World Timers: Decorative or Functional?

pongster · Jan 11, 2019

Pic from web. Here is a sample.

Inpw · Jan 11, 2019

There are better tools for tracking several timezones at once nowadays. However, I think world timers are great for giving you a general idea at a cursory glance. And wanderlust 😀

HonkiKonki · Jun 18, 2019

neilfrancis

Important to know the time in LA when you are snorkelling in er, somewhere else.

May I ask when you got this Orient World Timer? I have a similar one with black dial.

Flintlock · Jun 21, 2019

I noticed, in the earlier editions, Central Time is labeled as "Mexico" rather than a city. That seems kind of odd as Mexico has more than one time zone.

gatorcpa · Jun 21, 2019

Flintlock
I noticed, in the earlier editions, Central Time is labeled as "Mexico" rather than a city. That seems kind of odd as Mexico has more than one time zone.

In Mexico, that means Mexico City (or DF), which is in the central time zone.
gatorcpa

Flintlock · Jun 22, 2019

gatorcpa
In Mexico, that means Mexico City (or DF), which is in the central time zone.
gatorcpa

OK Mexico City makes sense. It's a more international orientation than Chicago.

tzachi · Jun 28, 2019

I prefer GMT watches, easier to read, easy to adjust.

Matty01 · Jun 29, 2019

Closest useful device I could find, i wear it on my work trips os
Dual time Zone
Gps
Distance and steps walked
And a bunch of other useful stuff
I like it a lot

Uscjake87 · Jun 29, 2019

I got three of these 70s accutron world timers. I think the cool factor outweighs the practicality.

Sherbie · Jul 6, 2019

Uscjake87
I got three of these 70s accutron world timers. I think the cool factor outweighs the practicality.

I agree wholeheartedly

pongster · Sep 15, 2019

I find this world timer useful. Even if it doesnt have second and date functions.

worldtimerman · May 15, 2021

I know this is really delayed, but this is the Omega forums and the OP was talking about the Omega Seamaster Worldtimer and for this watch the font color of the city name indicates which cities use daylight savings time, and which don't. So you just add an hour if the city name indicates daylight savings in the summer. You can tell the daylight savings color by looking at most american cities like Chicago, LA and NYC that all follow daylight savings, but not Honolulu, and the font colors vary based on the watch face, but note that London is red to remind you that it is also GMT.

Doesn't apply to the tissots and most of the other pictures posted in this thread, but I thought I would mention it, because it's relevant and no one else posted it and I got here through google.

Butik · Oct 25, 2021

I have just sold my OMEGA World Timer, because I could not read the time in the world (small lettering and recently some problems with my close vision). I bought the watch for decoration (it's undoubtedly beautiful), but also for its function. Here short video:

Pascal S · Jan 31, 2022

Once upon a time, Breitling's answer to the issue of keeping time with travelling was to merge 4 watches. Meet the 1980's Breitling World.

Watch my Whisky · Jan 31, 2022

Get an Apple Watch.

Walrus · Jan 31, 2022

Traveler
Decorative in my case - by the time I could afford this, I can’t see the bloody time on it any more....

Wow that is amazing I can see where you would have a difficult time with the time in the middle spots but it’s still spiffy

Helvetia History · Feb 1, 2022

Helvetia History
Hi I recently found the patent below for a 'Universal Timepiece'. It varies from the standard world timer by not having an hour hand. I've posted a new thread on it if anyone is interested.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/universal-timepiece.86955/

Here is an article from the same time as this patent, from the Horological Journal of June 1950, with an article about a universal time pocket watch from Helvetia. Wish I could find something like that!

vacheroyale · Feb 23, 2022

probably the GMT is much more practical. world timer is fine too when we travel and changing three or four time zones of different cities in world within a week 😀

vacheroyale · Feb 23, 2022

world timer definitely is more decorative in most cases!! the NOMOS Zürich World Time is very appealing!!!!!!!!!!! different than all the others