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Sometimes the name of a watch speaks for itself. For example, let’s take the Porsche Design Worldtimer. The “Porsche Design” part implies that the design of the watch is simple and at the same time functional – in Porsche Design watches, form is just a product of function. “Worldtimer” means that the timepiece concurrently keeps track of any two world time zones.
The Porsche Design Worldtimer was introduced at the Basel world trade show in 2007. In the same year, the watch received the iF Product Design Award, one of the world’s most prestigious awards presented annually by the Industrie Forum Design in Hannover.
This design award is well-deserved – the simple lines of the watch reveal a particular purity of genius. Made from titanium with a matte finish or titanium with PVD coating, the Porsche Design Worldtimer shows time zones in an unusual way. They are not indicated by a fourth hand at is usual in most watches. Instead, the secondary time zone is displayed via an indicator window at 9 o’clock, while another window at 3 o’clock indicates the city whose time zone was selected.
The time in the second time zone can set and adjusted via a crown at two o’clock. Pressing the button on the crown will switch time zones, and the Porsche Design Worldtimer hands will display the time in the time zone you need.
Both versions of the timepiece come with a black rubber strap with a titanium folding clasp. On the inside, the strap is decorated with a geometric pattern of latitude and longitude lines. In addition to aesthetic reasons, there are comfort-related reasons – the pattern permits air to circulate between the skin and the strap.
