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The 5712/1a is much more of a practical day-to-day watch, even if it is a scratch magnet. I have the 5712G which is even more of a scratch magnet, but gets fewer of them as it feels less like a daily wearer. The WT is a really nice watch with a great movement and has real practical value if you spend your days talking to people around the globe. A couple of clicks and you can even know what time it is in Caracas ;-) But the WT can't be confused with being a travel watch which to its advantage means it's not going to get dinged on overhead storage bins and on cab doors in strange cities.

I still think the perfect watch would be a steel Nautilus travel watch built into the 5980 case or thinner preferably), where the chrono pushers would do the duty of moving the local time hour hand back and forth depending on location. What currently is the chrono counter on the 5980 would become the "home" time dial. That I think would be the one for me: practically and effectively complicated but durable enough to stand the rigors of regular travel.

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