If you like world time watches, you immediately have in mind Patek Philippe, Girard Perregaux, which both offered their modern vision in year 2000, with the 5110 and the WW TC, respectively. Jaeger Lecoultre came a bit after, circa 2005 with the Extreme W...
Never was aware of this one. As for the movement, in a travel watch I much prefer automatic over manual. I don’t want this thing to run out of steam while on the road. A microrotor may be the best solution here.
On world time watches there’s one issue I have: the city choices. For example, I identify most closely in GMT+1 and +8, respectively, with Paris and Hong Kong. So I don’t want Geneva or Athens or Amsterdam, or Singapore or Beijing or Shanghai for that mat...
I kinda feel like having the full name of the city is more elegant. BUT it would be a LOT easier to use three-letter airport or city codes if you were to start customising the ring. Then the company just needs to have space for three letters at each of th...