By Brendan Hansen on January 26, 2011
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Systems with Rotating Bezels or Rings Certain watches possess, instead of a window, a rotating bezel or ring allowing the wearer to select the name of one of 24 representative cities from around the world. Even though they look similar, these watches are different from authentic "world time" models (more on that later). The Replica IWC Portuguese latest release from the Breitling for Bentley collection, the Bentley GMT, is endowed with an independent additional hour hand that makes one rotation in 24 hours. Using the turning ring that bears the names of 24 cities, the wearer can read the time all over the world. All that is necessary is to place the desired time zone across from the red needle. The Lange 1 Time Zone from A. Lange & Sohne stands out from the get-go with its off-center displays, characteristic of the brand. The Replica Breitling Avenger watch presents two auxiliary dials equipped with hour/minute hands and day/night indicators.
Permanent home time is generally presented on the larger dial. Local time is set by a pusher at 8:00, which rotates the 24-city turning ring. With each push, the ring rotates "east" (geographically speaking) by one hour, while the hour hand on the second time zone advances by one hour. Thanks to this unusual system, the wearer may prioritize local time by synchronizing it with the patented large date. Both technically complex and simple to use, Arnold & Son's Hornet Worldtimer has two central hour hands (one on a 12-hour system,cartier love bracelet rose gold price, the other on a 24-hour system), as well as a rotating city ring on which London is marked in red, a nod to the brand's British origins. One of the two time zones can be adjusted to the half-hour. The watch can also display the solar hour in a given city by a hand that ends in a sun. A white triangular area displays equation of time exclusive patented system called "timezoner ®" that sets the second time zone via the bezel: one pulls on the Replica IWC Pilot safety lever at 4:00 and selects the desired city by turning the bezel until the additional hour-hand marks the corresponding local time on a 24-hour scale.
This system, which also takes into account Daylight Savings Time, has already inspired several variations that name different cities as reference points. After releasing a Black F1 model, which bears the names of the Formula 1 cities, the brand turned to the world of finance by creating the Stockmaster, whose bezel bears the names of global financial centers. World Time Watches In 1936, watchmaker Louis Cottier (1894-1966) invented an ingenious system that could display the time all over the planet at a glance. This Replica Cartier Pasha concept was developed and perfected in Patek Philippe's world-time watches of the 1940s and 50s, whose prices can reach astronomical heights when sold at auction. One platinum vintage model was sold in 2002 for the record sum of $4 million! The Patek Philippe World Time Ref. 5131, launched in 2008, is a worthy inheritor of this tradition. The central hands indicate local time.
Two mobile discs encircle the center of the dial, one on a 24-hour scale (with day/night zones), the other with the names of 24 reference cities. The local time coincides with the city aligned to the 12-hour index. To change the main time zone, the wearer activates the sole pusher at 10:00; using an exclusive patented system,cartier love bracelet bangle w, the Replica Cartier Roadster mechanism simultaneously corrects the city disc, the 24-hour disc, and the hour hand. Ref. 5131 joins the tradition of Patek Philippe's older World Time models by presenting a map of the world in cloisonne enamel-one of the most refined techniques used for decorating watches and their dials. Girard-Perregaux also proposes a world-time system in its collection ww.tc, an abbreviation for "World Wide Time Control."
The latest model from this line, the ww.tc Shadow, stands out with its case in matte black ceramic, which houses a chronograph flyback movement. Other models in the collection are notable for their strikingly original displays. Perfect for nervous stockbrokers, the ww.tc Financial displays-besides the time in all 24 time zones-the opening times of the four major stock exchanges of the world: Wall Street, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. The time zones of these markets are indicated by the color of their home cities. When the red index on the hour ring is across from one of these time zones, the wearer knows that the corresponding market is open. Another feature: this Replica Cartier Tank model, designed in 2008 in a new version with a titanium case and an ultra-modern dial, is also an automatic-winding chronograph. Designed more specifically for feminine wrists, the 24 Hour Shopping, also from Girard-Perregaux, features, instead of the names of cities, the planet's most fashionable streets and neighborhoods, such as Faubourg Saint-Honore, Rodeo Drive or Ginza, all decorated in mother- of-pearl and diamonds.
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