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Please help me understand Patek World timer
Hi all,
I am a new Patek owner and am getting fascinated by the many beautiful Patek pieces past and present.
One piece I do not really understand is the Patek World timer. There is much hype about it but if my understanding is correct, the watch is simply having many countries around the dial of a regular watch face right ?
No complications I presume ? Just a very decorated dial ?
What's the price range of world timers ?
Am I missing anything about the watch that makes it so special ?
Please comment. Thanks.
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Please help me understand Patek World timer
Hi all, I am a new Patek owner and am getting fascinated by the many beautiful Patek pieces past and present. One piece I do not really understand is the Patek World timer. There is much hype about it but if my understanding is correct, the watch is simpl...
Very quickly...
I can say, if we are speaking about the contemporary worldtimers: - the 240 movement - the ability to read the time of the 24 timezones at the same time - easy to operate, easy to understand - a clever complication by Louis Cottier - an iconic design comi...
The feeling to travel....
Couldn't have put it better FX. I can think of no other watch that even comes close! Best, Christian
Thanks for the explanation. So..
I am indeed missing something. Didnt know the watch allow the wearer to set a reference time. Just wondering which ring rotates ? I am guessing the one with the countries printed ?
Would disagree
It's a Worldtimer and good for calling around the globe when you want to make sure you're not waking people up at 3am. But I would argue that the 5164 is an infinitely better watch for travel.
For travel
If you really want easy of time reading, I think the Ulysse Nardin GMT +/- is untouchable. Far easier than the 5110 or 5164. So I don't think the point is sheer readability but rather the world timer's feel for travel and being able to know what time it i...
Many times zones @ once...
Agree the Patek World Time makes it easy to see a variety of time zones at once. As I have to make phone calls, video conferencing, etc all over the world, the ability to know many time zones with ease has been incredibly helpful over the years. This is w...
I agree with the OP
the enamel is disappointing and rather primative. The watch has no way to handle daylight savings time so it's often inaccurate.
It is a shame..
Because the points raised are so true: - You can't see the time in the dark (kind of useful with a world timer!) - As daylight savings, time is often wrong, which is kind of unprofessional in my world (but perhaps not yours) But it IS a beautiful watch fo...
yes Paulus, the PP world timer's inability...
... to account for daylight savings is a problem what world timers from other brands are able to adjust for daylight savings ?? Thanks
"it IS a beautiful watch for dreamers!"
Yes, indeed :-) and therefore I love it. Oliver
The mechanism of 5110.
For your better understanding. Attached picture explains that both the city ring and the 24 hour ring can rotate. The 24 hour ring rotates by it self all the time in accordance with the minute and hour hands while the city ring only jumps when you push th...
Does ladies travel time Ref 4934 G
Work on the same principle too ? I saw one it says travel time but there is no country ring on the dial. Just another hand and 2 buttons on the left.
Nope
Nope, this ladies watch does not have a 24 time zone complication. but instead tracks 2 timezones at the same time (just like the men's 5134).