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The new Polaris Geographic WorldTime
I was fortunate to get first aliquot of this limited edition boutique piece. I have been looking for a world time to add to my collection. I was considering the Richard Mille world time but the dial was tool large for me so i went with the RM 11-02 but another story. I considered the Vacheron Constantin Overseas world time. I like this piece but dial is not easy to read with 37 time zones. The new Breitling navitimer world time (not released yet), and JLC Geophysic. I like the geophysic but the fact I saw three of these and the quartz like seconds hand movement itself was not the issue but the fact that for some of the ticks -- did not line up precisely with the seconds marker and this would drive me nuts.. Ok that is me though. If that was not as issue for me, I would have gone with the Geophysic.
The watch with the bracelet is very comfortable. I have a small 6.4 in wrist and wears well. Not heavy by any means. I do like PR indicators on both manual and automatic. In reality the most important complication one can have after time and date. The dials are easy to read. Even the date is readable for the size of the dial. So good contrast. I like the DST markings as well.
The 10'oclock crown moves the 24hr dial, city dial and small time dial at 6'oclock. The main crown in the 2 position moves the 24hr dial and the small time dial. To set the time by main crown you end up moving the two time dials, 24hr dial and city dial. The one negative is that the only way to use the two time dials as a true GMT is if you set the small dial to the local time and leave the main time dial as the home time. I would prefer the opposite scenario. You can set the two dials for two time zones as you wish but then the 24hr dial/city dials will not be set correctly.
Minor issues -- The 5' end of the central seconds hand is a bit longer than i like. Overall i like this very much. Could easily be a daily wear piece. Happy to answer any questions.
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The new Polaris Geographic WorldTime
I was fortunate to get first aliquot of this limited edition boutique piece. I have been looking for a world time to add to my collection. I was considering the Richard Mille world time but the dial was tool large for me so i went with the RM 11-02 but an...
It is for me the most convincing piece of the Polaris collection
Congrats and thanks for the nice pic and your very interesting comments! Fx
Congratulations! Funnily I was thinking about which JLC world time I would go for...
And the Geophysic UT and this Polaris Geographique came to my mind. The Geophysique has the advantage of a new movement, the case being new for both of them, as well as the size, ( or almost, as the Geophysic is 41, 6 mm ). The Polaris Geographique has th...
Thanks for all the comments
I appreciate all the responses. Feel free to ping me with any questions now that I have had some time to wear and get used to it.
Nice, I too am looking for a world timer.
I notice it is set to Denver time (MST), do you live there?
Thanks for the comments
I must have had it set to Mountain time by mistake when i took that. I was playing with the dials before writing taking, I live on West coast.. Good catch though I really love the bracelet. Nicely polished and very comfortable buckle. The one thing I disl...
Set to Pacific Daylight time
Actually looking at the photo i took, it is set to pacific daylight time.
Congratulations! I'll probably have a Look at one of these next week.
Looking forward to it.
correction
I need to correct one thing i stated in the initial review. You can set the larger time dial to local time and leave the smaller dial with home time while maintaining the correct time zones around the rest of the globe. The ring time will be set to the ho...
A very nice propoition.
I can understand your feelings well. This is a very nice, less formal version of the Geographique. Had no chance to see it in the ral so far, but it looks very promising. Maybe even better than the Geophysic UT? I had some close looks at the latter, and i...
thanks for the comments
I thought the Geophysic was readable.. The Polaris is readable. For some the dial may be a bit crowded but I tend to like crowded dials..
Even a lot is going on of the Geographique‘s dial
the thick main hands, indexes and hour digits seem to make it easy to read the time. Best, Martin
A real man’s watch.
A great choice over the RM. Thanks for sharing the wrist shot. Congrats and ENJOY!
Well done and congratulations on a beautiful reference !
I plan on stopping by the JLC boutique in Miami next week and hope to try one on.