By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldwide economic consequences ? with high-profile retailers reopening and expanding, new auction records set, some large-scale industry events (like our own WatchTime New York) returning, and of course, a host of notable timepieces launched. As we wrap up 2021 and look ahead enthusiastically to 2022, we take our annual look back at some of the year’s notable timepieces in various popular categories. Today we showcase GMT and world-time watches for travelers.

Arnold & Son’s Globetrotter Gold is a luxurious update to the eye-catching 3D “globe on the wrist” design of the original Globetrotter, released in 2018. Its 18k rose-gold case measures a substantial 45 mm in diameter and frames a highly domed sapphire crystal covering its dazzling blue dial, with a global map of the Earth’s continents under a gold bridge, which rotates to indicate the time in all of the world’s time zones. The center of rotating dome showcases rhodium-plated continents and hand-painted blue lacquered oceans and coasts, along with a central red GMT hand that points to a 24-hour scale. The back of the watch features a sapphire window with a view of the exquistitely finished automatic Caliber A&S6022, with NAC treated surfaces, circular finished wheels, Geneva stripes, and a guilloché-accented and skeletonized 22k-...