A beautiful watch Henry, and now as you say it's a little more special.

Mar 21, 2019,17:42 PM
 



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Just became aware of change from "Hong Kong" to "Beijing" in PP worldtime

 
 By: henryrover : March 20th, 2019-19:43
I do remember "Hong Kong" was still in the city ring of 5230. But after seeing the Baselworld 2019 new worldtime enamel, I realised it isn't there anymore and same for 5230 pictures on PP website. As a guy being born and live in Hong Kong for the past 40 ...  

Let me just say that your 5110 is a truly beautiful reference, but that, at the same time, with this latest choice I'm sure Patek didn't mean to question HK's (or anybody's!) identity ;-)

 
 By: FabR : March 20th, 2019-20:25
These denominations are periodically reviewed for a variety of reasons, which hardly include politics or political correctness. For instance, I'm a happy and genuine guy born and raised in Italy -- and my timezone is most often under Paris (and sometimes ... 

Thanks FabR for sharing your thoughts

 
 By: henryrover : March 20th, 2019-20:59
I tend to agree too that PP is not making the change from a political perspective. As worldtime function is welcome by many business men/travellers, Beijing as the capital city of China is a reasonable choice for GMT+8. Changes in cities on the worldtime ... 

Well put Henry!

 
 By: leftpain2 : March 21st, 2019-11:15
It’s interesting to note how small changes on the dials of world timers can reflect the socio-economic dynamics in China.

New York London Hong Kong Tokyo

 
 By: Passionata_george : March 21st, 2019-00:33
the 4cities you need to know the time at glance , my watch still tells. Btw great 5110 you have

As a local Hong Kongese I can share your feeling!

 
 By: Musigny82 : March 21st, 2019-00:46
And we should still consider ourselves lucky to be able to own the “Hong Kong version” 5110! ...  

Your 5110 is superb.

 
 By: M4 : March 21st, 2019-01:53
I understand the melancholy over the removal of Hong Kong. M4