In 1931, a Swiss watchmaker named Louis Cottier patented an ingenious mechanism that could display all of the world’s time zones simultaneously. Adopted by brands such as Vacheron Constantin, Rolex ...

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There aren’t a whole lot of world-time watches out there for under five figures, let alone under $2,000. So when Farer launched its line of World Timers back in 2019, it seemed like a bit of a fever ...

The Zulu Time was introduced in 1925 as a tool watch for pilots to track their home and local times. It was named after “Zulu,” the military and commercial aviation call sign for UTC+0, or Greenwich ...

Back in the 1930s, a Genevan watchmaker named Louis Cottier applied his ingenious “world time” complication to watches from Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Rolex, and others. Watches with this ...

Nicolas Beau, who heads the house’s horology division, says the platinum Tiffany Timer chronograph is “the beginning of a new future collection.” By Robin Swithinbank Nicolas Beau, the vice president ...