Racing ‘Round the World: The Porsche Design 1919 Globetimer UTC
Although it made its name with sleekly engineered chronographs, Porsche Design has been dabbling in “travelers’ watches” since 1995, when it introduced a world-timer with an alarm. The latest globetrotting timepiece from the brand, founded by Ferdinand A. Porsche, inventor of the legendary 911 sports car, makes its debut at Baselworld 2019 this week and offers a new level of user-friendliness and legibility. Read on to discover more detail on the new Porsche Design 1919 Globetimer UTC.
The Porsche Design 1919 Globetimer UTC allows the user to change the local time with chronograph-like buttons.
The main talking point of the 1919 Globetimer UTC is the simplicity of its dual-time functionality: with a simple press of its ergonomic pushers, engineered like those of a chronograph, the wearer can move the central, 12-hour hand in one-hour increments to change the local time while the UTC hand (which displays the home time) and the minute hand remain unaffected. The “+” pusher advances the hand clockwise while the “-” button sends it in the opposite direction, and a circular window at 9 o’clock serves as a day-night indicator that helps ensure the local time is set properly for AM or PM: the aperture is white during daylight hours and black at night. The date, indicated by a pointer hand on a 1-31 scale on the dial’s interior, is linked to the local time and automatically shifts backward or forward as necessary. The watch̵...
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