Horological Meandering

Hi Everyone,

Have been looking around for dual time zone watch for my travels. Have seen some  World timers, GMTs and Dual timers but have not come across any that allows half hour adjustments. I know of a certain Michel Jordi and Piaget has 2 movements in a watch to facilitate this, but is there one that does that with a single movement? Thanks.

Mike

They have a beautiful and practical GMT watch called the Hemispheres that can be adjusted to the minute and even shows am/pm on a 24 day/night scale in each time zone. The following link will lead you right to it. And, if you click on the small small picture in the upper right hand corner, you can even see exactly how the watch works.

www.parmigiani.ch

Best,
m

Master banker allows for half hour adjustment.  Not too sure though.

which made its debut at SIHH 2008.  Parmigiani doesn't get much chatter on the internet IMO, but they do make great watches but price tags are fairly high.

(Below are Nicolas' pics)

And here's a pic of the display back which shows the off-centered movement:

Cheers,
Anthony

This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2009-11-08 10:38:39

The Kalpa Hemisphere is a winner!

We could also recommend U.N watches, lie the Sonata, for example, or the Perpetual Calendar GMT.

Best,

Nicolas

seen the Sonata- a UN representative demonstrated for me.....

It seems to be a perfect watch for traveling, provided that you can afford it.......

Otherwise I would recommend the JLC timezone.....

Cheers

UN GMT adjust for half hour? 

I don't believe the UN has a half hour adjustment, only hour. What it does have, which is nifty, is that the date adjusts to where you are and doesn't stay on the home schedule. As a fellow WIS once said to me, "I don't give a sh** what day it is where I'm not." Or, something to that effect.

m

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but I can't argue with the work and detail they put into the dial


A

is the hot favourite here.  Will head down to local AD to have a look. Thanks everyone.

But I still think the RG version gives it a little bit more character. Thanks for sharing.

I think if you search through the forums you will find we have discussed this before, and there are a dozen or so choices.

But not really that many!

Cheers

Mike

is really on the boderline given your criteria?

The F.P. Journe Resonance is one of the few that can do India (which is GMT + 4:30). However, it lacks an AM/PM indicator for both timezones, which may be useful.

Another good watch to consider is the Daniel Roth dual timezone watch. This is the only watch that can accommodate daylight savings time changing.

And a few other personal favorites... Patek Philippe Worldtimer 5110/5130, Lange & Sohne Lange1 Travel Time, and Jaeger-leCoultre Reverso Grande GMT and Reverso Duo.

Good luck on your choice!

But it is way way beyond my budget. Thanks guys.

List of time zones with odd minutes - mostly islands with a few land-locked countries

Mike

UDT / Greenwich -> going westward

Newfoundland -3.5
Venezuela - 4.5
Marquises - 9.5

Date Line -> going westward

Chatham + 12.75
Lord Hove + 12.5
Norfolk + 11.5
Mid-Australia + 9.5
Burma + 6.5
Cocos + 6.5
Nepal + 5.75
Andaman + 5.5
Nicobar + 5.5
Afganistan + 4.5
Iran + 3.5

That is why the GMTs and World Timers did not fulfill my needs. I have actually shortlisted the JLC Master Geographic and AP RO dual time....only to discover that the second time zone cannot be adjusted independantly by the half hour interval. So don't really know what is the purpose of the minute hand there. :-(

Journe himself never imagined this watch as a dual time watch.  He just saw it as two watches in synch.  But it is a splendid two time zone watch.  Brilliant in fact.  And you can do half hours if you want.  I use my Resonance a lot as a travel watch.

Jeff