{"product_id":"patek-philippe-world-time-as08669","title":"Patek Philippe World Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003en the 1950s, the advent (and immediacy) of jet travel — and the frequency at which transatlantic and transcontinental flights occurred — made it necessary for travelers to have a wristwatch that could display two time zones at once.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Patek Philippe World Timer was born, though only remained in the catalog for a short time. It wasn't until 2010 when Patek revived the name with a new Reference, the 5110, which was undoubtedly a hit and has existed in Patek's offerings since — in various References.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece, a Reference 5230G, is one of the latest in the line. R\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eendered here in 18k white gold, it features a 38.5mm case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, a smooth polished bezel, and a textured grey dial with rotating world city and 24hr disks — operated by the square pusher at 10:00, a matching, stylized 'world-time' handset.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis piece comes fitted to a signed black alligator leather strap and is powered by Patek Philippe's automatic winding Calibre \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e240 HU movement with a micro-rotor, thankfully visible via a sapphire exhibition caseback.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere’s a traveler’s watch, and then there’s a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003etraveler’s watch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — this is the latter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patek Philippe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40231592493143,"sku":"40930228","price":48000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS08669_40930228_PATEKPHILLIPE_WORLDTIME_5230G-014-6.jpg?v=1692375063","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/patek-philippe-world-time-as08669","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}