What a bad witness I would make in court, in danger of perjuring myself unintentionally. I spent a few hours reading about all the posts on the Worldtimer here, and I noticed I wrote some of them myself!
To conclude: the Worldtimer, ref. 3262, uses movement 30750, the last UTC, ref. 3261, uses movement 37526. The 30750 is derived from the 37526, only minor changes were necessary to accomodate the 24 hours ring. Proven technology!
For those interested, the information on the Worldtimer in the Collection section of this site provides a product manual on the watch. It is interesting to read how to set it, it shows how it operates too. At first sight it seems strange but after some thought it makes perfectly sense. In crown position 2 the 24 hours ring and the minutes hand are set while the watch is stopped. In crown position 1 the hours hand and the date are set while the watch keeps on running. The latter makes it very easy to set the local time when travelling, whether east or west, crossing the date line forwards or backwards. It also makes it easy to change local time because of daylight saving time ("summer time"). Great, and interesting. The only practical slight disadvantage is that setting time and certainly date takes a bit more time when you let the watch run out for more than a few days. But operating the watch in that case must be a treat too.
After its announcement the Worldtimer got quite some attention here. Some people, not longer active, bought the watch. After the initial interest it became quiet around the Worldtimer. Half a year ago this was discussed a bit, I stated that it looked nice but other watches looked nicer: I forgot until I reread. Another funny fact: about a year ago there was (still is?) some quiz to determine your fitting Pilot's watch. I participated, and stated here that I filled in the most boring but truthful answers, and that as a result "my watch" was: the Worldtimer! I forgot about that too...
I more and more start to like the Worldtimer, the picture shown in my previous post does it justice, I guess. It looks like a true tool watch without frills, very well made, and at a size that I can still manage. The Worldtimer has quite an interesting and useful complication indeed, even if you don't travel, making you think about other places in the world. Like, when are other forum members reading the forum posts, assuming they do it in the evening? I wonder, is this watch gaining some of your interest too?
Kind regards,
Paul
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