Patek Philippe 240 HU Mode D'emploi page 11

Among modern nomads
superb mechanical timepieces, Patek Philippe's
World Time watches enjoy cult status. They are
endowed with a unique mechanism that displays
the time not only at the owner's present location
but also in all other of our planet's 24 time zones.
Despite the complexity of their self-winding
caliber 240 HU movement, they are models of user-
friendliness. The hour and minute hands display
local time in the middle of the dial. Surrounding
it are two rings, one with the names of 24 cities
that stand for the 24 time zones, the other with a
24-hour scale featuring a darker part with a moon
symbol for the nocturnal hours and a brighter one
with a sun symbol for the daytime hours.
Local time is the time in the zone represented
by the city at the very top of the dial in the 12
o'clock position. The time in any other zone is
displayed by the 24-hour scale opposite the name
of the respective city. But your World Time watch
plays out its greatest strength when one travels
from one time zone to another by eliminating the
need to calculate time differences or to stop the
watch and move the hands in either direction. All
it takes is a few actuations of the push piece at 10
o'clock. When the city that stands for the destina-
tion time zone is at the top of the dial, the setting
is complete.
WORLD TIME
WATCHES
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