Posts Tagged ‘World Time’
1415 Patek Philippe World Time
The story of the 1415 World Time is in many ways the story of the world becoming connected for the very first time in the early mid-century. It spanned the introduction of both the telegraph and later phone, starting production in 1939 when WW2 also began. For the first time in mankind’s history, it became…
Read More1415 Patek Philippe World Time
World Time is a complication invented and still dominated today by Patek Philippe. The lineage of all your 5130 and 5230s can very directly be traced back to this ref. 1415, the earliest widely-produced (yet still exceptionally rare) Patek World Time. This was a watch created as the entire world came online for the first…
Read More1960s Gallet Flying Officer World Time
This two register chronograph with a world time dial and rotating bezel has almost certainly become Gallet’s most famed model. The watch was produced for the US Army Air Corps, even being worn by Harry Truman at its height. Some have argued this is the world’s first time-zone wristwatch, others point to Cottier and prototype…
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