{"product_id":"patek-philippe-world-time-cloisonne-as11495","title":"Patek Philippe World Time Cloisonné","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverall Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good condition overall. Case shows light wear and moderate oxidation throughout. Dial and handset are in great condition. Factory strap shows light wear.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eThe Jet Age shrunk the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eThe advent of transcontinental and transatlantic jet travel made it possible for a person to sip an espresso in the Bar Della Pace in the morning and still make an 8:00 reservation at Lutèce that same evening. Nearly a hundred years earlier, to meet the demands prompted by the establishment of railway time in the 1860s, watchmakers such as Hamilton and Elgin developed railroad pocket chronometers that included a third hand to indicate an additional timezone. This set the framework of what was to come.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eIn the 1930s and 1940s, manufacturers such as Vacheron Constantin and Patek Philippe produced “world time” pocket watches, utilizing a special dial layout designed by Louis Cottier that displayed the time across the globe’s different time zones simultaneously. In 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 multiple time zones at once.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eThe Patek Philippe Reference 5131J-014 is a modern reimagining of just such a watch. Rendered here in yellow gold, it features a classical complication executed in stunning fidelity, given its large, 39.5mm case size. On the dial, an inner sector depicts the Americas, Asia, and Australia in breathtaking cloisonné enamel, surrounded by a bi-color, blue (night) and silver (day) 24-hour ring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eBeyond this adjustable ring is a silvered city ring — a feature familiar to devotees of classic world time complications. Using this 24-city outer ring and the inner rotating 24-hour ring — all of which is controlled by the 10 o’clock pusher — the wearer can track the time around the world from their present location.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eThrough the watch’s sapphire display back, it’s possible to view the incredible workmanship on the in-house Patek Philippe Calibre 240 HU automatic movement. Fitted with a brand-new, signed brown alligator leather strap featuring an 18K yellow gold deployant clasp, this stunning piece includes its inner and outer boxes, a leather folio, and a certificate of origin dated 2015.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eThere’s a traveler’s watch, and then there’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003etraveler’s watch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e — this is the latter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patek Philippe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49312595968244,"sku":"40930896","price":124950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/8570\/2900\/files\/AS11495_40930896_PATEKPHILIPPE_WORLDTIME_5131J-014--1.jpg?v=1788456771","url":"https:\/\/www.watchesofswitzerland.com\/en-int\/products\/patek-philippe-world-time-cloisonne-as11495","provider":"Watches of Switzerland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}