

I like your new find, but it seems even more confusing than this Louis Vuitton watch. I really have to THINK to read these watches... must be getting old.



Cazalea

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Help for Edox world time questions.

 
 By: EdwardL : January 15th, 2020-18:35
Can anyone explain how the world time works on this watch. Thanks in advance. Ed ...  

What moves when you turn the second crown?

 
 By: rdenney : January 15th, 2020-19:34
My bet, though it’s a guess at this point, is that it turns the inner map dial, which acts like a city ring. The 24-hour ring rotates with time of day, but how it references the map depends on the map orientation. The picture shows it as being set either ... 

the inner 24 hr ring rotates.

 
 By: EdwardL : January 15th, 2020-20:17
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The 24-hour ring rotates with respect to the hands?

 
 By: rdenney : January 15th, 2020-20:36
But also moves with the passage of time? In that case, I’m very surprised it uses a second crown and not a single crown. Let’s use words (I don’t know how to solve the video problem). The upper crown winds the watch in its unpulled position. Pulled all th... 

I don’t know, but

 
 By: rdenney : January 15th, 2020-20:38
I suspect the forum doesn’t host videos, but requires you to host them on YouTube, and then imbed the video in the post. —Rick

It's the other way round.

 
 By: EdwardL : January 15th, 2020-20:37
When you turn the second crown, the 24 hr ring rotates. The map disc remains constant. When you turn the hour/min crown, the map disc rotates with it. So the map disc rotate with time.

Ah...

 
 By: rdenney : January 15th, 2020-20:46
The map is like the 24-hour hand on an old GMT movement, and is hard-geared to the main hands. The second crown adjusts the reference. So, you set local time, and then rotate the hour ring with the second crown until the same local time aligns with the pa... 

Do not attempt to read this watch after consuming alcoholic beverages or taking medication

 
 By: cazalea : January 16th, 2020-06:58
I like your new find, but it seems even more confusing than this Louis Vuitton watch. I really have to THINK to read these watches... must be getting old. Cazalea ...  

Glad you like my watch.

 
 By: EdwardL : January 16th, 2020-23:41
Without either alcohol or medication too, it was a difficult task. LOL. These watches are suppose to make us feel, on FEEL young. Best Ed