5 best new timepieces with time zone options for luxury travellers: Watches and Wonders 2022 showcased models by Hermès, Tudor, Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre and A. Lange & Söhne
As the travel sector opens up again, we pick five top pieces from Watches and Wonders that offer time-zone options for the globe-trotter.
1. Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Master Grande Tradition Calibre 948
2. A. Lange & Söhne’s Lange 1 Time Zone
The Lange 1 Time Zone from A. Lange & Söhne immediately catches the eye – though the off-centre dial layout and oversized date are just the most obvious attractions of this timepiece, which shows home time and the time in a second zone at a single glance. Each of the 24 time zones is represented by a name on the city ring, and the city ring and the zone time can be advanced in increments, corresponding to an eastbound trip around the world.
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3. Tudor’s Black Bay GMT S&G
4. Hermès’ Arceau Le Temps Voyageur
Hermès showed off the Arceau Le Temps Voyageur in platinum and titanium or in steel. Home time is shown in a window at 12 o’clock while a sub-dial can be moved to any one of the 24 time zone city names by a pusher on the case band. Sharp eyes will notice that Paris is replaced by Hermès and that the continent names have been changed to equestrian references.
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5. Patek Philippe’s Annual Calendar Travel Time
Finally, the Annual Calendar Travel Time watch by Patek Philippe is supremely elegant while incorporating day, date, month, moon phase and GMT displays. Among its virtues is requiring only one manual adjustment annually. There are day/night indicators for each time zone and the date automatically adjusts when the zone is changed. The rose gold “travel” hand can be hidden by the home time white gold hand when the trip is done.
- Covid-19 may still be ongoing, but as restrictions ease and business travel and tourism resumes, a dual-time or GMT watch is a boon
- Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Master Grande Tradition Calibre 948 features a world-time complication while Patek Philippe’s Annual Calendar Travel Time has day, date, month, moon phase and GMT displays